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And So it Begins.

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Machined up some barrels and assembled a bump steer kit. The nice thing about this is not only can you dial out or improve the bump steer, but you can adjust the length using the barrel and not have to deal with turning the tie rod as it has no flats for turning. You have to use pliers or something to turn the tie rod for toe adjustment.

The barrel is machine from stainless steel, so the cross section profile can be kept smaller in diameter than aluminum and it polishes nicely. Looks ...

The MK3 is well known for the purky butt, basically a hump in the fiberglass trunk. In addition when viewed from the rear of the car, you could see the gas tank under the body. One way people were fixing this issue was to lower the body to hide the gas tank and make the purky trunk less noticeable. My plan was to either mod the fiberglass or buy a different trunk lid. I also followed the well documented dropped trunk mod by CobraDVM. [url]http://www.ffcars.com/forums/17-factory-five-roadsters/230055-how-i-did-my-dropped-butt-mod.html[/url] ...

The plan with the build was to use as much from the Mustang as possible, ie power brakes, steering, ABS, traction control, etc.

The 2003 Mustang used a Hydro boost system which powered the brakes and steering. The hydro boost unit needed to be modified for mounting. Part of the unit had to be removed so an aluminum mounting spacer could be added.

The 99-04 Mustang V8's steering rack came with a 2.62 lock to lock turn ratio. The 03 Cobra had an improved 2.38 lock ...

On the Driver's side I made a bump out so there is more room with the dead pedal.
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I may bump out the gas pedal side down the road, but for now it seems ok with the Russ Thompson Gas Pedal. The other mod for the driver's side was a access panel from the engine compartment. I wanted ...