Project Fox (Ridetech Equipped)

[85coupe50]

Nice FOX!

[tommycomfort]

Excellent Josh! like I told you on the phone, I had an 84 Mustang GT (back in the late 80's) and it was probably the best newer car I have ever owned. Keep us updated on yours!

[Josh@Ridetech]

Just a little more of an update.

We've got everything 100% done on the suspension... and I finally put my hood back on :D




and then this happened today....

[andrewb70]

Looking good Josh. Makes me feel all nostalgic...

Andrew

[Josh@Ridetech]

Looking good Josh. Makes me feel all nostalgic...

Andrew

Haha thanks! Nostalgia's good :D

[Josh@Ridetech]

I'll have pictures uploaded soon, I go pick up the shortblock here in a couple of days. Then, I'll have some other things to show .

[wfo guy]

I'm a fan of all those Scat boxes you have so I expect a nice stroker story.

[Z06killinSBF]

Nice!

[Drewstang]

Awesome progress. I'm partial to fox Mustangs. The 91 Hatch 5.0 I bought earlier this year makes the 25th Mustang I've owned. Did you keep the Shockwaves on the car or go back to the Fox Racing setup? I've been looking at the Ride Tech setup and trying to figure out what I'll need to change for it to work on my 86 T-bird.

[95riosnake]

Hey Josh! Didn't know you were on here!

[Josh@Ridetech]

I'm a fan of all those Scat boxes you have so I expect a nice stroker story.

Haha, there is a story. I don't have pictures but I did just get my shortblock back! My heads should be here in a few days, hopefully. Those AFR boxes are going to put a big smile on my face when they arrive!

Nice!

Thanks!!

Awesome progress. I'm partial to fox Mustangs. The 91 Hatch 5.0 I bought earlier this year makes the 25th Mustang I've owned. Did you keep the Shockwaves on the car or go back to the Fox Racing setup? I've been looking at the Ride Tech setup and trying to figure out what I'll need to change for it to work on my 86 T-bird.

Thanks! It's a slow, work in progress, but it's coming along finally!

I'm going to run our coilovers, but I may switch it to air sometime down the road. I haven't put anything on an 86 T-bird but with some modifications, I'm sure it's doable!

Hey Josh! Didn't know you were on here!

Hey Dan!

[The_Jed]

What is the spring rate on those air spring equipped struts and shocks?
My LSC has the soft ride springs and I'm planning to replace them with either LSC air springs or coil-overs, your air spring "coil"over setup looks like it would be the best of both worlds, since I already have the pump, dryer, lines, etc.

[Josh@Ridetech]

What is the spring rate on those air spring equipped struts and shocks?
My LSC has the soft ride springs and I'm planning to replace them with either LSC air springs or coil-overs, your air spring "coil"over setup looks like it would be the best of both worlds, since I already have the pump, dryer, lines, etc.

With the Shockwaves, we have a chart for what each bag will lift (rated @ 100psi). I'm sure that there is more information available, that explains what PSI, on each style of bag, equals as a spring rate. When looking at the chart, we take the vehicles weight into consideration, and pair that up with the air spring at matches it's data. On the Fox body, SN95, and other lighter cars, we're using a 7000 series spring on our shocks/struts.

The 7000 series are rated to lift 780lbs @ 100psi. With the differentiating weights, it may take be less/more than 100psi to lift the vehicle. Whatever pressure that it takes, to get the shocks/struts at mid-stroke, is what needs to be ran in the bags. The main thing is making sure of what your car weighs and then getting the correct shock length for your application. After that, it's just putting those numbers together, and building a shock/bag combination.

[Josh@Ridetech]

I'll be having some updates here in a short period of time, I've got some very cool pieces shipping to me right now....

[BADNBLK]

Nice looking hatch. Coming from a 3rd gen Camaro guy its hard to say... you know lol. Those front coil over lower brakets look like they could be adapted to the 3rd gens pretty easily ;) Nice build man. Keep the updates coming.

[Josh@Ridetech]

Nice looking hatch. Coming from a 3rd gen Camaro guy its hard to say... you know lol. Those front coil over lower brakets look like they could be adapted to the 3rd gens pretty easily ;) Nice build man. Keep the updates coming.

Lol, thanks alot man, I appreciate it! The 3rd gen kits are in line, we've just got a couple of things to get off of the lifts in our R&D area and they'll be up :D

[Josh@Ridetech]

Today's work...



I really need to get some pictures of the new engine setup on here..

[k7king]

Josh
if you guys need a 3rd Gen Camaro to play with we have one in the garage. Pretty decent car just have Bret get ahold of me.
Mike King

[Josh@Ridetech]

Josh
if you guys need a 3rd Gen Camaro to play with we have one in the garage. Pretty decent car just have Bret get ahold of me.
Mike King

Thanks, I'll make sure that they know!

[slowcpe]

Yeah I'm going to need a ride in this when its done. Also making me think I should have done this to my coupe rather than this ever snowballing truck build