1994 Mustang GT Pro-Touring

[Peter R]

We finally have nice weather but I haven't had any time to work on the car. My friends motorcycle engine locked up and he asked me to fix it. It was much worse than I was expecting (it sucked in a metal washer and did a number on everything), but that is done so I can get back to the mustang. I did get the wife to let me spend some money so I have plenty to do for a while. I got the Viking coilovers with 250lbs rate 12" springs. The rate was kind of a guess since I couldn't find any solid numbers to go from. It should be close for a starting point at least. I went with the larger 5/8" eye bushings since I'm not sure if I am going to use the bottom mount in single or double shear yet. I know that double is stronger but it seems like most people are using single shear without any problems. Single shear sure looks a lot cleaner but I may go with a double shear mount just for the peace of mind. I am open to input on the mounts, or better yet pictures.

[Peter R]

Measure twice, cut once. Looks like I should have measured 3 times. I tried to mock up the coil overs tonight and It's a lot tighter than I thought it was going to be. I should have went with the next shorter shock. I wanted to try and keep a decent amount of travel, so went with the longer shocks. I was going to keep the shocks below the truck floor but It will need to stick above it a little. The stock shocks mounted a similar way so I am going to try and use the factory hump for some extra space.


I cut out some of the extra bracing with a cut off wheel for more room.


Here is the rough cut.

[Peter R]

Sorry to disappoint you guys, but the bullet wheels were already sold. They were beat up and not even the same color, must have been off different year cars. After looking a a bunch of pictures, I still love the Saleen wheels on these cars, so thats what I went with. Of course there are better wheels, but not in my price range. I took them to my brothers shop to get the tires mounted. I didn't think about valve stems until the day of and after stopping at 3 places for some bolt in chrome stems (with no luck) I used the rubber ones. I will change them at some point.
Here is the first check on the balancer. I thought this was a lot of weight but considering these are heavy wheels that have been modified and used tires he thought it was pretty good.



And it balanced out OK.

[Peter R]

My first attempt at rolling the fender lip did not go well. The inner fender lip meets up with the quarter panel so once "rolled" up (it was more like beat up, with a large hammer) it was 4 layers of sheet metal with seam sealer in the middle. It looked terrible and was still to wide and rubbed the tire.
Here is the first "rolled" attempt.





I put the tape on after to act as a guideline for cutting the lip off. I bent it back down 1st then cut away.
Here you can see the inner fender after the quarter was cut off. More spot welds to grind off.





Then I cut the inner lip off.



I cleaned up the rough cut to check fitment.

[PANTYEATR]

love the SN95s! subscribed!

[Protour_Pinto]

Who did the widening? How much was it?

[BmoreKeith]

Who did the widening? How much was it?

Since there wasn't a response, my gut tells me Weldcraft Wheels did it since they are both in Michigan. Weldcraft is pretty well known for this stuff.

[Peter R]

Since there wasn't a response, my gut tells me Weldcraft Wheels did it since they are both in Michigan. Weldcraft is pretty well known for this stuff.

You are correct, it was weldcraft. It was $235 per wheel to widen 2". That was the most economical way to get a 12" wheel that I liked.

[Peter R]

I picked up this:


To get this:


The truck intake is to tall (and ugly) so I got an ls1.

[Peter R]

It fits

[Z06killinSBF]

Man that looks good!

[LS1-IROC]

Cool project! Where in West MI are you?

[Peter R]

Cool project! Where in West MI are you?

Thanks. I'm just outside of Grand Rapids. That IROC is awesome looking, I always loved them. The stance is great. For me, the stance can ruin an otherwise great car.

[BlackMachOne]

Wow thats a good looking coil-over kit!

[Peter R]

First time I ever tried to make a fuel tank. I was concerned about fuel slosh/starvation on track days so I build a little sump inside the tank. I will be running dual internal pumps.


The outside corner welds came out pretty good. The inside corners did not come out so great.

[digitalsolo]

Cool build, I like the huge tires that aren't obviously huge from the outside. Nice work!

[LERM]

Awesome job so far. I'm looking forward to seeing more.

[thethrillofspeed]

What size rubber are you running on the front? I have 275's on the front and 315's on the back of my SN95, sure would like to go bigger up front.

[Peter R]

What size rubber are you running on the front? I have 275's on the front and 315's on the back of my SN95, sure would like to go bigger up front.

275/35-18 on 9" wide wheels. I wanted to go wider but it was going be a lot more work so I took the easy route on the front. The 10" wide wheels stuck out to far for my liking. Some fender flares may have looked good but I am not ready for body work yet.

[drivefaster80]

here you go this should solve your problem a little pricey but https://www.maierracing.com/product/...-front-flares/ How much did your 10" wheel stick out? you should be able to fit a 305 tire for sure, also I asked maier, he told me I could fit 315 on all 4's with his flares, but he couldn't tell me what size wheels, so expect to modify flares up front to fit 18 by 10's.

275/35-18 on 9" wide wheels. I wanted to go wider but it was going be a lot more work so I took the easy route on the front. The 10" wide wheels stuck out to far for my liking. Some fender flares may have looked good but I am not ready for body work yet.