Reducing Vehicle Weight - Maintain Rear Wheel Weight

[exwestracer]

IIRC, the shifter in the Mustang was plenty far forward to start with. An ex-boss had a 67 390/4sp car, and he was reaching for all he was worth to get it into 3rd...



Open the tunnel hole up, modify the mount, and move it absolutely as FAR as you can go. I think the crossmember drops out, so maybe build more "dip" into it and drop the engine until pan/ground clearance becomes an issue. You'll have more fan to rad clearance, so move the radiator back if possible.

Different pedals or spacers between the pedal bracket and firewall will move the pedals back; which isn't a big deal, but that will allow YOU and the seat to move back, which IS big.

The thing is, once you go down that road, you have to do EVERYTHING possible, or the gains aren't worth all the effort.

[Norm Peterson]

IIRC, the shifter in the Mustang was plenty far forward to start with.

That's more or less what I recollect from when one of my friends got a '67 or '68 289/4 speed Mustang back in the day - I'm pretty sure that the OE shift lever actually had a rearward bend in it, with a two-finger lift mechanism to enable the reverse gate. Not sure how T5/3550/TKO shifter locations would compare.

I'll bet with the tricks mentioned so far that you could get one down under 50% front weight.


Norm

[exwestracer]

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I'll bet with the tricks mentioned so far that you could get one down under 50% front weight.


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