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The air locker diff is pretty sweet. I had to read up on it just to understand how it works. Anyway sounds pretty cool although wouldn't a 2 way LSD be better if this was strictly a track car? Any other drifting guys using this setup?
The air locker diff is pretty sweet. I had to read up on it just to understand how it works. Anyway sounds pretty cool although wouldn't a 2 way LSD be better if this was strictly a track car? Any other drifting guys using this setup?
An Air Lockers is a full spool and is locked in both directions when it is turned on.
The name "locker" makes it easy to confuse with a detroit-locker, but this is like a welded diff or a full spool.
Both wheels must move together, no slipping.
The fact that you can disengauge it for daily driving is what makes it such a nice setup.
arb air lockers are nice, as well as eaton e-locks. you have to remember what is available for domestic rides. if i'm correct (which i am often not) your fox body has an 8.8" rear. You can only put in what they make for that car.
the american market is full of drag equipment for old 5.0s. i could almost gaurantee that 75% of fox body 5.0s car setups are for the local 1/4 or 1/8 mile tracks. i would like to see some more domestic cars setup for drift. honestly, i think its all up to the drivers. This is a chance for us midwestern folk to show em whats up LOL!
the american market is full of drag equipment for old 5.0s. i could almost gaurantee that 75% of fox body 5.0s car setups are for the local 1/4 or 1/8 mile tracks. i would like to see some more domestic cars setup for drift. honestly, i think its all up to the drivers. This is a chance for us midwestern folk to show em whats up LOL!
The problem is there are only a few companies that make components (I mean actually design not just copy) to make our cars turn better. It has been my experience that until more Mustang owners start requesting/buying parts from these manufacturers they aren't going to pay much attention to our sport. Down here in the South more and more pony cars are showing up at local drift events and people are finding out that they are a good platform once you tweek'm a bit.
As this thread and others have shown, with just a little effort you can have a car that's really fun to drive. The torque a V8 motor provides makes in stock form gives the driver a chance to work on their driving and chassis set-up skills without having to spend money upgrading the motor right away.
That said, the teams that are out there now running the Fox, SN95 and S197 chassis are doing a great job waving the "blue oval" flag....
arb air lockers are nice, as well as eaton e-locks. you have to remember what is available for domestic rides. if i'm correct (which i am often not) your fox body has an 8.8" rear. You can only put in what they make for that car.
the american market is full of drag equipment for old 5.0s. i could almost gaurantee that 75% of fox body 5.0s car setups are for the local 1/4 or 1/8 mile tracks. i would like to see some more domestic cars setup for drift. honestly, i think its all up to the drivers. This is a chance for us midwestern folk to show em whats up LOL!
All the 5.0 Fox bodies run the 8.8" Rear. Depending on you mechanical skill level, you can run any rearend of you choosing. Eventually I would like to make a hybrid 9" / 8.8" and get rid of the c-clip axle retention system that the 8.8 uses and move to the pressed on bearing system of the 9". This is of course if the car remains a street car for weekend fun.
If I am going full race I would move to a floater 9" with aluminum center section to save weight and increase axle strength. However, a floater setup costs more then my entire car as it currently stands, so that is pretty unlikely.
Earlier mustangs had the 7.5". The 8.8 didnt arrive till 87. Lots of companies make a c-clip elimator kit, as far as how it works for them I dont know. Nothing wronng with a 8.8s strength. The weak link is either the axles or the diff itself and those a cheap upgrade away depending whatever route you wanna go. Lots of drag cars with 8.8s under them making 1000 hp and they hold up. The only additional thing is they add some bracing and weld the tubes to the center section since its a pressed in fit. The tubes like to move under hard launching, something a drift car will never really see.
Im still waiting to see fox car in formula d, or at least a non new edge sn95
Earlier mustangs had the 7.5". The 8.8 didnt arrive till 87. Lots of companies make a c-clip elimator kit, as far as how it works for them I dont know. Nothing wronng with a 8.8s strength. The weak link is either the axles or the diff itself and those a cheap upgrade away depending whatever route you wanna go. Lots of drag cars with 8.8s under them making 1000 hp and they hold up. The only additional thing is they add some bracing and weld the tubes to the center section since its a pressed in fit. The tubes like to move under hard launching, something a drift car will never really see.
Im still waiting to see fox car in formula d, or at least a non new edge sn95
4 and 6 cylinder foxes have the 7.5, v8's have the 8.8.
Just wanted to let everyone know that we'll be at Drift Day this Saturday (1/12) if anyone wants to stop by and check the car out. www.driftday.com / www.drift50.com for more info
I'm a Chevy man a heart, but I am falling for this mustang. It just needs an LS1.
unless its going into a 240
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