andysapp wrote:

quazar311 wrote:cool... Kieran O'brien is the best fox body slider in atlanta, plus he drives a hella mean golf cart!!!.

oh so true andy, that golf cart ride scared me

dorimon wrote:Sweet ride! Take it off any sweet jumps yet?

Its' driven from the seller's house to my house....where it promptly ran out of gas pulling up into my driveway (not joking....gauge is broken)

Has been turned on and idled a couple of times, then I ripped the intake manifold out to replace leaking gaskets & clean 19 years of oil & gunk out of it.

Hoping to have it back together and running tomorrow.

I want to try to drift one of these one day! Its got to be fun. My dad let me back my mom's old 93' 5.0 out of the driveway when I was like 14 and it spun tires up the whole driveway haha.

Gru wrote:

DJones wrote:The panhard bar set up works pretty good for drifting too.

From what I've read and been told (hey, Dan Pena runs a Fox in FD....I'm willing to trust his opinion), they are a little weaker on left turns than right, and they can bind on quick transitions.

Watts-link apparently has no problems with transitions. AND, it's adjustable for different tracks & conditions.

PS. Nice vid in your Sig. I'd have LOVED to get a S197 GT, but that's about 10 times the cost of my Fox.

Watts link is the way to go, it would have cost me too much to do the conversion on my car. I have an adjustable panhard bar with heim joints = no binding. I set my ride height so the bar sits level under load, and this got rid of most of the changes to roll center from left to right turns.

Holy cow...

Pulled the intake manifold apart (the whole thing breaks down to three pieces) to clean it.

Good thing, too.
I've NEVER seen so much gunked up oil and muck!

After cleaning it, I'm putting this here catch-can on when I put the manifold back on.

Gru wrote:

Zigerus wrote:Nice Gru can't wait to see it man.

Dude, I'm gonna be working on it all day tomorrow and Friday.....come on by.

Won't be till tomorrow night I'll have to get your # I'll drop by and see the beast for sure ^.^

Adam told me Watt's links bind up. He has fought them for a while in the FB.

TRUCK ARM!!!!!!!!!!

Zigerus wrote:Won't be till tomorrow night I'll have to get your # I'll drop by and see the beast for sure ^.^

I'll PM it on DriftSTL.
Hopefully will have it done by mid-afternoon so I can drive it to the CiCi's meeting.

andysapp wrote:Adam told me Watt's links bind up. He has fought them for a while in the FB.

Really?

Hrm, everything I've read about them, and the couple of people I've talked to, have all said that they were kinda designed to NOT bind up, like a panhard bar or stock rear end.

*shrug*

Gru wrote:

Zigerus wrote:Won't be till tomorrow night I'll have to get your # I'll drop by and see the beast for sure ^.^

I'll PM it on DriftSTL.
Hopefully will have it done by mid-afternoon so I can drive it to the CiCi's meeting.

andysapp wrote:Adam told me Watt's links bind up. He has fought them for a while in the FB.

Really?

Hrm, everything I've read about them, and the couple of people I've talked to, have all said that they were kinda designed to NOT bind up, like a panhard bar or stock rear end.

*shrug*

I too talked to Adam about his Watts linkage on the SA22, the issue with the OEM one is unequal length linkages. Watts linkages are the best way to control a live axle, but they come with an added weight penalty. Also if you don't plan on having a lot of suspension travel, a panhard can get you closer to ideal.

Midtenn wrote:I too talked to Adam about his Watts linkage on the SA22, the issue with the OEM one is unequal length linkages. Watts linkages are the best way to control a live axle, but they come with an added weight penalty. Also if you don't plan on having a lot of suspension travel, a panhard can get you closer to ideal.

The one I'm looking at specifically says it's equal length, to avoid bindings.
Yea, a little extra weight (and cost) but the Stang isn't exactly a light car, and the nice torque range should hopefully compensate for that.

I like that they're adjustable for different tracks and conditions.


Got the manifold all cleaned up yesterday and the lower one put back on...hopefully that fixes the leak.
Putting it all back together today, should be running again this afternoon without spewing oil-saturated coolant everywhere.

Gru wrote:

Midtenn wrote:I too talked to Adam about his Watts linkage on the SA22, the issue with the OEM one is unequal length linkages. Watts linkages are the best way to control a live axle, but they come with an added weight penalty. Also if you don't plan on having a lot of suspension travel, a panhard can get you closer to ideal.

The one I'm looking at specifically says it's equal length, to avoid bindings.
Yea, a little extra weight (and cost) but the Stang isn't exactly a light car, and the nice torque range should hopefully compensate for that.

I like that they're adjustable for different tracks and conditions.


Got the manifold all cleaned up yesterday and the lower one put back on...hopefully that fixes the leak.
Putting it all back together today, should be running again this afternoon without spewing oil-saturated coolant everywhere.

shut up you old fucktard, no one cares!!!!!!!!

Sweet hope to see it tonight ^.^

Midtenn wrote:I too talked to Adam about his Watts linkage on the SA22, the issue with the OEM one is unequal length linkages. Watts linkages are the best way to control a live axle, but they come with an added weight penalty. Also if you don't plan on having a lot of suspension travel, a panhard can get you closer to ideal.

That makes sense... I didn't know aftermarket links would be equal length.

SWEET!!! Fox body madness! I have the maximum motorsport rear suspension on mine and it is, so far, great. I'm looking forward to seeing your Blue Oval progress, good luck. I also put the Auburn ECTED lockable rearend in mine because these cars like to spin the rightside tire and kill the clutchpacks. Just my experience.