What did you do to your Mach 1 today

[Aonarch]

After I felt the before and after of the "stop the hop" kit I have been addicted to suspension. It's night and day for me. Or maybe how the car should have came

They absolutely shouldn't have the rear subframe issues that we have from the factory. I do know Ford made some effort with the rear mounts on the Mach 1 and Shelbys, but no where near enough.

I might be more sensitive than most, but my rear end had a big wiggle/ shimmy, even though alignment and tires were perfect. My guess my rear end was off-center a bit from the factory, so alignment specs would change badly through the suspension arc.

The Ultimate Handling Kit fixed all of my complaints and was easy to install.

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[Noleftist]

Folks with the handling package MACH 1

Did you really appreciate changing to bigger Steeda or BMR, ETC sway bar for both daily driving and HPDE? Or does it make it too stiff and beat the crap out of the car and you when daily driving with all the speed bumps, potholes etc?

What holes did you use front and rear sway bar that will stiffen or lighten the performance of the sway bar?

Thank you.

 

[Mikepol2]

Folks with the handling package MACH 1

Did you really appreciate changing to bigger Steeda or BMR, ETC sway bar for both daily driving and HPDE? Or does it make it too stiff and beat the crap out of the car and you when daily driving with all the speed bumps, potholes etc?

What holes did you use front and rear sway bar that will stiffen or lighten the performance of the sway bar?

Thank you.

I am running the Steeda adjustable bars with the front on 2nd stiffest out of 4 holes, and the rear on full soft. Tried several combinations and found this the stiffest I could tolerate on normal roads. I'm not even sure a bigger/stiffer rear bar is needed with this front setup TBH.

I did use full stiff front for a while and the handling was great but it followed road undulations too much. Also, full stiff overwhelms the Magneride settings (hard to tell any difference switching to Track mode).

 

[MACHtobers Very Own]

Washed the other day but did interior today.

 

[Mikepol2]

Today and yesterday... wash, clay bar, Carpro Reflect orbital polish, Eraser surface prep, and CQuartz UK 3.0 ceramic coat. It was in pretty good shape to start with so there wasn't a huge improvement but it's about as clean as it's gonna get right now. The spoiler does look better though for some reason. Taking it to work tomorrow for the first time in four months!

 

[Lucky13Cat]

Switched back to PS4S tires from AS4’s

 

[Boyd]

This guy looks like he just got a finger caught in the jack.

 

[compprep]

This guy looks like he just got a finger caught in the jack.

And when he gets to my age, he'll REALLY wish he used knee pads!!

 

[Johnny maverick]

And when he gets to my age, he'll REALLY wish he used knee pads!!

True story. In the Baz lurhmann sunscreen song there was a line that resonated with me over the years. "Be kind to your knees you'll miss them when they're gone" I wish I was kinder to my knees.

 

[Turbeau]

Folks with the handling package MACH 1

Did you really appreciate changing to bigger Steeda or BMR, ETC sway bar for both daily driving and HPDE? Or does it make it too stiff and beat the crap out of the car and you when daily driving with all the speed bumps, potholes etc?

What holes did you use front and rear sway bar that will stiffen or lighten the performance of the sway bar?

Thank you.

Short answer yes - 1 track day with a friend who had a Mach 1 HP with the Steeda dual rate springs and sway bars convinced me. The ford HP kit is good - but compared to a purpose-built setup I had no chance in the corners against him. I also switched to Steeda camber plates and gained almost a full degree of negative camber over the oem HP plates. The Steeda competition bars are at the 2nd stiffest in the front - full soft in the back. The setup is definitely stiffer than stock - but not overly harsh when cruising. Any further down the performance handling rabbit hole you will be wading too far into race car territory to maintain the drivability/performance balance.

 

[Aonarch]

Fitcamx installed. Stupid simple, took about 3 minutes.

 

[Mikepol2]

Fitcamx installed. Stupid simple, took about 3 minutes.

have one and love it, the integrated design made it easy to verify that the tech at the dealer didn’t go on a joyride at my last visit!

 

[skinnyb]

have one and love it, the integrated design made it easy to verify that the tech at the dealer didn’t go on a joyride at my last visit!

Definitely on my list But I don't worry about dealer joy rides, I don't take mine to the dealer . And I fully expect my mechanic to get on it when he test drives, gotta make sure it still runs right LOL....

 

[Ohio_Pilot1980]

Nothing performance wise, but I’ve always liked the euro reverse/fog/brake lamp setup. I sourced the reverse lamp from Tasca, de-pinned the factory connector on the reverse light and the car side and added Diode Dynamics 4th brake light kit. Need to find a different brake lamp bulb but I’m pretty happy with it.

 

[Lucky13Cat]

This guy looks like he just got a finger caught in the jack.

I thought he was praying to the Wheel Scratch Gods on my behalf
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This guy looks like he just got a finger caught in the jack.

I thought he was praying to the Wheel Scratch Gods on my behalf

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