What did you do to your Mach 1 today

[Gregdd]

Sent in my registration for the Ford National car show in PA on weekend of 6/5. Deadline for early registration is 4/13.

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[GTP]

... The height seems to have settled down to be 1 inch higher than stock at the center of the front splitter, and around 1/2" or so at the top of the fender lip. The fender gap to me looks perfect because now it's more symmetrical around the tire. ...

Will you post a side view photo of the front wheel and fender gap?

 

[Mikepol2]

Sent in my registration for the Ford National car show in PA on weekend of 6/5. Deadline for early registration is 4/13.

See you there! Ironically a buddy from work is going too, and he also has a silver Mach.

 

[Mikepol2]

Will you post a side view photo of the front wheel and fender gap?

 

[skinnyb]

I went to a benefit car show for a 9 year old boy named Landon Sunday. He is facing something no child should ever have to face... Out of all the cars there, he picked my car as his top pick for the whole show. And there were a LOT of NICE cars there.. I am honored I could brighten his day. His eyes lit up when he saw it and asked me to start it up. I did, then let him climb in and rev the guts out of it. He was grinning from ear to ear.

 

[GTP]

... photos...

Thanks a lot. Looks good.
Do you mind measuring height of front and rear fender gaps, and above the plastic fender extensions? What are your tire sizes?

 

[Mikepol2]

Thanks a lot. Looks good.
Do you mind measuring height of front and rear fender gaps, and above the plastic fender extensions? What are your tire sizes?

Front 27-3/4” at the highest metal point, not including the plastic fender lip, rear 28”. 305/30-19 front, 325/30-19 rear.

 

[GTP]

Front 27-3/4” at the highest metal point, not including the plastic fender lip, rear 28”. 305/30-19 front, 325/30-19 rear.

Thank you very much, Mike, it helps me a lot.

The radius difference between your front and rear tire sizes is 0.23", which is exactly how much lower is the front fender height than the rear. And your front gap looks even all around.

Therefore, don't you conclude that your car is pretty much at stock ride height?

 

[Gen 6 Mach1]

I went to a benefit car show for a 9 year old boy named Landon Sunday. He is facing something no child should ever have to face... Out of all the cars there, he picked my car as his top pick for the whole show. And there were a LOT of NICE cars there.. I am honored I could brighten his day. His eyes lit up when he saw it and asked me to start it up. I did, then let him climb in and rev the guts out of it. He was grinning from ear to ear.

Very nice Alex, It hits my soft spot when I see the St Jude and Shriners Children commercials , I can always do more .
Saturday I have a Car Show benefiting Phoenix Children's Hospital, I'm looking forward too. 4 of us got picked , a 22 GT500 , 20 GT PP2 SC , and 2 Mach1s , my buddy with the GT was saying it's a smaller invite only show , I hope it all goes well to benefit the kids.
Getting her ready for the Big Day .

 

[Mikepol2]

Thank you very much, Mike, it helps me a lot.

The radius difference between your front and rear tire sizes is 0.23", which is exactly how much lower is the front fender height than the rear. And your front gap looks even all around.

Therefore, don't you conclude that your car is pretty much at stock ride height?

it is definitely higher than stock in the front, but not by much. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the tip of the front splitter in the middle is 1 inch higher than it was before the spring installation. At the front wheels it is around 1/2 inch higher. So it’s not higher by much, at least not enough to make me want to trade the improved handling for the previous ride height.

 

[GTP]

Should also add, I have about 80 lbs more than stock hanging off the front end of the car with the supercharger and intercooler, wonder if that has any effect that would make a little higher front spring rates a good idea.

I keep forgetting about your supercharger extra weight.

 

[Pipefittermax]

I went to a benefit car show for a 9 year old boy named Landon Sunday. He is facing something no child should ever have to face... Out of all the cars there, he picked my car as his top pick for the whole show. And there were a LOT of NICE cars there.. I am honored I could brighten his day. His eyes lit up when he saw it and asked me to start it up. I did, then let him climb in and rev the guts out of it. He was grinning from ear to ear.

Hats off to you, thank you for kindness!

 

[Nightrider]

First interior modification to the 2022 Mustang Mach 1 covering these useless cup holders that simply get in the way of your arm and elbow when using the shifter.

They are a perfect match to the leather, stitching, and color, and fast, reasonable shipping.

From 5 Spurs
2015 2023 Ford Mustang cupholder armrest

 

[Mikepol2]

Had it aligned today after the GT500 front spring and the IRS subframe support installations. Here's the alignment sheet. Everything is in spec, there's no front camber or caster adjustment and very minimal rear camber adjustment so I'm pretty happy that there's no more red on the alignment printout. I had them use the HP street values from the owner's manual supplement as targets but it didn't much matter for camber. I was a bit skeptical hearing that there's no factory adjustments but watched a Steeda video explaining alignments and they verified it.

 

[John S]

https://www.americanmuscle.com/ford-performance-lowering-wsprings-1517-gt350.html
For anyone looking for lowering springs I can’t recommend these enough
About a .8”-.9” drop for a regular Mach 1 and about .3”-.5” for the HP.

How do the Ford Performance front and rear spring rates compare with OEM Mach 1 HP Spring Rates? OEM HP spring rates and roll rates seem pretty balanced on the street just wondering if the Ford Performance option is would be a better choice for track use?

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