fatbillybob
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This is the video that bests describes my 1st trackday/test in my new GT pp1
I thought it was just me. Probst who is driving is a championship winning SCCA racer yet the mustang GT is a total handful. He can't get power down or keep the chassis tamed. Very yaw off the track centerline is lost laptime. Every coast is lost laptime. Poor brake modulation cost him laptime.
Then look at this drama free lap that can be seen in almost any racecar.
This is how it is supposed to be.
Can the mustang chassis be tamed? If I have to muscle my GT around like Probst, I don't think I can last my 35min sprint races. At the track another GT owner described his GT as "fun." Well I can see fun but all that drama isn't fast. I need fast and smooth.
What is the solution for a caged mustang GT racecar? It seems like a lot of people like 1" lowering springs with front around 250 and rear around 900lbs and FP shocks, GT350R front bar and PP rear or GT350 rear bar. But is that taming the chassis? I'm thinking if I go all commando on my GT and put in big bucks MCS double adjustable shocks I can do proper corner balance and adjust ride heights at all 4 corners, and hunt for the best working spring rates using a generic off the shelf 2.5" id springs, while tuning with adjustable shock dampening. Or is the GT a handful no mater what you do?
I thought it was just me. Probst who is driving is a championship winning SCCA racer yet the mustang GT is a total handful. He can't get power down or keep the chassis tamed. Very yaw off the track centerline is lost laptime. Every coast is lost laptime. Poor brake modulation cost him laptime.
Then look at this drama free lap that can be seen in almost any racecar.
This is how it is supposed to be.
Can the mustang chassis be tamed? If I have to muscle my GT around like Probst, I don't think I can last my 35min sprint races. At the track another GT owner described his GT as "fun." Well I can see fun but all that drama isn't fast. I need fast and smooth.
What is the solution for a caged mustang GT racecar? It seems like a lot of people like 1" lowering springs with front around 250 and rear around 900lbs and FP shocks, GT350R front bar and PP rear or GT350 rear bar. But is that taming the chassis? I'm thinking if I go all commando on my GT and put in big bucks MCS double adjustable shocks I can do proper corner balance and adjust ride heights at all 4 corners, and hunt for the best working spring rates using a generic off the shelf 2.5" id springs, while tuning with adjustable shock dampening. Or is the GT a handful no mater what you do?
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