GT Suspension Pics

[fionic]

On the S197, are they side exhaust pipes too? What was that about?

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[OzS550]

That is the Boss302

Were you able to switch the pipes from the cabin, or was it just a supplementry system always connected?

Left hand hotdog has a dent in it.

 

[Amaury]

Were you able to switch the pipes from the cabin, or was it just a supplementry system always connected?

Left hand hotdog has a dent in it.

Pretty sure they work all the time...

 

[Whiskey11]

Were you able to switch the pipes from the cabin, or was it just a supplementry system always connected?

Left hand hotdog has a dent in it.

It was technically always open as there was a baffle plate between the side exhaust pipes and the midpipe but they had a smallish hole on them. If you removed the baffles it would increase the sound quite a bit and made it sound more raspy. Sounded great at idle, didn't care for it under load at high RPM though.

[ame]

The dent in the resonator is normal... FYI

 

[DivineStrike]

Would have been nice if the front half of this car got half the attention the rear half this car is getting... Yippee, an IRS that has been dissected since it was first seen under the car. Front suspension changed too folks, lets start concentrating on that end since there isn't a lot left to dissect out back.

That said, there is A LOT of S197 DNA in this car. It shows in the rear spare tire well area and the floor pan "frame" rails. It is nice to see the underside of this car though. Looks like Ford went to great lengths to smooth out as much of it as they could.

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Hell, it almost looks like you could take the K-member off of the current and swap it onto the older or vise versa.

Yea honestly there's not much difference at all really, I can understand how it didn't really loose weight like we hoped. It looks in all intents and purposes about the same.

 

[fionic]

Yea honestly there's not much difference at all really, I can understand how it didn't really loose weight like we hoped. It looks in all intents and purposes about the same.

yeah except it's harder to mod :doh:

 

[Don's Stang]

Looks like they fixed the way the rear sway bar is attached, much better than the SN 197

Though changing the oil looks like it will be fun

Why no monotube shocks up front??????

 

[Grimace427]

Why no monotube shocks up front??????

I think they just don't have everything labeled, I'd bet they are indeed monotube though. The fronts are struts too, not shocks. Probably didn't need six question marks.

 

[scottpe]

Yea honestly there's not much difference at all really, I can understand how it didn't really loose weight like we hoped. It looks in all intents and purposes about the same.

Well, save for the suspension bits, I didn't really expect the underside to look dramatically different. It is a new generation of the same car with the same wheelbase, engine and transmission. It's not like the underside needs to be dramatically different -- there was no reason for them to reinvent the wheel here.

As far as the weight, the chassis itself did lose some, yet they managed to improve structural rigidity by 28%. But the underside is not where those kinds of improvements are going to reveal themselves usually anyway...

 

[Fenderaddict2]

Yea honestly there's not much difference at all really, I can understand how it didn't really loose weight like we hoped. It looks in all intents and purposes about the same.

Looks like just the floor pan casting is similar, otherwise looks all new to me.

 

[B Gordon]

Sorry but I don't know how to show just the picture of the S550 undercarriage but I have a question.
Pardon my ignorance if this is a stupid question.

On the exhaust system, it goes dual exhaust and thru dual catalytic converters then into what appears to be a single something at about the middle of the underside.
After the "box" there are dual tailpipes which go to dual mufflers (or maybe resonators).

So, what is the box that has two inlets and two outlets?
Some sort of single chamber that combines the exhaust gasses before splitting it back into dual exhausts?
Or is it just some sort of cover and the inside stays as two separate exhaust pipes?

The closest I have seen to that is the X-pipe.

Also, are the two black plastic things just in front of the rear suspension the fuel tank?

 

[fionic]

Sorry but I don't know how to show just the picture of the S550 undercarriage but I have a question.
Pardon my ignorance if this is a stupid question.

On the exhaust system, it goes dual exhaust and thru dual catalytic converters then into what appears to be a single something at about the middle of the underside.
After the "box" there are dual tailpipes which go to dual mufflers (or maybe resonators).

So, what is the box that has two inlets and two outlets?
Some sort of single chamber that combines the exhaust gasses before splitting it back into dual exhausts?
Or is it just some sort of cover and the inside stays as two separate exhaust pipes?

The closest I have seen to that is the X-pipe.

Also, are the two black plastic things just in front of the rear suspension the fuel tank?

read a couple posts above yours. the thing in the middle is the 'h-pipe'. edit: can't find the post I'm referring to. Perhaps it was in another thread.

 

[Topnotch]

http://blogs.hotrod.com/what-would-...d-mustang-132129.html/img_4528/#axzz3BRq2cGX7

 

[MikeAZ]

...
So, what is the box that has two inlets and two outlets?
...

The box contains an h-pipe.

Here is an article from AmericanMuscle explaining the gas flow and advantages to each crossover type: http://www.americanmuscle.com/mustang-h-pipes-vs-x-pipes.html

 

[allgripnoslip]

LOL @ "Grippy front stabilizer bar"

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