Mach 1: Which Steering Knuckles Will it Have?

[348SStb]

Can't find any literature on this topic on the Internet. If you have a source, please post it.

Will the Mach 1 have the steering knuckles from the GT350, which were prone to tramlining; those from the 2020 GT350R/GT500, which mitigate the tramlining; or a new design altogether?

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[Jimmy Dean]

you'll have to clue me in, what were the diffs in the steering knuckles? I've heard that the PP2 is bad about tramlining as well.

 

[348SStb]

you'll have to clue me in, what were the diffs in the steering knuckles? I've heard that the PP2 is bad about tramlining as well.

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/reviews/2020-ford-mustang-shelby-gt350r-fastback-preview/

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/th...ke-their-way-onto-the-gt350-solutions.133329/

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/gt350-r-and-gt500-knuckle-comparison.140816/

 

[Twin Turbo]

I very much doubt anyone outside Ford (or their suppliers) is going to know this yet. Once cars are available for the press to review, they may be given the specs.

 

[jake_zx2]

It’ll have standard GT knuckles. Shelby knuckles are made specifically to accommodate the Shelby brakes, which have radial mount calipers (which is why you need either adapter brackets or Shelby knuckles to fit them to a GT)

But IIRC, Ford fixed the tramlining issue with the GT500 toe links and subframe design, both of which the Mach 1 have

 

[348SStb]

It’ll have standard GT knuckles. Shelby knuckles are made specifically to accommodate the Shelby brakes, which have radial mount calipers (which is why you need either adapter brackets or Shelby knuckles to fit them to a GT)

But IIRC, Ford fixed the tramlining issue with the GT500 toe links and subframe design, both of which the Mach 1 have

I would have thought the Mach 1 given the standard Brembo Brakes fitment would be fitted with the Shelby brakes and calipers.

Can you provide your source please?

 

[jake_zx2]

I would have thought the Mach 1 given the standard Brembo Brakes fitment would be fitted with the Shelby brakes and calipers.

Can you provide your source please?

GTs also have Brembos, but they’re a different kind of Brembo from that of the Shelby. The Mach 1 has GT Brembos

 

[348SStb]

GTs also have Brembos, but they’re a different kind of Brembo from that of the Shelby. The Mach 1 has GT Brembos

I believe you - just wondering how you know about these details of the Mach 1 so in the future I can learn to know without asking.

 

[jake_zx2]

I believe you - just wondering how you know about these details of the Mach 1 so in the future I can learn to know without asking.

Circled are the most evident visual differences between the 2 calipers. It’s also easy to identify the difference between the 2 with the rotors, since GT350 has 2 piece rotors and GT has 1 piece. There are more mechanical differences between the 2, such as the staggered pistons in the GT350 caliper and, as I mentioned earlier, the GT350 caliper being a radial mount. Hope this helps

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