Re: Building a Fox Mustang Hatch
jimbbski wrote:The manual rack does have more turns "lock-to-lock" but if you ever have to turn the wheel more the 90 deg. on a race track your in trouble!
The other think about just depowering a Fox PS rack is that to make the Fox chassis handle you have to add quite a bit of pos. caster. in the range of 5-8 deg. and I've heard of some running more. With that much caster the steering will not be "lighter at speed" much if at all.
The amount of power you'd gain is not going to help you win in Lemons. A 4 cyl. Fox Mustang is a class c car most times but if well prepared or as it gets developed over multiple races it may end up in B. If going for a class win then driving clean and smart, making quick pit stops, in other words "not screwing up" will get you a high finish and not just more power!
Boost the power level of the 2.3L by using stock parts from various year models of this engine is what you should be looking at.
First go to a Pick N Pull and snag a Ranger "roller cam and rockers" from a 2.3L. The better cam and lower friction just gained more HP then you will gain depowering the rack. Pull the head and have 0.060 milled from the head. You have now raised the com/ ratio to near 9:1 and retarded the cam a couple of degrees. Both mods will net you more power in the RPM range you will see on track.These two mods, along with some porting of the cyl. head is what allowed a 2.3L powered Lemons car (Not Ford) to win Class B twice. The car was then moved into class A where it's was underpowered but without any further mods ran in the top 10 overall in a couple of later races.. .
Time for a Breadwagon Turbo, I think.
you say that like you think it already has one. it doesnt