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Doug_Guilds
07-24-2011, 08:09 AM
The car I am racing now is a 79 Mustang mini stock. 130-200HP 2370lbs. I know the rear suspensions on a metric GM are similar (with the exception of the spring mounting on the trailing arms 4 inches in front of axle center line on the Ford) to that of the Mustang and am curious as to how much information would carry over from the metric to the Mustang.
Things like how much would the weight/HP effect stuff like spring rate and shock valving either front or rear? Would wheel travel numbers, pinion angle, upper 4 bar angles apply. Stuff like that.