The #FairmontProject, “Oliver” A Mustang in Fairmont Clothing
I’ve also installed a new braking system with rear disc brakes. I got the brakes as part of a kit that included a 5 lug conversion. Fox bodies start out with 4 lug hubs.
The brakes are supposedly off of a ‘94 Mustang Cobra SVE which utilized 13″ front discs, but the parts were aftermarket, not Ford, and I have concerns about how well they’re actually going to work.
My brakes and 5 lug conversion kit
I may end up replacing them with some name brand parts if those don’t work out. I want the car to stop as well as it goes. Bring money$$$$.
I’m also proud of my custom parking brake cables.
Frame connectors were actually the first upgrade I did on the car. That honestly was one of the best improvements so far. Fox bodies aren’t really known for their structural integrity and frame connectors go a long way to help that. Those also came from Maximum Motorsports.
Additionally, I installed reinforcements to the rear lower control arm mounts.
This will ensure nice straight launches. At least that’s the hope. I still need to do an alignment once everything is complete.
The car will also be lowered about 1.5”. My new suspension is completely adjustable. Both the dampers and the ride height can be adjusted. I’ll need to dial that in once all the parts are on the car.
The wheels are going to be stock Ford wheels from their full size line. In particular, these wheels are from a early 2000’s police interceptor Crown Victoria aka a P71. Simple, affordable, 17” and they don’t give away how fast the car is. Well, not that much. I wrapped a set of Mickey Thompson’s around them. I have no intentions at this time of installing hub caps. I really like the black against the “antique yellow”.
