what years....

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what years....

November 19, 2012, 06:31:02 PM

Time to do some winter upgrades on the 88 Thunderbird, what year mustang kmember cam I use? Thanks sorry for dumb question just wanna be 100% sure before I make my purchase

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Reply #1 – November 19, 2012, 09:17:56 PM

'87-'95

Why on earth would you want to swap though? Chuck W makes the 5.0 mounts that eliminate the special bracket, and our cars have the better control arms vs. the Fox Stang. Keep in mind the '94-5 Stang's K member is identical to ours, save the engine mount style.

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Reply #2 – November 20, 2012, 06:46:30 AM

Thanks^^^ more concerned about weight I know its not much gonna be more of a drag car than street, also not gonna ne using the stock 302 anymore (hopefully ) an gonna use a motor plate..

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Reply #3 – November 20, 2012, 03:03:55 PM

In that case..yeah, any aftermarket K for a Fox will bolt on, of course, you WILL have to finagle a couple bolt holes out though, but that's the norm.

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Reply #4 – November 20, 2012, 07:04:40 PM

If you are going to use the car at all on the street, I would recommend against using a motor plate, especially if using an automatic trans. In addition, I would seriously recommend that you use sub-frame connectors to stiffen the chassis before I would even consider a motor plate. Otherwise, the torque being absorbed by the motor mounts will be transferred to the chassis, a flaw that the fox platform is notoriously famous for being weak.

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Reply #5 – November 20, 2012, 08:29:36 PM

So would I be better off going with the 94-95 kmember? If its identical? Or stick with 79-93 stuff?

Sub frames connectors are on the to do list.. will regular Mustang ones work? Thanks again guys

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Reply #6 – November 20, 2012, 10:14:18 PM

Flat stock cut to length works perfect for our cars for subframs. Get some square tube, cut and weld, done.

Use ANY 86-95 mustan k-member, and if your using a motor plate, the motor mounts are really just there to help you line up the motor plate anyways, so, I would really just focus on what suspension components you want to run on the front end, and pick the k-member that will work best for you.

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Reply #7 – November 21, 2012, 06:10:21 AM

Would most likely go coil overs since Racecraft n TeamZ offer package deals