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Man, that sounded like a blast! We have very close set ups. I would be careful about increasing front roll stiffness with a bigger front bar. You could actually make your understeer problem worse. I have the Turbocoupe monster 1 5/16 bar in front and camber plates with 2.5 degrees negative camber dialed in and I still understeer on corner entry. My next step is to increase rear roll stiffness by adding my Suspension Techniques springs (much stiffer than stock TC springs) and some Koni reds and then maybe an adjustable rear bar like the one from Steeda (http://www.steeda.com/). I don't know if that Steeda bar will work on our cars though. It will if the frame rails are the same distance apart as the Mustang but I've never measured. Also I plan on experimenting with some smaller front bars. I wish I had access to a skid pad!

By the way. I'm up in the DFW area. I wonder how many other Texans there are on this board.

Here's a pic! 

The Cougar is putting the hurt on a new 6-speed GTO. The GTO would do about 115 in the straights, I would do 90...so he would catch up in the beginning...but after a lap or two my corner-carvin' Cougar would make him disappear.

Though this track is definitely about high horsepower, it has enough curves to keep a smart Fox-body guy ahead of most anything else.

Trust me it is the driver of that GTO, not the car that made it slow in the turns.

I can't stand the looks of those cars, pure ugliness but somehow yours is fornicateing awesome!! Start another thread and post some pics!!

James

That thing looks pretty sweet with the vinyl roof and  yanked off.  Makes it look slick.  Good job man.  However I think my grandpa's '68 Coupe Deville convertible has you beat in sheer girth.  His has the 472 (i think) in it but its about as fast as a Ford Festiva with two spark plug wires removed.

Of course, but I'm all about blowing away people's notions of what a fast car is. :p Though the GTO is pretty soft in the corners, I was expecting more roll control when I rode shotgun in it. . .

Nope, those 60s Lincolns and Caddies are smaller. 230in length for the Mark V and 223 for the 1968 Caddies. That Caddy is a compact, can't even shadow an Excursion.

Ya got be beat on displacement, though.

I'd love to weigh my grandpas Caddy.  Any idea what your curb weight is?  Whats scary is thats its a coupe but longer than a lot of full-size pickups.  Had a lot of lux for '68 too.  A couple of my buddies have late 70's Lincolns one of which is lime green (in and out) four door with the factory CB, a 460, and low miles. The other is a Mark like yours except a dark blue color and a 400 2bbl (talk about a dog).