Shno's House of Z

[Mikes SS]

Originally Posted by LOWDOWN

And awhile ago you claimed on the 1LE thread GM was "unwilling" to build a Z28 to compete head-to-head with a BOSS? Or was that part of the "banter"?

Sorry, I guess you misunderstood what I wrote..I was stating that GM should build the car now while it has a "direct competitor" rather than waiting possibly 2-3 mor MY's when the Boss is no longer being produced. That is of course if we are lucky enough to see it in a 5th Gen rendition. #56

[2cnd chance]

Originally Posted by Mikes SS

Sorry, I guess you misunderstood what I wrote..I was stating that GM should build the car now while it has a "direct competitor" rather than waiting possibly 2-3 mor MY's when the Boss is no longer being produced. That is of course if we are lucky enough to see it in a 5th Gen rendition. #56

Is it confirmed that the Boss is dead? And if it is you can be sure another Mustang will take its place; Bullet, Mach 1...

[JusticePete]

Thought some of you may be interested in this.

To drive a 5th Gen fast you want stability and predictability in your handling. That starts at the foundational level with bushes. We want the arms to articulate freely, but within a tighter operational range. The amount of lateral movement in the 5th Gen lower rear arm with OE bushes and even with Pedders bushes is to great when you are looking for 1/10th or a 100th in a corner. We'll be testing this banded thrust bearing system this weekend. It is going to shift the load and our testing is designed to find out where ans what if anything we break on the Raymond's Performance Camaro and the L/28. Our best guess is that the arm will fatigue and we'll need to replace the lower control arms frequently. If that is all that we find, swapping out lower controls arms will cost less than the fluid changes between events. The track is not forgiving, it will tell us we are brilliant or idiots this weekend.





While we are on the subject of lower control arms, here is a how to on removal of the OEM lower inner control arm bush.



The OEM rear trailing arm bush is great for driving in the 8/10ths range. Pushed to 10/10ths or 11/10ths it allows too much movement creating instability. Installing a steel jacketed bush into the knuckle position requires it be removed from the car. Once off the car, the installation is straight forward. The increase in stability is enormous. You can see why in these pictures and the video.








Brought to you by Pedders. You know, the company without real engineers or testing programs that just sells stuff

[SEVEN-OH JOE]

Car 54 Where Are You?!

Whoops, Pete snuck in there.

Car 53 where are THEE?

Pete, you should get some rest. You look BUSHED!!

[JusticePete]

Originally Posted by SEVEN-OH JOE

Car 54 Where Are You?!

Whoops, Pete snuck in there.

Car 53 where are THEE?

Pete, you should get some rest. You look BUSHED!!

[shank0668]

Nice write up

[ShnOmac]

Originally Posted by JusticePete

Brought to you by Pedders. You know, the company without real engineers or testing programs that just sells stuff

Great info Pete!

[ShnOmac]

Oh and I say we let "3" have post number 10,000.....

[PQ]

3 months away from this thread being 3 years old too.

[ShnOmac]

Originally Posted by PQ

3 months away from this thread being 3 years old too.

Damn.... Time fly's.

[JusticePete]

47 posts. Someone better wake up #3 or #2.99 might poach 10,000

[tooslow]

Originally Posted by 2cnd chance

Is it confirmed that the Boss is dead? And if it is you can be sure another Mustang will take its place; Bullet, Mach 1...

Boss 302 is done after this year from all indications but I do agree that it is highly likely another version will take its place between the GT and the GT500. Rumors are the SVO could be making a return with an EcoBoost turbo engine.

[ShnOmac]

Originally Posted by JusticePete

47 posts. Someone better wake up #3 or #2.99 might poach 10,000

2.99 is ruthless.....

[JusticePete]

Originally Posted by ShnOmac

2.99 is ruthless.....

I don't like him either.