I just thought I would pass along a few low cost recommendations that would help with making the car a little more consistent.

1) Polyurethane bushings. in the following locations:

- A-arms. To make the steering more consistent.

- Steering rack. So that it does not move during aggressive steering. I have 3 sets that I would be willing to donate to your project. 1 set of stock location. 2 sets of offset location. The offset bushings raise the rack up or down to help correct bumpsteer that is caused by the lowering of the car. Since you are using drop spindles you may not need to correct the tierods position if it is parallel to the A-arm. Either way. I will never use these 3 sets as I have used aluminum rack bushings. If you want them just let me know.

- Transmission Cross Member. Again, I have a set of new polyurethane X-member bushings that I will gladly donate to your project. Besides offering better support for the driveline, these bushings make the X-member into more of a lateral bracing structural component. I will never use mine as I opted for aluminum bushings in this location as well.

Structural recomendations:

1) Torque box reinforcement. The rear axle & suspension on our mustangs needs alot of attention, as you know. The points where the rear upper and lower control arms attach to the body need some love.

The lower torque box tends to twist and warp. So a lower torque box reinforcement will stabilize the attaching point. I was impressed with the improvment in just daily driving with just the lowers on.

The upper torque boxes have a nasty reputation for tearing off under extreme driving situations. An upper torque box reinforcment should go along ways towards keeping that sheetmetal in the back from flexing. And while you are under the car, you can seam weld the stock upper torque boxes.

-Subframe connectors. I know you guys have a 6 point rollcage already. But I think some subframe connectors to tie the front and rear frame together would be very important.

-Front Strut tower brace & Lower K-member brace. The front end of our cars like to twist more than Chubby Checker. I can't say which of these 2 would be most important to do first. But You may want to look into both of these items.

-Rear Shock Tower brace. This is kinda of a debated item. Some say "BULLSH*T", some say "DO IT". If your are running rear coilovers it falls into the "fairly important catergory". If just regular coil springs....well I would still do it as you can easily add structural integrity to the rear of the car. Since you are running a Hatchback I would consider it even more. The hatchbacks lack the structural integrity that the notchbacks have.

Here is a pic I found of a simple brace that is incorporated into a rollcage setup. Notice that the bar that goes across to the shock towers also has connecting points that tie it into the floor pan right above the rear frame rails.

have fun racing,
eric g.

P.S. if you want any of the polyurethane bushings just email me at fatchick1o9@nethere.com . I know it is not much to offer but if you guys (the drift50.com team) want them , there yours. glad to help any way I can.