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Mail From: Craig Eid <(email redacted)>

I'm building a heavily modified '65 Mustang coupe that will be mainly
street driven but will see some time at the track and autocrossing. Since
the car will be driven in excess of 20,000 miles per year, I
can't afford to make big compromises in ride for improved handling.
I've recently returned from a trip to LA and Phoenix where I met with a
rep from Global West and Hal Baer at Baer racing; I haven't yet been
up to Salt Lake to visit Boyd.

Since I'll be keeping this car a long time (I've already owned it for
18 years), cost is not a real concern but I don't want to throw money away.
The Global West parts seem really expensive while the Pro- Motorsports
parts are just expensive.

I've decided to go with the Global West welded subframe connectors,
Baer racing's 13.2 inch front/11.9 inch rear disc brake setup,
and the the non - Mustang II rack and pinion kit and carbon fiber leaf springs
from Pro - Motorsports. I have yet to decide if I should go with the Global
West negative wedge, springs, upper/lower arm, et al since they're extremely
expensive or if I should go with the same setup from Pro - Motorsports.

Does anyone have relevant experience or opinions about ANY of the above?
Post away.


Craig

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Craig Eid

Manufacturing Development Engineer
Microwave Instruments Division, Hewlett Packard
e-mail address craige@sr

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Mail From: (email redacted) (Dave Williams)


-> Baer racing's 13.2 inch front/11.9 inch rear disc brake setup,

You know that a 13.2 rotor with a caliper generally requires going to
a 17" wheel? Your choice of tires in that size is rather limited,
too. The 275/40 and 245/50 should be available indefinitely, but the
245 would be a tight fit in an early Mustang, if it will clear at all
without surgery.

Baer might have found some low-profile calipers that will clear some
16" wheels, but man, it'll be *tight* in there.

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Mail From: (email redacted) (Brian Kelley)


Dave Williams writes:

> You know that a 13.2 rotor with a caliper generally requires going to
>a 17" wheel?

The Duralights will clear just fine, as do my new 16x12 HRE's. As I
recall, the ID of the Duralights is 15.5" all the way (there is no
bead clearance ring). The problem I have is getting the street setup
to package without having to reduce the rotor size :-( But you're
right - most 16" wheels won't fit.

The 275-40-17 on a 9.5 or 10" wheel is a really nice tire, but it
might look kind of weird seeing those tires with modern rims on an
older Mustang.

Brian

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Mail From: Craig Eid <(email redacted)>

Regarding 17 inch wheels. Hal offers a 16x8 wheel that has a tight fit
but does the job.


Craig
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Craig Eid

Manufacturing Development Engineer
Microwave Instruments Division, Hewlett Packard
e-mail address craige@sr

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Mail From: (email redacted) (Dave Williams)


-> I'm sitting in my office looking at a 13" Baer setup ready to be
-> fitted to the front of a new model...
->
-> The front wheels that I'm using are the CSA type 35 (five spoke)
-> They clear th PBR

Thanks for the data. When I was looking for 16s I couldn't find
anything that'd clear, of course. <sigh> Just getting backspace
information is like pulling teeth; start asking about brake clearance
and the wheel companies go Twilight Zone on you. "Yes, these will
clear disc brakes." Took a while to realize they were talking about
30-odd years ago, when "drum brake" wheels were different from "disc
brake" wheels.