Return of the Jedi: Fox Body Build Project

50 Deep · Jun 25, 2020

Shifty Powers said:
so where did you get the fenders?

Awesome car and project! Have made a huge amount of progress on it in a year. Love the open lights up front (wish they were around somewhere), and love the wheels! Are the wheels rotary forged? Any way to make them lighter maybe?

The fenders are from Maier Racing.

All of our Signature Wheel designs are fully forged aluminum. Designed for track and street use. In a foxbody spec you can expect a weight of 18-21 lbs depending on the wheel design

Shifty Powers · Jun 25, 2020

50 Deep said:
The fenders are from Maier Racing.

All of our Signature Wheel designs are fully forged aluminum. Designed for track and street use. In a foxbody spec you can expect a weight of 18-21 lbs depending on the wheel design

Building a 96 for autox/road course. So it is good to see some of your stuff as you do it.

50 Deep · Jul 11, 2020

Inevitably you get tired of camera phone pics. Nikon D750 and Lightroom for post. Still a long way to go, but I can see the potential.

50 Deep · Jul 12, 2020

Trying to finalize the interior on the fox. Recently installed the Florida 5.0 gauge cluster. Fairly easy, but time consuming. Got everything to work but my electronic speedometer. Waiting on a new vehicle speed sensor since it appears to be the problem. My cruise control was not working before the install, and usually that is a tale tale sign. Anyone else have this setup and been through this?

I found heel toe downshifts almost impossible with the stock pedals, so I installed these Steeda ones I had on hand. Hopefully they provide a better feel. An SRP heel guard should prevent me from grenading the floor mats. Along with a custom Signature Wheel coined short throw shifter from MGW. Seats are Corbeau front and rear, which I enjoy the bolstering much more compared to sliding all around in the stock ones.