Yes I am a Ford dealer in Vancouver , and no the car is easy to import as a race car , I also have a comp orange 2012 model Boss 302S and we sold a white 2012 to New Zealand .
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Most interesting. Is the comp orange 2012 Boss 302S for sale? If so, can you PM me more details? I am in Toronto.
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Hi Tim
Both your 12 and the new 13 look great. Have you had a chance to run the Cobra Jet prototype manifold yet
May need to retire our Ford GT and get a 13 to go with the white 12 down under.
ps can you box up the 2 sets of wheels please
cheers
Neil
Both your 12 and the new 13 look great. Have you had a chance to run the Cobra Jet prototype manifold yet
May need to retire our Ford GT and get a 13 to go with the white 12 down under.
ps can you box up the 2 sets of wheels please
cheers
Neil
Tim--if you don't mind, what front spring rate are you running w/ the 400lb rears?
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What are you guys using for a car cover? I have the front splitter already and will be adding the G-Stream wing early 2014; I'll need a cover for the car when it's out of the trailer at the track that will work with both of those.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
I have a California Car cover and they made it special for me with the dimensions I supplied for the Splitter and G-Stream Wing. They should have the info on file.
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Great! Looks like they also have a "standard" FR500S one that would probably fit too. $315ish.
Why do you need to cover your splitter with a car cover??
Probably don't, but it's nice to have a cover that fits properly so it's much easier to secure. I'm more worried about the giant wing than the splitter.
It holds the cover on quite nicely in very high winds. :read::idea:
Thought that was what the "ring" on the bottom of the car cover was for?
I don't feel like jagging around with that when I'm at the track!
Gentlemen: I know this is sort of off topic, but do you guys think the Boss 302S prices will follow the FR500C/S prices a few years down the road?
Just thought I'd let my fellow Boss 302S owners in on an issue I've had with my SRA LCA's.
Back in June of this year I was at Road America at the Northwood's Shelby Club track event and I started to hear a knocking sound in the rear end. We gave the car a cursory inspection and found the diff catch can a little loose. I told the crew, that's NOT what I'm hearing but I'm willing to give it a shot. Sure enough, the sound didn't change.
Next event the knocking sound got a bit louder. Still could not find it. The last event I did, it sounded like the rear axle was going to be falling out of the car at any given moment.
We gave the car a VERY thorough inspection and found a significant amount of play in both ends of both LCA's. When we removed the LCA's we found a lot of play in mounting points. We thought it was in the spherical bearings. When we took the spherical bearings out of the control arms they pretty much fell right out. Although the spherical bearings had 'some' play in them, the biggest problem was the fact that the bore for the spherical bearing was about .006" too big. In addition, the bushings that take up the space between the mounting bolts and the spherical bearings also had a few thou clearance as well.
So..........after blasting off the powder coating (tough stuff) we tried heating up the eyes to shrink them and didn't have a lot of success. So then we heated them up again and had a little squirt bottle and sprayed some water on the bore and actually had more success. You would not want to do a full quench because you'd run the risk of making the eyes on the control arm brittle.
We ended up shrinking the eyes enough to where we are pretty happy we will have a tight enough press along with the assistance of some Loc-tite press fit assist. We also ended up replacing the spherical bearings and having to knurl the bushings that take up the difference between the spherical bearings and the mounting bolts.
Pretty sure we are going to be making these in the not too distant future. Not really happy with this design.
Hope this info helps.
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Back in June of this year I was at Road America at the Northwood's Shelby Club track event and I started to hear a knocking sound in the rear end. We gave the car a cursory inspection and found the diff catch can a little loose. I told the crew, that's NOT what I'm hearing but I'm willing to give it a shot. Sure enough, the sound didn't change.
Next event the knocking sound got a bit louder. Still could not find it. The last event I did, it sounded like the rear axle was going to be falling out of the car at any given moment.
We gave the car a VERY thorough inspection and found a significant amount of play in both ends of both LCA's. When we removed the LCA's we found a lot of play in mounting points. We thought it was in the spherical bearings. When we took the spherical bearings out of the control arms they pretty much fell right out. Although the spherical bearings had 'some' play in them, the biggest problem was the fact that the bore for the spherical bearing was about .006" too big. In addition, the bushings that take up the space between the mounting bolts and the spherical bearings also had a few thou clearance as well.
So..........after blasting off the powder coating (tough stuff) we tried heating up the eyes to shrink them and didn't have a lot of success. So then we heated them up again and had a little squirt bottle and sprayed some water on the bore and actually had more success. You would not want to do a full quench because you'd run the risk of making the eyes on the control arm brittle.
We ended up shrinking the eyes enough to where we are pretty happy we will have a tight enough press along with the assistance of some Loc-tite press fit assist. We also ended up replacing the spherical bearings and having to knurl the bushings that take up the difference between the spherical bearings and the mounting bolts.
Pretty sure we are going to be making these in the not too distant future. Not really happy with this design.
Hope this info helps.
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Bruce, did you pass this info along to Mark or anyone at Ford Racing ?
Dave:
Yes I gave him a heads up on it initially when I first discovered it and also gave him a link to this post as well.
:-D
Bruce, I was discussing the merits of Maximum Motorsport's Extreme Duty rear LCA's with a fellow member here, Sam (19COBRA93). He shared with me the fact that his FRPP arms had failed him and expressed quite a bit of disappointment considering the source, FRPP, and the price.
I'll pm him to see if he can shed some light and see if the failures were similar.
I'll pm him to see if he can shed some light and see if the failures were similar.
Just thought I'd let my fellow Boss 302S owners in on an issue I've had with my SRA LCA's.
Back in June of this year I was at Road America at the Northwood's Shelby Club track event and I started to hear a knocking sound in the rear end. We gave the car a cursory inspection and found the diff catch can a little loose. I told the crew, that's NOT what I'm hearing but I'm willing to give it a shot. Sure enough, the sound didn't change.
Next event the knocking sound got a bit louder. Still could not find it. The last event I did, it sounded like the rear axle was going to be falling out of the car at any given moment.
We gave the car a VERY thorough inspection and found a significant amount of play in both ends of both LCA's. When we removed the LCA's we found a lot of play in mounting points. We thought it was in the spherical bearings. When we took the spherical bearings out of the control arms they pretty much fell right out. Although the spherical bearings had 'some' play in them, the biggest problem was the fact that the bore for the spherical bearing was about .006" too big. In addition, the bushings that take up the space between the mounting bolts and the spherical bearings also had a few thou clearance as well.
So..........after blasting off the powder coating (tough stuff) we tried heating up the eyes to shrink them and didn't have a lot of success. So then we heated them up again and had a little squirt bottle and sprayed some water on the bore and actually had more success. You would not want to do a full quench because you'd run the risk of making the eyes on the control arm brittle.
We ended up shrinking the eyes enough to where we are pretty happy we will have a tight enough press along with the assistance of some Loc-tite press fit assist. We also ended up replacing the spherical bearings and having to knurl the bushings that take up the difference between the spherical bearings and the mounting bolts.
Pretty sure we are going to be making these in the not too distant future. Not really happy with this design.
Hope this info helps.
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I ran those arms (M-5649-S) for about 6 months and experienced the exact same failure/poor design. There is too much clearance between the spherical bearing housing, and the bore on the end of the arm. There might be minimal play when first assembled, but as they get used the movement further exacerbates the problem. With that amount of play in a solid type control arm, the rattles resonates throughout the chassis and it really does sound like the rear end is falling out of the car. I was quite disappointed in them considering the source and cost, as mentioned above. Ford Racing feels I simply "out powered them" causing the extra clearance. I wholeheartedly disagree. I feel it's a design flaw, without question.
Having no desire to run an arm that makes more racket than my exhaust does, I decided to swap in FRPP's cheaper arms with the urethane bushings (M-5649-R1). Well, once again, FRPP failed here too. On every Mustang built from '05-'14, the gap in the lower control mounting point is different forward to rear, with the rear being wider. On the M-5649-R1, the steel sleeves are sized properly, but the arms and bushings are not. Since the bushings are a two-piece design, they simply spread apart after just a few miles leaving a large gap between them in the control arm bores which considerably lowers their effectiveness. I had to come up with a spacer to keep the bushings in place.
My disappointment in these arms is great. Not only do I sell Ford Racing parts, but I run them on my own car, and I push them hard. I promote them, I defend them, and except for these examples, I have faith in them. So I am very curious in what Ford Racing has to say in your case.
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