1985 GT build thread.

[suicidekings]

@suicidekings well that was just badass. I can't imagine how hard it was not to wanna rev it up inside that building lol.
Out of all of the pictures, the one with your old man is the best. Maybe it's because of the work you guys did together and that was your reward (cruising in myrtle)

LOL, I wanted to so bad! and yeah, that was the best part, ripping shit with my dad cracking up the whole time. it was great.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! WELL DESERVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you sir!

 

[ashleyroachclip]

I saw that you made top 5 at the show .
Nice job .
https://www.fordmuscle.com/event-co...the-mustang-week-2018-show-we-picked-our-favs

 

[suicidekings]

I saw that you made top 5 at the show .
Nice job .
https://www.fordmuscle.com/event-co...the-mustang-week-2018-show-we-picked-our-favs

Yup, top 5 editors choice not sure if that was just Steve Turner or others as well. Either way keep an eye out in the future for MM&FF .

 

[Silver95]

Very cool man. Your engine bay was an inspiration for me to get my engine bay done with more powder coated pieces!

Is your rad bracket made by UPR??


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[suicidekings]

Very cool man. Your engine bay was an inspiration for me to get my engine bay done with more powder coated pieces!

Is your rad bracket made by UPR??


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Thanks man, appreciate it. I honestly dont recall who makes it, but it very well could be UPR. There was two options, a half and a full length one. this is the full.

 

[Silver95]

Yup that’s the one I got at the powder coater right now.

Also, how did you manage to go so low in the front?! Did you make any adjustments to your fenders or the liner ?


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[suicidekings]

Yup that’s the one I got at the powder coater right now.

Also, how did you manage to go so low in the front?! Did you make any adjustments to your fenders or the liner ?


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Front fenders are left alone and I don't run fender liners. The car will never see rain so I left them off. Its all in the wheel offset, normally these would poke out a little further but I had them machined to bring them in a tad, that allows them to tuck up into the fender.

 

[gimmie11s]

Congrats!!!


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[Kevins89notch]

No one is going to post the video?

 

[suicidekings]

No one is going to post the video?

I was trying to keep my ugly face off the build thread lol.

 

[Kevins89notch]

Quoting said video of ugly face won't help it. Not it's posted twice.

 

[Silver95]

Front fenders are left alone and I don't run fender liners. The car will never see rain so I left them off. Its all in the wheel offset, normally these would poke out a little further but I had them machined to bring them in a tad, that allows them to tuck up into the fender.

I’m very curious to see how my CCWs fit up front. 5.5” back spacing on a 8.5” Wide wheel. I’d be thrilled to be able to go that low. Looks amazing man.


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[suicidekings]

I’m very curious to see how my CCWs fit up front. 5.5” back spacing on a 8.5” Wide wheel. I’d be thrilled to be able to go that low. Looks amazing man.


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So based on my calculations, my 8.5" front wheel had a 25mm offset. I milled off .100" which is about 2.5mm. This would give me 27.5mm offset.

Convert that to backspacing and that equals 5.83"

 

[ashleyroachclip]

Front fenders are left alone and I don't run fender liners. The car will never see rain so I left them off. Its all in the wheel offset, normally these would poke out a little further but I had them machined to bring them in a tad, that allows them to tuck up into the fender.

So what offset and back spacing did you end up front and rear ?

 

[ashleyroachclip]

Sorry , did not read the last post .

 

[suicidekings]

So what offset and back spacing did you end up front and rear ?

Front is above, but for the rear the factory offset was 20mm, so with the .100" that would be about 22.5mm offset which would calculate to about 6.39" backspacing.

So for those joining late to the party and for my math in the future when I go to buy another set of custom wheels.

18x8.5 custom offset calculated to 27.5mm offset or 5.83" BS
18x10 custom offset calculated to 22.5mm offset or 6.39" BS

 

[suicidekings]

Couple of recent videos.

 

[_Snake_]

Love this car!

 

[NastyGT500]

Well done! Love it!

 

[Murder Snake]

Excellent!!!!!!!!!