Late model restoration carries a wide variety of performance fox body cylinder heads to seriously increase the horsepower and torque of your mustang. Being built on fords fox platform it is commonly referred to as the fox body mustangit evolved through a number of sub models trim levels and drivetrain combinations during its production life. Selecting a ford mustang body shell or frame assembly can take the guesswork out of measuring and aligning all the sheet metal components. Frame rail torque box help. Replacing your fox bodys cylinder heads for a set of performance heads is one of the most popular and often misunderstood upgrades you can do to any mustang. A frame machine is only as accurate as the operator that runs it.
In any restoration project time is money and by investing in a shell up front you can save a great deal of both in the long run. Installing frame connectors ford fox body fairmontproject duration. Cutting out the frame rail 1989 foxbody mustang duration. It underwent updates for 1987 and for a time seemed destined for replacement with a front wheel drive mazda platform. Tim mcamis performance parts 72268 views. The third generation mustang was produced by ford from 1978 until 1993.
A full frame car is no better or worse than a unibody car when it comes to handling or safety. Year type throttle body diameter flow sensor diameter. Distance between front frame rail. Fox body mustang 5 lug swap installation duration. Drag race body mounting duration. J 69 front frame rail installation.
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Fox body mustang cylinder head specs. Factory measurements were done at. Junkyard doggs 11006 views. 1986 1993 50l v8 foxbody mustang throttle body info. Classic mustang specific tech. The ford fox platform is an automobile platform that was used by ford motor companyintroduced for compact sedans in the 1978 model year the fox architecture was utilized for a wide variety of configurations for ford and lincoln mercury vehiclesin its original form the platform was used until 1993 with a substantial redesign of the ford mustang extending its life through the 2004 model year.
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