[conrodj]

So two days ago I bought a 1982 t-top mustang, the guy that sold it to me said that the driveTran is out of a 86 5.0l 5 speex, the mods that I know for sure are a 650 4 barrel carb, a upgraded fuel pump and full msd, the guy told me that it is a 306 with a 2030 thumpr cam, with 373 gears he also told me that it had stock heads on it. when I was driving I was getting really bad wheel hop and I my buddy was behind me and said that it saging bad on one side when I came on to it, I looked at the shocks and they looked almost bran new. So my questions are these cars bad for the wheel hop? And what would be a good way to fix that? And also I want to make this a street/strip car I wanted to get in to the high to mid 12s by the end of the summer, I already have a wet nitrous kit it maxed out at 125 shot but I need the block for the carb and I'm thinking that I'll get some drag radials, and so I'm wondering what you guys think and what I should do to get in to the 12s?

 

[conrodj]

This is my car

 

[Beechkid]

1st, check the rear suspension...it has likely been beaten on very hard and the basic suspension is likely in need of TLC.

 

[conrodj]

Yea that make sense I'll do that when it warms up it's going to be like -20 for the nexted few days

 

[silver_stang200]

good looking car reminds me of one I had back in the day same yr but mine was a notch w/v6

 

[fordman777]

Does the car have subframe connectors?

 

[conrodj]

Yea it dose have sub frame connectors welded in

 

[conrodj]

Ok I just got back I brought in in to my work and found some stuff I need and what I need is upper track/control arm bushing and I'm also going to get a new sway bar the one that's on there is the stock one I also need some front end work wheel bearings, lower control arm bushings, and new sway bar bushing. So I'm wondering what's a good size rear sway bar?

 

[91convert50]

The stock rear upper and lower control arms are very weak and prone to twist and flex.
I had horrible wheel hop after removing the quad shocks to clearance my wheels and tires. After replacing the upper and lower control arms, no wheel hop at all.

 

[fordman777]

You can eliminate the quad shocks if you put a good set of upper control arms in place. Get with Sharad on here. He is with UPR and can probably hook you up with a set of upper and lower control arms. He could probably give you some really good advice as well.

Another option is to use the search box and find some good info on suspension setups.

 

[conrodj]

I just ordered a set of steeda upper adjustable and lowers control arms