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The Fitment Lab rear over fender and the skirt wanted to occupy the same space, so Christian modified both parts to play nice together. This happened so quickly I didn't even get any pictures, but they somehow look like they were always meant to go together!...

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DRIVESHAFT ADAPTER MACHINED AND INSTALLED

BMW loves using a driveshaft bushing to connect transmissions to their 2-piece driveshafts and they tend to have 6 bolts - 3 for the transmission side and 3 for the driveshaft side or "prop shaft". After...

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We used a bulkhead connector and drilled through the upper billet section of the hat that normally allows for the pump addition. This lets us have a return on the "big saddle" for the overflow from the surge tank.


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MOUNTING TWIN DERALE OIL COOLERS

Now with an 8400 rpm engine spinning up in the revs and a 7 speed DCT churning up fluid, we decided on twin fluid coolers using Derale stacked plate 10000 series heat exchangers, part number 51678. We have used this size...

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Project Update - September 3, 2026: We have been very busy since our last update here, and we are pushing to get the S65 to fire up very soon. We have the 2026 SCCA Time Attack National Champs in October and no testing in this car yet, so we look at the task list and calendar every day.

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David,

Well that is a good list of wants and desires, and we can help reach those goals, if you follow our advice.



One thing we won't do is ever encourage anyone to use twin tube Konis and lowering springs. There are many problems with that formula, but mostly...

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WEIGHT CHECK AND TEST DRIVE

I figured with all of the safety gear we added the previous 2733 pound weight (with zero fuel and stock interior) would go up, but not quite this much. We added the carbon hood and removed the back seats during this work, hoping...

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These have to be "fitted" to the chassis, as the floors are rarely flat in a Fox after all this time. These were bolted up and then the long tubular beams were tweaked to fit.



Clearly we should have done this before...

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4-POINT ROLL BAR

We ordered a pair of roll bar kits from Maximum Motorsports, one for The Ocho and one for Shaun's Mustang. These were ordered with the optional diagonal and harness bars, because - why wouldn't you? The diagonal tube adds stiffness to the...

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Project update for August 20, 2026 - We have come a long way on this 1988 Fox Mustang project (The Ocho) since the January update and have completed dyno tuning, major safety upgrades, and a proper track test. We did this while we should have been working on my S65 V8 swapped BMW E46, and that project...