Tech - V8TV

Mustang Suspension drag racing

This 1993 Mustang FOX chassis started life as a 5.0 ragtop, a respectable street cruiser at the time, but the owner wanted to take things up a notch or two. So now, its hiding a 1000 horsepower supercharged monster under the hood.

The problem is that when you light this thing off and mash the throttle, you get loads of tire smoke rather than the speed rush you wanted. The fix is going to be increasing traction, and were starting with the rear suspension and some new parts from TRZ Motorsports as seen in this video.

Brakes

Hydratech Brake Booster Install Video V8TV

One area of Muscle Car performance that remains tricky is the braking system. Sometimes, even cars equipped with upgraded brakes donít stop as well as you want them to. We found a solution to this problem and a couple others in the form of a Hydroboost brake booster. Click Read More to see the video!

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Carburetor

Holley carburators are simple machines, but if they're not Tuned properly, they won't deliver all the performance they're capable of. We hooked up with Jeff Schwartz for a few tricks he uses to make sure there are no stumbles, bogs, or hiccups related to the tune on a Holley Performance Products 850 CFM Double Pumper carburetor. Click Read More for photos and the video!

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Brakes

Disc brakes were not available back in 1962, so we’re retrofitting these onto the Buick with the help of some brackets from Scarebird Mechanical, and the remaining parts from RockAuto.com. Scarebird makes rake brackets to converts lots of ‘60s cars to disc brakes using factory components, and RockAuto is a great online parts resource. Click Read More for details and the video!