This is when I found a local guy on Craigslist selling the complete front suspension from a C5 Corvette for $500. Now that you guys must believe I'm bat-sh*t crazy, hear me out: The C5 stuff already had massive aluminum A arms. This means I wouldn't have to fabricate my own using heim joints and have the fear that maybe I went with too thin wall of tubing or something. Also, the Corvette stuff uses unit bearings which are maintenance free and are reasonably priced to replace, and third, the Vette uses 12.8" rotors with aluminum 2 piston calipers. I would end up with less unsprung weight than my original plan and bigger brakes that are modern enough to get replacement pads and rotors from a local auto parts store. When was the last time you actually saw a Mustang 2 driving around? That's my point...
The biggest downside to the Vette unit bearings would be the bolt pattern. The Corvette uses the standard Chevy pattern of 5x4.75 or 5x120.something. Obviously Chrysler never offered this as a pattern which leaves a predicament thst I've yet to solve. I need to change the rear axle shafts to go to the larger 5x4.5 pattern anyways so maybe I can have some made in 5x4.75? I'm not sure yet on that.
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Around the same time I found the Vette parts on Craigslist, I also stumbled on a 6.0L for $600 and since everybody knows bigger is better, I had to get it. In all seriousness, the main reason I wanted it was because the 6 liter had a 4" bore. Once you have a 4" bore you can run LS3/L92 cylinder heads. These things flow incredible amounts of air for a factory head and make great power. With the addition of the 6 liter, I decided to scrap the idea of a turbo car and instead am going to build a healthy N/A engine instead. After talk with a few camshaft manufactures I should have no problem reaching 550-575hp with this combo.
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