Recent content by bbbart

Will downsizing that much affect top speed or high speed stability? Besides looking disproportionate, provided the wheel size can be changed in FORSCAN, are there any performance disadvantages too downsizing that much? It seems like even the heaviest track cars don't go larger than 20 inch...

Best looking ST wheels hands down. Looks almost like the Rohana RF1. Really nice

Steven Adams, the gentleman with the current ST dyno record, mentioned Ford commissioned custom shocks from Fox for the Explorer ST. Need to dig it up somewhere but he's a credible source

No, that will lower the value of our 20-24 models haha. Sounds like Nevada and Illinois have a lot of SOP's in common. Let's start with Ford Performance for all the suspenion goodies they made for their track-prepped ST with Fox shocks and aero please

Really wish I could have both but have to budget wisely, 21 just looks perfect... I'm just about to place a custom order for mag wheels so I could make it any spec and second guessing lol... Shouldn't be difficult to sell my 20 in. Classic5 V2's though.

Welcome! Beautiful ride.

What are the best tire options you've found? Really like the aesthetic.

I'll be in Miami from tomorrow till April 7 for work. It would be awesome to link up sometime. I'll dm closer to the day if things are looking smooth by the end of the week, I'm planning on renting a car for the last day so I should be able to drive up to you. After going over this for a good...

Thank you for that explanation. Definitely relate to the strategy of hammering the brakes on corner entry and hammering on the way out with the AWD. I will make a serious effort to rent a similar vehicle to get some track experience. It would suck building this car for track use and not being...

Totally agree and I definitely have a lifetime of things to learn on a track. The art of balancing a car during sustained, WOT performance is completely new to me. It definitely sounds like I'm way over my head here but after getting to know the ST and having years of experience with similarly...

Might be tough to find a track, but I'm trying to assess the risk of doing it moreso than committing to that as a goal. The car was definitely not designed to do it, there's no examples to follow, and I've never raced so just making sure I learn as much as possible about the car and listening to...

Thank you very much for the explanation. I will have to do a deep dive on the characteristics of airlift suspension vs coilovers to see if it's worth it to completely switch over. Many YouTube videos fiercely defend airlift as a track-capable suspension but in a body-roll prone platform like...

Shouldn't be too long. Another member has an ST without a sunroof on JRZ RS 3 Pro coilovers that would be perfect for this kind of driving. The absolute best setup for grip and cornering performance.

That's great info, thanks. Would running a stiffer front sway bar benefit an explorer with air suspension on sticky tires? I have a lot of nose dive and body roll during the initial turn-in on a hard corner and would like to lower that as much as possible while keeping the air suspension...

Meant to say it's cheaper to install them altogether than the exhaust now and downpipes later. Late night text lol