What did you do to your S550 Mustang today?!

[MyStang]

What oil are you using ... looks spotless under the valve cover.

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[GT_MTL]

Finally back on the road after this very good alignment!
Next tear down when Ford get those Track Handling Pack ready to deliver...

 

[CrazyHippie]

Working on ...reducing drag and improving downforce

Word: Keep in mind the exhaust heat with whatever material you end up using. ;)

 

[Flyhalf]

Word: Keep in mind the exhaust heat with whatever material you end up using. ;)

Yeah. Thinking alumilite. But most important I'll keep the exhaust not cover to start with.
Then will see

 

[HKusp]

See you in a salami, I guess

I made it home, so no one has to worry about ingesting me in the next few weeks.

 

[NGOT8R]

I made it home, so no one has to worry about ingesting me in the next few weeks.

You’ll love those D5 Beadlocks. Did they come with lug nuts or will you have to source some? If so, let me know which ones you go with? The ones that came with mine are rusting on the surface. I was going to try soaking them in some CLR and see if that gets rid of most of it. If it does, I’ll hit them with some WD-40 and see if that keeps it at bay.

 

[HKusp]

You’ll love those D5 Beadlocks. Did they come with lug nuts or will you have to source some? If so, let me know which ones you go with? The ones that came with mine are rusting on the surface. I was going to try soaking them in some CLR and see if that gets rid of most of it. If it does, I’ll hit them with some WD-40 and see if that keeps it at bay.

They did come with lugs. The ones I have currently are starting to rust as well.

 

[NGOT8R]

They did come with lugs. The ones I have currently are starting to rust as well.

Oh okay. Are they the splined lug nuts that come with their own special socket?

 

[NGOT8R]

Here are mine after a 2 minute soak and some vigorous shaking in CLR. As you can see, the soak ate off almost all of the rust, but it also had an effect on the color of them too. Not sure if they can be hit with some high gloss black paint and call it a day or what. I’m going to look into this a little more. Anyways, I just wanted to let you know that CLR will work.

Update: I sprayed three light coats of paint on each lug nut. I’ll let them cure for 2 or more days and then see how they turned out. If nothing else, it at least buys me time to try and locate better options.

I baked them in the oven at 350* for 15 min. That really made the paint lay down much smoother than just right out of the rattle can.

 

[HKusp]

Oh okay. Are they the splined lug nuts that come with their own special socke?

Yes, they are. Both what's on the car and the one's he gave me.

 

[NGOT8R]

Yes, they are. Both what's on the car and the one's he gave me.

Copy that. A closer inspection of the lug nuts indicates that the black coating is actually paint I’m heading outside now to spray paint mine gloss black with Rustoleum 2X. Stay tuned for further updates.

 

[GMB Racing]

Grap some gun black and It will give them a nice finish

 

[NGOT8R]

Grap some gun black and It will give them a nice finish

Thank you! I’ll keep that in mind if the Rustoleum doesn’t work out. I already had a can of it in the cabinet that’s been waiting to be used for something.

 

[CR151S]

Yeah. Thinking alumilite. But most important I'll keep the exhaust not cover to start with.
Then will see

Would be pretty awesome if you kept the measurements to be able to reproduce!

 

[Flyhalf]

Would be pretty awesome if you kept the measurements to be able to reproduce!

If i do I'll sell the kit through my company SPEEDITALIARACING.COM

We will see

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