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#Team z adjustable outlaw wing install

Our mount came pre-installed with new radiator mounts to accept our Flex-A-Lite fan/radiator combo.

#Team z adjustable outlaw wing install

While our old radiator support wasn’t really damaged in any way, we took this opportunity underneath the car to install one of Team Z’s tubular lower mounts.

Replaces rusted or damaged lower radiator support.

Weld In Fox Body Radiator Support PN# TZM-FOX-RS We removed two pounds and ten ounces of weight while cleaning up the underside of our project in the process. This process was very straightforward – we just followed Team Z’s instructions and had the new one fully-welded in and the radiator replaced in a short period of time. The replacement requires that you cut out the old unit using a cut-off wheel or plasma cutter in order to position the new one in the correct support. It just so happens that Team Z Motorsports offers a nifty weld-in tubular replacement support that comes with optional brackets to capture your stock-style radiator. While we were adding the front-end limiters to the car, we also decided to take out some weight in the nose of the car and replace our lower radiator support in the process. This makes it more difficult for the car to lift the front end on launch past that predetermined point, and will instead help to move the car forward and lower ET’s, along with making chassis tuning more repeatable.” Zimmerman continued, “When you adjust the rebound on the front struts, you can slow down the rate of rise on the nose, and then when the car reaches the predetermined height of the limiter system, the rest of the car acts as if the nose is dead weight, rather than the sprung weight it has when the front end is not tied down. By installing a set of our front-end limiters, you gain the ability to tune the front half of the suspension just like you can with the rear.” ” What happens is that when the power is applied to the rear suspension, the rotation of the pinion and driveshaft attempt to pick the nose of the car up rather than having the car move forward in one smooth, fluid motion.

“When you reach a certain level of performance, you need to start worrying about locking the front end of the car down,” explained Zimmerman. We wanted to raise our launch RPM, but we knew this would likely result in a radical wheel stand. Why is this, you ask? Well, in looking at how the car was leaving the starting line, the rear tires were sticking perfectly to the track, but the front end rate of rise was too abrupt, causing the nose to reach for the sky instead of the car moving forward when the power was applied. Read on to see what he suggested for our project!įrom the launch photo to the left, Zimmerman realized that we were going to need to tie down the front end if we were going to have any shot at improving our elapsed times. Zimmerman and his team have built some of the most awesome cars on the heads-up circuit today, and his suspension parts are installed underneath numerous additional NMRA and Outlaw champion vehicles.

With those lessons in mind, we went right back to our friend Dave Zimmerman and his group of craftsmen at Team Z Motorsports in Taylor, Michigan.

The mad thrash taught us a few things, however, as you can see from this launch photo from our test sessions. We performed a mad thrash in an attempt to squeeze the car into the 9’s at the end of the season, with a 9.94 at 134 MPH, the result of the hard work we put in with this awesome Team Z Motorsports-equipped rocket. With wheels up, our shocks were extending to the bump stops, thus we needed a travel limiter kit from Team Z.Ĥ27 cubic inches of small-block Ford power rests between the framerails of this car, our Project 666 machine that we’ve been building up over the last three years.