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In an effort to save precious weight especially off the front of the car I installed a Steeda Lightweight Radiator Support on my Mustang. S-197 Mustang weigh more from the factory on the front half. In autocross and road racing events the car will handle better if the weight is closer to a 50/50 split. This is a great way to drop 9lbs off your front end. I picked it up from American Muscle and was able to install this in my garage. Steeda made this radiator support from strong and light weight 4130 Chromoly steel that is then Tig welded for extra strength. It ends up being lighter and stronger than the factory unit. |
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The unit came very well packaged. |
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Here is a detail shot of the end. |
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Place your car on stands or a lift. |
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First remove the splashguard. There are several 8mm bolts to remove. |
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Mine has the hole for the intercooler piping. |
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Next undo the other splash shield |
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And then remove the z brace. It has 6 17mm bolts and two nuts. |
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You can just loosen the nuts as the brace slides off of them. |
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Then you can pull your swaybar. This is the Eibach unit shown. You can leave the end links attached and just push it forward. Make sure you let it drop now and not later. |
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There are two brake line clip that you need to pull off to reuse on the new unit. |
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Before removal you need to hold the radiator in place. Use your jack but do not apply pressure. |
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There are four 19mm bolts that hold it to the Chassis. Pull these and it will drop out. Having an extra hand here is nice. |
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Transfer the rubber grommets and line clips to the new bar. |
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The Steeda Radiator Support bar saves 9lbs over the stock bar. It weighs 7lbs and the stock bar weighs 16lbs. The stock bar is off a 2011 Mustang. |
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Now you can place the new bar onto the chassis. |
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If you are keeping your swaybar then it attaches with new supplied bolts. You can also choose to attach the Z bar or not as well. Once you have it on you can reverse your covers take off and let the car down. |
