Follow along our newest build series featuring this 1999 Electric Green Mustang GT dubbed "Project Green Bean". We've assembled a stellar assortment of performance & suspension upgrades found right here at LMR.com to help transform this street cruiser into an all-out drag & strip performer!
We’ll be breaking this build down into several stages and highlighting the majority of the parts and methods we used to get them installed.
The build will come together thanks to several awesome manufacturers, including Team Z, Strange Engineering, Maximum Motorsports, Flaming River, Performance Automatic, Flowmaster, Bassani, and Aeromotive.
Stage 1
To start out with Stage 1, we decided to tackle all the front-end suspension components. This will consist of yanking out the Stock K-member, Control Arms, and Struts.
We also took the time to address our oil pan gasket, clean and degrease the underside of this car to make it look like new again. This was also a great opportunity to rip out the stock headers since the K-member was out of the way.
Thanks to Team Z, Strange Engineering, and Flowmaster, we were able to drop a ton of weight with Team Z's Tubular K-Member and Control Arms. We also shed some weight by using Strange's Front Struts paired with Team Z's Coil Overs. To top it off, a flashy set of Flowmaster ceramic coated shorties with one and five-eighths inch primaries went in their place.
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Stage 2
Stage 2 will show mostly drivetrain-related components from Performance Automatic with their twelve inch thirty-two hundred stall converter and a valve body kit. We will also be showing off Team Z's front bumper support.
Racing torque converters are generally grouped by size (diameter) and stall speed. As the diameter of a torque converter decreases, the stall speed (RPM) goes up. This promotes excellent fuel economy and drivability because they are specifically designed for these purposes.
The valve body kit not only improves performance, but they also reduce wear because the transmission won't be trying to drive in two gears at once.
Team Z tubular front bumper support, which will help knock off even more weight from Green Bean. Remove the front bumper, impact isolator, and front bumper support so you can install this awesome part.
To help keep the transmission a little cooler, a Derale universal cooler kit was installed. We bypassed the ports on the radiator and ran it straight to the front-mount cooler.
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Stage 3
We kicked off stage 3 by removing the factory cat back since the mid pipe was removed in Stage 1 to allow for installation of our Flowmaster headers. Once we had our cat back out of the way, we could address the upper and lower control arms as well as prep for the Team Z anti-roll bar.
Moving along, we installed Team Z’s rear drag race springs in place of the factory stockers. With the rear end still supported, out came the factory-stamped upper control arms. Those were followed by the removal of the stock upper axle bushings. Now for the Team Z anti-roll bar. This one, by far, requires the most work because of the welding that’s needed.
Now that the suspension is finished off, we can address our Bassani mid-pipe and Flowmaster American Thunder cat back. Stay tuned because we are still not done with this build, so check us out at LMR.com!
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Stage 4
Alright Guys we will be diving into Stage 4 of Project Green Bean! In this video, we will be touching back on Stage 1, dealing with the stock steering rack, and changing it to our Flaming River steering rack using Team Z's bump steer kit.
Afterwards, we will hit up on the manual brake assembly from Maximum Motorsports, also, while we were there, we installed 94-95 Cobra master cylinder. This is required to run the manual brake setup.
Moving to the rear of Project Green Bean, we beefed it up by replacing the old axles, getting rid of the C-clips, and changing out the Spool with Strange Engineering Axle, Spool, and C-clip eliminators. Watch the video as we show you all the components involved in this build.
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