Help with my 92 Red Feature

93trplwhtpony

There's a lot of talk on this site about our favorite Triple White. Does no-one have anything to say about the Yellow, or the Red Feature. Although my White one holds a special place in my heart, the Yellow is my favorite toy. I'd like to hear from a Red 92 owner. Since I have all 3, one thing that I noticed is that the 92 has A LOT looser steering. The 93's are tight, but the Red has play. I checked tie rods, bearings, bushings, and ball joints, and all are perfect. The only thing I can figure is there was a different rack and pinion steering in 92. Any ideas?????? Ponydude, I'm still interested in your spoiler, e-mail me a good price.

TRIWFOX

I've never actually seen a Red or Yellow feature car. I'd never seen a white one until a friend of mine bought the one I have now. When I looked at it, it was in deplorable condition, but I knew it was different from any Mustang I'd ever seen before. I went home and started doing some research and found out how rare these cars are and knew immediately that I wanted to buy her and bring her back. So I did, and I'm slowly making her proud again...

So again, I would love to see an example of the other features, would love to own one or more of them. There was a beautiful red '92 on Autotrader the other day...Maybe one day...

Sue [B-)]

TWF_John

The 93's are tight, but the Red has play. I checked tie rods, bearings, bushings, and ball joints, and all are perfect. The only thing I can figure is there was a different rack and pinion steering in 92. Any ideas?????? Ponydude, I'm still interested in your spoiler, e-mail me a good price.

I checked a couple of books that I have (The Official Ford Mustang 5.0 Technical Reference Handbook and the Fox Body Mustang Recognition Guide) and both have the identical (although brief) descriptions of the steering setup for 1992 and 1993. So, no clues there.

Roughneck

Most Mustangs develop problems with the upper and lower ball joints & tie rod ends at around 40-80k miles. The first sign is inner wear on your tires. Replacing these parts has made a huge difference in the steering play. Total cost of replacement parts is around $145 & most parts houses will rent/loan the tools.

93trplwhtpony

That's the problem, tierods, and ball joints are like new, and bushings are new. I even had an alignment for no good reason done. I never had a 92 before this one, but every earlier one I have driven seems the same as the 92. A mechanic thinks that Ford used a different R&P in 87 to 91, different in 92, and again different in 93. My brother works at Ford, but doesn't remember what year we are in now, let alone what they did in 92. I really am at a loss, the difference is SOOOOO noticable that it's bothering me to no end. Thanks for the input.

ponydude

These cars have no upper ball joints since they have McPherson strut front suspension. The tie rod ends are the usual problem, although lower ball joints do wear out.
By the way, the Feature Cars were built by Cars and Concepts (the builders of the original Fox body Mustangs). I recently stripped a totalled Triple White Convertible and found their stickers on some interior panels. They are slightly different than a factory car, but it seems that all parts are intercangeable.