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What is the right amount of build?

Right amount of Mustang Build

This project was a unique one. The customer bought all his pats from Bill Maier (Mike’s dad) in 1980. Bill built the small block 289 with all the good old bits in it and hasn’t been touched since. A classic 9” rear with Torino brakes and a top loader transmission.

Years later the customer updated everything on his car and pulled off all the old Maier parts for new MMI components. In good car guy fashion he kept the old parts instead of sending them off to the scrapyard. When his son bought a Mustang they had us put all the old parts from 1980 on this new member of the family.

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I Have This Big Plan!

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So many times we have this big plan for our cars, we ourselves do it and so do a lot of our customers. We are going to strip down the car and redo the whole thing or we aren’t going to do anything until I get this huge part.Well, years ago I remember a good friend of mine telling me not to tear apart my car for my big plan, for fear of it never going back together again. He was pretty close to right on that one, it took me four years until it drove again.

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MMI Addresses Caster in your 1st Gen Mustang

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When we designed our MOD1 coilover kit, increased caster was part of our design criteria.  To start with we need to understand what the customer goes through to understand how caster comes into play in their car, what happens, and how to remedy the situation. This normally starts with who did the alignment and what settings they aligned the car to. The response is generally answered by Uhh.. the local shop?

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How to Choose a Brake Kit

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Mike Maier helps you chose a Mustang brake kit. When planning for upgrades on your first gen Mustang and you are a working man that has to budget out your steps finances usually tend to dictate our direction more than we want. This subject comes up a lot with our customers and brakes. We often get people asking about off brand systems that check the box of disc brakes. Customers feel the need to buy rear disc brake kits when buying their front brakes all the while stretching their pocketbooks a little thin in the excitement of the moment.

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Prepping Your Mustang for that Next Free Weekend

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In the past months, we have been slammed with projects and forced into long weekends at the shop. We know we’re not alone in this! When weekends are taken up with work, one of the casualties becomes your pride and joy sitting in the garage. Then that free weekend finally comes along and you want to take your car out for a nice drive or autocrossing. Next thing you know, you’re sitting on the side of the road or stalled on the track because your cool old ride wasn’t quite as ready as you were.

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