a 5.4 will make drifing much easier thanks to a total lack of traction in low gears and you'll get away with taller diff gears so you'll get some mileage and streetability back.
If you plan on drifting it, you have to build it to do that. It's not something you want a street car to be able to do much of. It'll ride like crap and be dangerous especially in the rain.
For EXPERT advice on suspension, just call up Maximum Motorsports, they'll tell you what you'll need and what the results will be both at the track and on the street.
Don't drop the car more than 1.5 inches unless you're ready for much more serious modifications. It screws up the suspension geometry and makes the car handle like a sled. Some folks will disagree with that statement and that's usually because they run their cars like that and can't take a pride whoopin knowing that their suspension is set up wrong. Do it right or don't at all... only 2 options. I've done pretty much all of the things you can do to mustang suspension and I've driven them all to the limit. Done right the car can be a nice capable performer with shockingly good handling. Done wrong, they're just dangerous and fast.
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