I almost decided to go ahead and throw a new stroker together but I really want to see what a stock shortblock will do. I also would like to repaint and restore/modify the interior over the next year or so. I will do the interior work myself but not the paint(I have 0 experience at body/paint work). I also want to convert to 5 lug w/disc brakes and some nice wheels/tires. So I'm saving some $$ and just doing the 302/T5.
Here is what is going into the motor:
80mm Pro-M,Anderson power pipe,75mm polished Accufab TB w/egr spacer,Holley systemaxII intake, a new GSS340 pump,TFS 30# inj,TFS 205cc 11r heads w/56cc chambers and cometic gaskets to increase compression as much as possible. Comp cams ultra 1.6rr,new pushrods(I will let you know the size when they are measured),a custom Bullet hyd roller cam Spec'd by Brian Friedantag(Freezy),reusing stock lifters,dogbone etc,polished canton valve covers,Pioneer sfi balancer,Edelbrock wp,new timing cover,misc arp bolts and head studs,new mellings oil pump,misc felpro gaskets.
BBK 1 5/8"LT's and 2 1/2" o/r H-pipe. Black magic elec fan kit,130 amp alt,new alum radiator. I believe that's it.
So using a rebuild kit from Astro for the T5 w/ mm clutch cable kit. I am going to put in a new clutch also. I haven't decided on the ram or another king cobra. I really liked the KC previously and it's not in terrible shape but will need to be replaced IMO.
All said and done I'm hoping for a solid 12 second timeslip(possibly 11's w/a slick). I also can drive a 100+ miles on a weekend without a concern. I also would like to take it to some car shows and "represent" my "5.0 Mustang Love" lol.