best way for 12s?
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Tru-dat!!!
Might as well pull that drivetrain and take it to the scrap yard for cash towards another engine.
fivespeedsteed
20+ Year Stangneter 
any performance shop that has worked on mustangs before should easily be able to put you in the 12s with 15k. dont even tell them 15k. just say i have this car with this motor and this trans and i want 12s. 12.5s at that so they dont just put you at a 12.9. then let them do some calculating and i think youll be surprised at how much money your gonna have left over for brakes
Consider the ford racing gt40x crate engine.
No it's not top dog in power, but it's factory reliable, has a 12,000 mile warranty and comes with all new ford parts.
You can easily add a vortech to it later.
Cobra912
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Consider a tremec trans instead of dropping tons on an aod, a well built aod is pretty expensive, not to mention manual trans will increase the fun factor by 10x.
Your post makes it sound like you're planning on a Trick Flow cam- don't do it. Do yourself a favor and get yourself a true custom cam from someone like Ed Curtis, Buddy Rawls, Cam Motion, Bullet Racing Cams, etc.
Oh, and about this "shop", make sure they know what they are doing. I've known of shops and one personally where they really didn't know jack what they were doing.
Sharad
ALWAYS choose the V over the P!!! Wait... what?
used S-trim $1500
MAF conversion $500 +/-
UPR suspension front & rear 1300 with shocks & struts
converter 200 +/-
gear 400 installed
tires 400 installed
Reman shortblock from LRS is 699 assembled, but a $3500 crate motor down the road is not a bad idea.
Just a rough estimate there.
I would call you a smart man, then.
Your build is pretty sweet too. I thought the idea of some fat heads on a 302 was cool.
so around 9 to 10 grand might do it? all installed? up here in seattle there is like 2 mustang shops , both are top rated, guys drive 2 to 500 miles to have them do work, they havent emailed me back yet for a rough estemate , tomm. i hope, before i make a big mistake and go buy this 2012 lava red gt.
It would do you well to do lots of reading and become well versed in how a modded Fox comes together. That away you will know if you are getting bs'd or not. I don't want to discourage you any, but I have read lots of horror stories about "great shops" that ended up being real hacks.
not worried at all about their work, its the top rated shop up here, thinking with this set up it should be fun as hell to drive, and not too wild, hell i bought this gt new, might as well own it till i go down low, lol, just want it to get started, been wanting to do it for like 3 years now, back and forth about buying a new 2011 gt.
Well the new GT's are pretty awesome. However, in a couple of years they will be all over the place and you will still be making payments on it. Where as the Fox likely isn't so common anymore in your area. I know mine is the only one in the parking lot 99% of the time. Plus since you are the original owner, that makes it even more special.
i hear you lars, i,ve been reading up on all the new stuff they heve out now, trickflow and others, i dont really like the looks of their stuff, like the stock upper better for looks but the trickflow just seems to performe better then gt40? it would be perfect to go gt40 for more stock looks but i need the hp.
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