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I was going to rebuild the 351 in the stang. The block is a 69 and I was wondering who I should go through. I was looking into a few right now; Kuntz & Co, Coast High, Keith Craft, and Bennet. I need to get the block maganfluxed before I do anything but I know it will be a stroker and have some boost to it. I am considering ordering a short block instead of a kit. Who do you reccommend?
 

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Hmmm 408 with a T88
 

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Somers Machine

Best local engine builder hands down.
 
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gospeedgo said:
Somers Machine

Best local engine builder hands down.
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Where are they located at? Do you think it would be comparable in price to the other listed?
 

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They are in Vancouver, off Minihaha

Comparable? Probably less considering he is local and shipping is $$$
He is definately not cheap. He wont let you half-a$$ a motor. If you dont do it right, he wont do it. If you spend the bucks, you will have a killer motor. You would have to call him for a quote, but get your ideas together first. He built the motor in Vulcans twin turbo Camaro, Lar's Camaro, Black93fox's stang, and our Red Turbo car thats going together.
 
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Alright thanks for the info, I wasn't looking forward for the shipping bill if I did do it that way. Maybe I will stop by some time and talk to you guys about engine parts. I am kind of new ot the whole engine building thing.
 
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Ditch that weak 351 and put in a 2JZ-GTE, if you want to go fast. If you just want to make a bunch of noise, the 351 is good at that. I knew a guy that just sold a foxbody with a supercharged 351 in it, nice car, but DAMN, the guy that owned it was good looking.

Tim
 

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Tim Ballz said:
Ditch that weak 351 and put in a 2JZ-GTE, if you want to go fast. If you just want to make a bunch of noise, the 351 is good at that. I knew a guy that just sold a foxbody with a supercharged 351 in it, nice car, but DAMN, the guy that owned it was good looking.

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Yeah what he needs to go fast is to put a 2.6L 6 banger skyline motor in it lol
 
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Tim Ballz said:
Ditch that weak 351 and put in a 2JZ-GTE, if you want to go fast. If you just want to make a bunch of noise, the 351 is good at that. I knew a guy that just sold a foxbody with a supercharged 351 in it, nice car, but DAMN, the guy that owned it was good looking.

Tim
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Hey maybe I could even get this shop I heard of in Portland, I think its called Rev something another to do the swap
 
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Hey maybe I could even get this shop I heard of in Portland, I think its called Rev something another to do the swap
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HAHAHA, I think I would get shot if I put an import engine in a Mustang. It seems that its ok to put a domestic engine in an import, but never the other way around. Why is that????

Tim
 

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It seems that its ok to put a domestic engine in an import, but never the other way around. Why is that????

Tim
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Torque is the answer.

Its ok to GAIN torque, just not to LOOSE it
 

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Tim Ballz said:
HAHAHA, I think I would get shot if I put an import engine in a Mustang. It seems that its ok to put a domestic engine in an import, but never the other way around. Why is that????

Tim
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You can thank the people making F&F 3 for starting the next big revolution, import motors in muscle cars. If you dont know what im talking about, there are spy shots from the movie with a 67 fastback with a rb26det(Skyline straight six) motor in it
 
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