I bought an 89 mustang GT that had been in the family (one of my kids). I am going to pull the engine to address the shock towers. It ran alright, original 145,000 miles. Body is dented and dinged but I bought the replacement fenders etc already.
I was going to at least rebuild the motor since I had to pull it anyway… and I thought about a stroker kit, but budget was a concern. I could have bought the kit itself, but that would have taken the rest of the money I have set aside at this time. I’d have bought the rest / paid for the machine work over time. Still the way I am it would have taken a long long time. I have too many irons in the fire, and not enough $$.
So I pulled the trigger on an engine I found on marketplace. It was $1800, about what I was going to pay for a pre balanced stroker kit.
It was built back in 2007 and never used. I have receipts from the machine shop for $900 total though it isn’t itemized. Just showing the guy who had it done paid in three installments. Also some Summit receipts etc.
The guy I bought it from got it years ago with a project he never got around to.
It is a 1974 302 block which might not be ideal but for what I want I think it should do.
Speed pro HT16 pistons
New Windsor junior heads built with some flat faced valves, o-rings etc.
High energy mild street cam, don’t have the specs with me. I need to look up the heads and pistons and see what compression I will be looking at.
Only the short block has been assembled, the rest of the stuff is in the factory boxes.
It also came with a lot of other new parts: one wire distributor, a nice pair of headers, ford racing valve covers, new lifters, rod guides, erp studs and a new edelbrock intake manifold although it’s for a carb and I want to keep fuel injection I think.
In any case I know it’s not a roller block etc…but I’m not looking to get massive horsepower out of it. I think for the money, it was a good move for me.
So now some questions:
In using this old 1974 block with my fuel injection set up, (or gt40 intake if I get one) what do I need to consider ?
I won’t have any emissions crap on it…but I was going to trash all that even if I rebuilt the stock engine.
It seems like this engine will have a bit more compression than my stock one…and then there is the mild cam. Will the engine computer be able to run that setup without re tuning or whatever you do in these cases?
So basically it would be like taking a stock 1989 setup and replacing everything but the fuel / intake system.
Thanks in advance for any advice or comments !
I was going to at least rebuild the motor since I had to pull it anyway… and I thought about a stroker kit, but budget was a concern. I could have bought the kit itself, but that would have taken the rest of the money I have set aside at this time. I’d have bought the rest / paid for the machine work over time. Still the way I am it would have taken a long long time. I have too many irons in the fire, and not enough $$.
So I pulled the trigger on an engine I found on marketplace. It was $1800, about what I was going to pay for a pre balanced stroker kit.
It was built back in 2007 and never used. I have receipts from the machine shop for $900 total though it isn’t itemized. Just showing the guy who had it done paid in three installments. Also some Summit receipts etc.
The guy I bought it from got it years ago with a project he never got around to.
It is a 1974 302 block which might not be ideal but for what I want I think it should do.
Speed pro HT16 pistons
New Windsor junior heads built with some flat faced valves, o-rings etc.
High energy mild street cam, don’t have the specs with me. I need to look up the heads and pistons and see what compression I will be looking at.
Only the short block has been assembled, the rest of the stuff is in the factory boxes.
It also came with a lot of other new parts: one wire distributor, a nice pair of headers, ford racing valve covers, new lifters, rod guides, erp studs and a new edelbrock intake manifold although it’s for a carb and I want to keep fuel injection I think.
In any case I know it’s not a roller block etc…but I’m not looking to get massive horsepower out of it. I think for the money, it was a good move for me.
So now some questions:
In using this old 1974 block with my fuel injection set up, (or gt40 intake if I get one) what do I need to consider ?
I won’t have any emissions crap on it…but I was going to trash all that even if I rebuilt the stock engine.
It seems like this engine will have a bit more compression than my stock one…and then there is the mild cam. Will the engine computer be able to run that setup without re tuning or whatever you do in these cases?
So basically it would be like taking a stock 1989 setup and replacing everything but the fuel / intake system.
Thanks in advance for any advice or comments !
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