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Buying a 5.8 swapped Stang, anything I should be aware of?

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General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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8.2= 5.0
9.5 = 351
 
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General karthief said:
8.2= 5.0
9.5 = 351
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Thanks never heard those numbers before. Out of curiosity what do they represent?
 

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Also for what it's worth, he told me the block was from Ford Performance.
 

General karthief

wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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Prerunner5.0 said:
Thanks never heard those numbers before. Out of curiosity what do they represent?
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post #3 explains it.
 
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Reach out to Henry De Los Santos or Evan Smith on face book , if it is indeed a MMandFF magazine build one of them may have the details on it that you don’t have especially engine wise .
 
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TOOLOW91 said:
Reach out to Henry De Los Santos or Evan Smith on face book , if it is indeed a MMandFF magazine build one of them may have the details on it that you don’t have especially engine wise .
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The car was not a magazine build, it was built at a shop in Santa Ana called Mustangs and Fast Fords (very similar name to the magazine).

I'm trying to coordinate to meet at the shop on Wednesday with the owner who sold the car to the person who's selling it now. If they can confirm everything that was stated in the ad and I confirm that it is indeed a 351 block I'm gonna pull trigger on it
 
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Prerunner5.0 said:
Thanks never heard those numbers before. Out of curiosity what do they represent?
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8.2 and 9.5 are the deck height measurements. Measured from centerline of crank to head mating surface (where the heads bolt to)


 
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revhead347

Apparently my ex-husband made that mistake.
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The hood gap tells me all I need to know. Pass!

Kurt
 
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revhead347 said:
The hood gap tells me all I need to know. Pass!

Kurt
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My ocd meter pegged on that one. Just a terrible fit on both sides. Idk,the sum of parts is nice,IF the engine is what he says it is. I wouldn't pay 12k for it though.
 

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Not to be a pessimist, but you're going to be seeking out a "friendly" smog shop and paying up every two years if that engine swap was not approved by the people's state of Kalifornia.

You can get into a pretty clean Terminator for $18-$19k.
 
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I'd pass on this one. The seller even says, "too intense" for most people, in other words, absolutely not streetable. @Prerunner5.0 if an Sn95.0 is your jam, you are in cobra territory at that price.
 

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deathb4dismount said:
I'd pass on this one. The seller even says, "too intense" for most people, in other words, absolutely not streetable. @Prerunner5.0 if an Sn95.0 is your jam, you are in cobra territory at that price.
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That or he’s just a wuss.
Y’all are forgetting it’s $12,000 obo. If you can talk him down a couple grand, that’s a good car for the price.
 

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Any interest in a bone stock '04 Terminator with 35,000 miles? $23,900 obo. It's in Lakeside.
 

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I say under 10k go for it.
otherwise look into a sn95.0 cobra, they’re moving Into that fox phase of rarity
 
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revhead347

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deathb4dismount said:
I'd pass on this one. The seller even says, "too intense" for most people, in other words, absolutely not streetable. @Prerunner5.0 if an Sn95.0 is your jam, you are in cobra territory at that price.
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That's just language used to try to push the car.

Kurt
 
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