Hi,
Friend of mine picked up a 65 Mustang (Jan. 13 build date) with the straight 6, etc., in pieces for like $1500. It originally had a manual, but someone fitted it with an automatic at some point in time. It had a factory I-6, that had been taken out of the engine bay, and an interior in surprisingly good shape (except for the headliner which was full of mouse turds and stink). Body needs a fair amount of work, as it was fitted with a replacement right rear quarter that was bondoed on by some guy using, I think, a mason's trowel or a spade, and there's a lot of hail damage or some kids got destructive with small pebbles and stones.
Anyway, because of the need for a new dashboard cover and a lot of body work (including a respray over a terrible paint job---they even painted the interior door panels!??!) he's looking to save some money on the engine, but still have something with ~ 275 hp. or so.
He's got a 3-speed manual, and will buy a new diff, so that's taken care of. He also picked up a '71 302 (rated at 210hp., I think). He's looking at boring out the block and adding a performance cam. I've suggested picking up a used set of GT40P heads from an Explorer, but we're not sure what to do with the intake/carburetor setup. While I suppose we could put the intake from those engines on, we'd have to do an aftermarket PFI system which would seem to be making this process more complicated than it needs to be.
I would think that with the late 90s 5.0s being rated at 225hp in factory tune, we should be able to bump that up 20% with a larger displacement engine, an aggressive tune and no emissions equip., which would get us about where he wants to be.
So, any suggestions as far as a good intake & carb. to use with the GT40 heads? Also any suggestions for how we could go about this differently? We're in South Dakota, so we don't have to emissions test the vehicle.
Friend of mine picked up a 65 Mustang (Jan. 13 build date) with the straight 6, etc., in pieces for like $1500. It originally had a manual, but someone fitted it with an automatic at some point in time. It had a factory I-6, that had been taken out of the engine bay, and an interior in surprisingly good shape (except for the headliner which was full of mouse turds and stink). Body needs a fair amount of work, as it was fitted with a replacement right rear quarter that was bondoed on by some guy using, I think, a mason's trowel or a spade, and there's a lot of hail damage or some kids got destructive with small pebbles and stones.
Anyway, because of the need for a new dashboard cover and a lot of body work (including a respray over a terrible paint job---they even painted the interior door panels!??!) he's looking to save some money on the engine, but still have something with ~ 275 hp. or so.
He's got a 3-speed manual, and will buy a new diff, so that's taken care of. He also picked up a '71 302 (rated at 210hp., I think). He's looking at boring out the block and adding a performance cam. I've suggested picking up a used set of GT40P heads from an Explorer, but we're not sure what to do with the intake/carburetor setup. While I suppose we could put the intake from those engines on, we'd have to do an aftermarket PFI system which would seem to be making this process more complicated than it needs to be.
I would think that with the late 90s 5.0s being rated at 225hp in factory tune, we should be able to bump that up 20% with a larger displacement engine, an aggressive tune and no emissions equip., which would get us about where he wants to be.
So, any suggestions as far as a good intake & carb. to use with the GT40 heads? Also any suggestions for how we could go about this differently? We're in South Dakota, so we don't have to emissions test the vehicle.