Front shocks on a blown car?

[67stangboy]

Wow its good to be back here. Now that im back to working on the stang and I only drive it, maybe 3000 miles a year and I no longer care about mpg's im tossing around the idea of putting a 351 in and adding a blower. If I do this will I need to change anything on the suspension? That seems like it would be a big increase in weight. Right now im Have a Stock front suspension and a 302.

 

[latamud]

I'm in the works for the same thing. I'm building a 351w and plan to put my supercharger on it in my 66. I'm swapping in 620 coils and koni's with opentracker roller spring perches.

 

[67coupe351w]

If you were to go with aluminum heads and intake, the weight you saved would put you right in the neihborhood of the weight of the 289 with cast iron everything.

 

[67stangboy]

Thanks for the help, I'll have to see what heads and intake I go with to decide on the shocks and springs. Now I just have to get my hands on the block and stroke it. (umm.. that sounds bad, owell)