Introduction and some Q's

oliver83 said:

will E7 heads out flow my heads? how do they compare in chamber size?

should I be on the lookout for a WC T5? From my understanding my non-WC should be good to about 300 ft/lb of torque?

I plan on building an engine (my first) for this car. Should I be looking for an early block? or a later one?

Thanks for the pm that is a great link

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If you are dead set on a 302, look for a VERY early block (late 60s) or a Mexican block. A late model stock 302 will split down the middle at about 500hp, but I've heard of Mexican blocks living at 600rwhp. Early blocks are supposedly somewhere in between.

OR, you could build a 351 Windsor, and run 600+ at the rear tires with no worries, of course with the right supporting components.

stykthyn said:

rock the t5 until it breaks and just enjoy having a clean car. love the color

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+1, build the car to go fast and replace the trans WHEN it breaks. Enjoy it for what it is until then.

oliver83 said:

will E7 heads out flow my heads? how do they compare in chamber size?

should I be on the lookout for a WC T5? From my understanding my non-WC should be good to about 300 ft/lb of torque?

I plan on building an engine (my first) for this car. Should I be looking for an early block? or a later one?

Thanks for the pm that is a great link

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instead of the e-series heads skip and go straight to the gt40 series heads, look for a 96-01 explorer with the 5.0, you can usually find em at the jy for about 100bux, put on some good springs and your about 30hp more than what your currently at!! as far as exhaust goes, get you a set of shorty headers, or lt's (just preference), then get a 85+ trans crossmember, for the dual exhaust, and then a 86+ 5.0 midpipe and catback will bolt up perfect..

as you may well know, t5's are junk, it dosent matter if its a world class, they all break at one time or another, so what im saying right now is, if yours breaks, buy either a tremec tko, or a 3550, yes they are pricey, i went through 7-8 t5's before i got my tremec in my 89' lx hatch, with the money i could have saved on trannies, it would have paid for the tremec!!

anyway!! the easiest way to get solid power out of your car would to be this: either find a 87+ 5.0 roller and swap in, or find an exploder longblock and swap in a decent cam/headers/ intake/carb, you could have a solid 275rwhp car for about $1500, if you go with the explorer long block you already will have gt series heads on the car, just to make it that much easier..

the 7.5? easy!! find either a 8.8 out of a fox, (usually around $300) or find you a turbocoupe 8.8, stock they are disk brake, with either 3.55's or 3.73's, they usually run about 200-500..

basically anything from a 79-04 suspension wise will bolt right up, body wise: 79-93, interior wise 79-93 (if you want to go efi or something?) mustangs are like lego's an basically they snap together..