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794eyedpride · Dec 29, 2008

i just picked up a 79 mustang and its got a strait six in it but doesnt run. wut should i do??

Mustang5882 · Dec 29, 2008

i say stick a 351w to a 393 stroker with JUICE!!!! bump for my boy

Mustang5L5 · Dec 29, 2008

794eyedpride said:
wut should i do??

Fix it??

Are you asking what should yo do to get it working or what should you do to the car?

The I-6 has a unique k-member. So if you want to drop in a V8 engine, you'll need to swap the k-member

NIKwoaC · Dec 29, 2008

Find a wrecked '87-92 5.0 as a donor. Park the two next to each other in a garage and switch EVERYTHING mechanical over. You can go with the EFI if you're EFI savvy and have the time/patience, or just stick with carb for simplicity. Switch the rear end/axle, the front/rear suspension, transmission, everything. The thing about Fox Mustangs is that they consistently got better over the years 79-86, but remained almost mechanically identical between 87-92. I say don't get a 93 motor because the pistons are hypereutectic and don't handle power adders as well as the forged units in the earlier cars.

Aside from the car's insides, keep the '79 body intact. You don't see a lot of straight Foxes that old.

Lastly, lets see some pictures!

FrankenStang · Dec 29, 2008

NikwoaC said:
Find a wrecked '87-92 5.0 as a donor. Park the two next to each other in a garage and switch EVERYTHING mechanical over. You can go with the EFI if you're EFI savvy and have the time/patience, or just stick with carb for simplicity. Switch the rear end/axle, the front/rear suspension, transmission, everything. The thing about Fox Mustangs is that they consistently got better over the years 79-86, but remained almost mechanically identical between 87-92. I say don't get a 93 motor because the pistons are hypereutectic and don't handle power adders as well as the forged units in the earlier cars.

Aside from the car's insides, keep the '79 body intact. You don't see a lot of straight Foxes that old.

Lastly, lets see some pictures!

X1000 on everything said above.

strtrcr50 · Dec 29, 2008

794eyedpride said:
i just picked up a 79 mustang and its got a strait six in it but doesnt run. wut should i do??

Aero nose conversion with a 408 stroker.

794eyedpride · Dec 29, 2008

i wanna stay carb. and the car was orig a 4 cyl car i wanna do a mild build with a 351w or a 302

QUICK91LX · Dec 29, 2008

do the donor car thing as stated above. if you want to build the motor go for it, but to save yourself the headache of piecing a car together little bits at a time to get it all to work together, get a an 87-93 donor car and swap it ALL

if you do change the looks at all, leave it as a 4 eye at least...

5.0Torx · Dec 29, 2008

strtrcr50 said:
Aero nose conversion with a 408 stroker.

+1

QUICK91LX · Dec 29, 2008

5.0Torx said:
+1

Ew.

crapola:damnit::ZipIt:

794eyedpride · Dec 30, 2008

hahaha well im keepin lookin stock. i wanna do a 351 with a t5 trans but cant find a 351w amd with it being a 4 cyl car do i have to change the k members?

Mustang5L5 · Dec 30, 2008

Well is it a 4-cyl or a straight-6?

QUICK91LX · Dec 30, 2008

if it is an original 4-cyl car then the K member will work

if it is an original 6-cyl car, you will have to change the k-member

not sure why anyone would go from a 2.3 to the 3.3...not much of an upgrade...nor do I know how it is done being that the k members are different...some kind of adapter mounts? I am not familiar enough with the particulars

Why not just change it out for a tubular k member anyway?

SVT32VDOHC · Dec 30, 2008

Put an aero nose on it!!!

95BlueStallion · Dec 30, 2008

I vote for keeping it a 4 eye, and also +1 on getting a donor car to swap parts over. If you wanted an aero nose, you could have gone out and found one. Im guessing you bought the '79 for a reason...

794eyedpride · Dec 30, 2008

ya i wanted the 4 eye and it was an orig 4 cyl standered car then the lady swapped in a 6 with auto she said she just changed the motor nothing about the kmembers

Mustang5L5 · Dec 30, 2008

Then it's gotta be a V6 becaise the I-6 uses unique engine mounts and a narrower k-member i beleive.

If there is an I-6 under the hood, i hope it's not rigged in place

794eyedpride · Dec 30, 2008

no its an I6 under there

ID89GT · Dec 31, 2008

408 stroker with a procharger.

QUICK91LX · Dec 31, 2008

I6 = straight six

we need some pics to put this to rest

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