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85ragtop

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Ok guys, I sold the old flat tapped engine that was in the stang. So I am now left with just a body. I have some choices now and really don’t know what to do. I am torn between going with a blown 302 roller, a flat tapped 351, or a blown 4.6. I am looking for some pros and cons to help me in the right direction.
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blown 302. less work than the 4.6 would be
 

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Yea that’s true. I just have one sitting in my friend’s shop so I figured I would throw in the mix.
 

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youd be better trading that 4.6 you have to ryan for his 120hp 3.8. ya know, it runs good once it warms up
 

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MyBad70 said:
youd be better trading that 4.6 you have to ryan for his 120hp 3.8. ya know, it runs good once it warms up
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Any one else?
 

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85ragtop said:
Need a direction to go in.
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north
 

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85ragtop said:
Ok guys, I sold the old flat tapped engine that was in the stang. So I am now left with just a body. I have some choices now and really don’t know what to do. I am torn between going with a blown 302 roller, a flat tapped 351, or a blown 4.6. I am looking for some pros and cons to help me in the right direction.
Thanks
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Blown 4.6- me & mybad know of a guy with a terminator motor in a coupe... EVIL

Just probably a lot of wedging around & expensive
 

Busted07

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Flat tappet tree fiddy one !!!
 

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Strype said:
Blown 4.6- me & mybad know of a guy with a terminator motor in a coupe... EVIL

Just probably a lot of wedging around & expensive
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I am leaning towards a blown 331. As of right now it is sitting at a shop. I was going to put the 460 in it but I found a t-bird that is begging for it. In the next month or so I am going to order a TKO 500.
 

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FarBeyondDriven said:
Flat tappet tree fiddy one !!!
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I did one with my other vert. It was scary fast on the juice.
 

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I did one with my other vert. It was scary fast on the juice.
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thats the way im going when i buy my next one.... that is, after i get the one finished i have now
 

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As it stands now I am working on the 460. I will probable not do a lot on what ever I decide to put in the mustang.
 

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85ragtop said:
As it stands now I am working on the 460. I will probable not do a lot on what ever I decide to put in the mustang.
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wanna come help me finish mine then?
 

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wanna come help me finish mine then?
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Well if you were a little closer. Although I am do a vacation soon.
 

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What direction should you go......

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
 

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What direction should you go......

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
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That is the most sane thing you have ever typed.
 
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