Need advice on motor combo

[HunterisSlow]

Ok Heres my situation. Im new to the mustang world but I have some experience putting together some pretty quick trucks. Then I bought a 90GT with a 306, GT40 heads, GT40 intake, B303 cam, Vortech v2 supercharger, and other Boltons. The car was setup great but it was a little fast for my experience. Due to that I ended up blowing it up after missing a gear. So its been sitting up for the last few months and its about to come back together.
I want to use the car as a dd and I want it to be fairly mild and well mannered. I bought a used 302 shortblock not too long ago. I do not want to run the supercharger on it for sure. I have GT40 heads and intake as well as stock heads and intake. As far as cams I have a stock cam, a cobra cam, and another b303 cam. How would you guys suggest me put this together for a novice driver but keeping the car kinda peppy?

 

[SMOKEDYA]

I would use the 303 cam

 

[KamiKaziDK]

Use the gt40 heads, intake and the 303 cam, you'll be in the 250 to 290rwhp range with that combo depending on other things.

 

[Rick 91GT]

Personally I'd run the blower, you have it why not put it on, you can make it a dd and not have any issues. The B303 is a horrible blower cam, you'd be far better off with the Cobra cam or a E303 or F303 if your a Motorsport cam fan.

You should be able to make a reliable, 400RWHP with that set-up at 6-8lbs of boost and it will act like a sunday driver.

I'd use the 302 shortblock, cam of your choice and the GT-40 intake, heads and the blower.

 

[KamiKaziDK]

Personally I'd run the blower, you have it why not put it on, you can make it a dd and not have any issues. The B303 is a horrible blower cam, you'd be far better off with the Cobra cam or a E303 or F303 if your a Motorsport cam fan.

You should be able to make a reliable, 400RWHP with that set-up at 6-8lbs of boost and it will act like a sunday driver.

I'd use the 302 shortblock, cam of your choice and the GT-40 intake, heads and the blower.

lol....that's what he did before and he doesn't want to do again...he wants to work back up to that

 

[Rick 91GT]

My point was having that motor combo did not cause it to blow, and it must have been a huge over rev to hurt the motor.

I just can't see having $4000 worth of parts laying around when he could have a totally streetable set-up that make decent power and the power is there when he wants it. It won't build major boost till 3500-4000rpm or so, which most of the time you are not crusing at...

You can have a mild, well mannered set-up with a blower and have it last for years...if needed you could pulley it down depending on what was already on the blower.

Dont be afraid of the power....

 

[KamiKaziDK]

Dont be afraid of the power....

hehe...says one of the addicts

 

[HunterisSlow]

Haha Im used to big 14s trucks. Little mustang felt like a rocketship lol. It wasnt much of an over rev that killed it it just spit the crank out the front. I might just put it together with an b303 cam and the gt40 stuff and see how I like it for now. One I build up some confidence I can swap in a different cam and bolt the blower back on.

How tough are stock 89-93 302 shortblocks? The last one died with 110k on it and the one I bought has about 120k on it.