NikwoaC's "Commitment Issues" Engine Build

HotFox · Oct 4, 2012

All your different threads are confusing me . Wow had no idea you hader painted ! Looks sweet now post some pictures of her at the track running 12's!

Scott

NIKwoaC · Oct 4, 2012

HotFox said:
All your different threads are confusing me . Wow had no idea you hader painted ! Looks sweet now post some pictures of her at the track running 12's!

Scott

If you saw it in person, you'd see the paint is really kind of "meh". It has a lot of orange peel and the car has a million door dings that I didn't even know existed because the old paint was so bad. The only saving grace is that the metallic really pops, but it's actually almost overpowering- what was supposed to be black ends up looking charcoal-copper-ish in the sun (metallic flake is gold-ish), which I have mixed feelings about. I guess I'm overly critical because it's MY car, but I definitely think it could be better. Thanks for the kind words though! Next time I have it at the track, I'll definitely get some glamor shots!

FastDriver · Oct 9, 2012

Still no dyno?

94stangfan · Oct 9, 2012

NIKwoaC said:
If you saw it in person, you'd see the paint is really kind of "meh". It has a lot of orange peel and the car has a million door dings that I didn't even know existed because the old paint was so bad. The only saving grace is that the metallic really pops, but it's actually almost overpowering- what was supposed to be black ends up looking charcoal-copper-ish in the sun (metallic flake is gold-ish), which I have mixed feelings about. I guess I'm overly critical because it's MY car, but I definitely think it could be better. Thanks for the kind words though! Next time I have it at the track, I'll definitely get some glamor shots!

Don't let Nik fool you. It looks good. It is not a show paint job, but you really have to get close and look for the flaws.

NIKwoaC · Oct 9, 2012

FastDriver said:
Still no dyno?

Haha nope. It was something I was planning to do this time of year, but I get so busy and then with the new transmission whine... Probably not gonna happen any time soon.

NIKwoaC · Oct 9, 2012

94stangfan said:
Don't let Nik fool you. It looks good. It is not a show paint job, but you really have to get close and look for the flaws.

Ha thanks, Keith. You know how critical I am.

FastDriver · Oct 9, 2012

ah, don't be a B@#$%! That tranny will hold on a dyno in 4th no problem.

NIKwoaC · Oct 9, 2012

FastDriver said:
ah, don't be a B@#$%! That tranny will hold on a dyno in 4th no problem.

Haha, that actually crossed my mind. I'll sniff around and see what's available.

Noobz347 · Oct 9, 2012

Wait... there are people who are still following this thread?

...but why???

NIKwoaC · Oct 9, 2012

Noobz347 said:
Wait... there are people who are still following this thread?

...but why???

Who knows. I get bored with myself, dunno how other people do it.

SO what do you guys think about this:

Stone stock truck roller block 351 bottom end with my top end.

My plan pretty much ends there. Really the junkyard shortblock would just hold me over until I did a 408. But it'd be cheap and allow me to put money into conversion parts.

This guy's turbo stock short block 351 running tens really got my gears turning.

toohighpsi.com

Noobz347 · Oct 9, 2012

I want to one day do a high compression, Dart, stroker with no power adder.

NIKwoaC · Oct 9, 2012

Noobz347 said:
I want to one day do a high compression, Dart, stroker with no power adder.

We talkin, like, 427 plus? 9.5 deck?

Noobz347 · Oct 9, 2012

Def a 9.5... like 12:1 compression. I don't wanna be running race gas.

NIKwoaC · Oct 9, 2012

Man you ain't in race gas territory until 14:1. Dur.

FastDriver · Oct 9, 2012

Those are both total ideas... I would go with a stroker 302 dart/boss/man o' war/etc with 205cc heads, a box upper and a 76mm turbo pushing whatever power you wanted to on the race track while keeping low-end torque somewhat manageable on the streets. Just sayin'... I think that would be cool.

Boosted92LX · Oct 9, 2012

I've done a 351 before. It was a pain in the ass, but man, was it fast. If you think long tube headers on a 302 are a btich, shove a 351 in there and learn new cuss words, haha. I actually have a 96 351 roller longblock on a stand, but I'm going to go dart 302 block to try to keep the weight off the front. I want to carve and that big chunk-o-iron can really be felt up there. Big cubes go real fast, but don't try to turn... The way I see it, all the extra money spent on buying crap to accomdate the 351 block(headers, pan, hood w/ paint, intake, flywheel, balancer, distruibuter FEAD parts) could go toward a dart block..

NIKwoaC · Oct 9, 2012

SSeater said:
I've done a 351 before. It was a pain in the ass, but man, was it fast. If you think long tube headers on a 302 are a btich, shove a 351 in there and learn new cuss words, haha. I actually have a 96 351 roller longblock on a stand, but I'm going to go dart 302 block to try to keep the weight off the front. I want to carve and that big chunk-o-iron can really be felt up there. Big cubes go real fast, but don't try to turn... The way I see it, all the extra money spent on buying crap to accomdate the 351 block(headers, pan, hood w/ paint, intake, flywheel, balancer, distruibuter FEAD parts) could go toward a dart block..

I think I might be able to take a dump that weighs more than the weight difference between a Dart 8.2 and a OE Ford 9.5.

I'm with ya on the part about swap parts. Depending on what you buy, swap parts can be as much as $1000-1500. Money well spent on a Dart. Still, and I may have an illness for saying this, but there's something about doing it with a factory Ford block...

FastDriver · Oct 9, 2012

definitely an illness. A dart block is just the cat's pajamas, man. It's cool to know that my block would survive at double that power that I've made, which is already at or beyond what a 351W would tap out at.

Boosted92LX · Oct 10, 2012

NIKwoaC said:
Man you ain't in race gas territory until 14:1. Dur.

Maybe in new engines but our dinosaurs don't like pump gas past 10.5. Know how I know?

FastDriver · Oct 10, 2012

what kind of heads were you running, SSeater?

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