That was my first thought when I saw your post too. If you aren't afraid of spending money for bling, build a mountain motor with huge cubes. People will freak when you tell them what it is! If you put big back tires on you should still be able to get decent traction even with that huge mass in the front of the car.D.Hearne said:If you're waiting on a DOHC mod motor, why wait for one from a Stang? Lincoln Mark VIII had them too. And you don't have to have a maze of wiring. Put a carb on it with a crank trigger. www.modularperformance.com makes the intake. But if going for a pushrod, why limit yourself to a Windsor? How about an all aluminum FE 500+ inch big block ? Or a 460 based stroker?
Nemesis67 said:Sicarius 428: Since I'm going to put a new rear under the car with an aftermarket suspension, which kind is still under review. Plus i'm planning on putting mini tubs in the wheelwells in order to make room for meatier tires. I feel my traction problems will hopefully be minimal.
Ronstang said:I assume by aftermarket suspension you mean one that uses coilovers and ditches the rear leaf springs, if not the leafs are much more of a constraint on tire size than the fenderwells. I am building a Griggs GR-350 at the moment and just finished roughing in the minitubs picked up about 1.5" on a 66. I will have to wait until the rear suspension is actually installed before I can do some measuring to see just how much room there is with my minitub design.
Ronstang said:The minitubs were not hard, just time consuming to figure out how to do since I have never seen it done before I simply had to experiment and do what I think is best. I have a series of photos if you want to take a look. They are roughed in but not totally finished. I am saving all the grinding and cleanup for the end of the project. I would rather spend a couple days finishing everything then do it as I go. That way all the priming and seam sealing and whatnot happens at the same time.
You can look at what I have done here:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/hertzshelby66/album?.dir=/a3e7re2&.src=ph&.tok=phUSxJFBs7ebEte0
zookeeper said:I used to think the same as you, but after reading about some engine builders getting over 1,000hp with a stock block, crank and rods I think maybe Ford must know something. Try getting anywhere near that with a SOHC 427 and you'll find out why those motors are extinct. Time tends to cloud the faults of some of the icons (like the SOHC 427) when in fact they were nowhere near the equal of Chrysler's Hemi, and stock Hemi Mopars would have their heads handed to them by a modern 4.6 Cobra.
That was on a 2003-2004 blown Cobra engine. Forged pistons, steel crank, and Carillo(or Crower, I don't remember) rods. They built that one engine like any one of us would have.......not all the modulars.zookeeper said:I used to think the same as you, but after reading about some engine builders getting over 1,000hp with a stock block, crank and rods I think maybe Ford must know something.
And the dual quad option was 657hp.D.Hearne said:I don't know Zoo, the SOHC 427 out of the crate was 625 hp with a single 4 bbl carb and on pump gas.
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