Ok, well I've spent a few years away from my mustang, stretching and building my own suspension for my jeep for a school project
But now I'm back. Currently I have a '65 convertible stripped down to a rolling chassis. It just needs a little more work and I'll have all of the rust issues taken care of. Also I'm in the middle of installing some tin man sub frame connectors i bought a few years back. It has a 4 point roll bar, but depending on which engine I go with, i may add door bars to strengthen up the unibody further.
My main question is which engine would you guys recommend. I've been back and forth in my mind between a 408 or a super charged 5.0, or a NA 5.0 or 351. There are too many options. I will be running either a gforced T5 or a TKO600.
The plan for the car is to make a summer time daily driver that can at least keep up with the new GTs, so I'm looking for around 350-400rwhp. Since it's a DD, i want to keep it as drivable as possible and keep the fuel consumption down as much as possible (high teens or better <-- that's realistic right?).
I want to get this figured out before i get too far into my build, so I can keep my eyes out for used parts and basically just have a plan.
Thanks,
Duke
But now I'm back. Currently I have a '65 convertible stripped down to a rolling chassis. It just needs a little more work and I'll have all of the rust issues taken care of. Also I'm in the middle of installing some tin man sub frame connectors i bought a few years back. It has a 4 point roll bar, but depending on which engine I go with, i may add door bars to strengthen up the unibody further.
My main question is which engine would you guys recommend. I've been back and forth in my mind between a 408 or a super charged 5.0, or a NA 5.0 or 351. There are too many options. I will be running either a gforced T5 or a TKO600.
The plan for the car is to make a summer time daily driver that can at least keep up with the new GTs, so I'm looking for around 350-400rwhp. Since it's a DD, i want to keep it as drivable as possible and keep the fuel consumption down as much as possible (high teens or better <-- that's realistic right?).
I want to get this figured out before i get too far into my build, so I can keep my eyes out for used parts and basically just have a plan.
Thanks,
Duke