Sure you can, buy/build a 347 shortblock, add a cam, and start swapping ported GT40 stuff on to it, along with some TFS or AFR heads, tri-y or long tube headers...
To what end? Even if it can be done, What will 400 whp that looks like 215 do that’s gonna make any of that worth it? That may have fooled a few people a few times back in the early 2000’s,...but now days all of that sneaky sht to make 400 whp will end up being about 200-300 short of enough.
200-300 hp short of what?To what end? Even if it can be done, What will 400 whp that looks like 215 do that’s gonna make any of that worth it? That may have fooled a few people a few times back in the early 2000’s,...but now days all of that sneaky sht to make 400 whp will end up being about 200-300 short of enough.
That don't make no sense. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRYING TO KEEP THE ENGINE LOOKING STOCK IF THE GOAL IS TO " have fun".200-300 hp short of what?
Having fun?
Look, if he can put together a 'stock' looking 400 hp car why not?
He ain't gonna out run a hell cat, but he can make a camry look pretty silly.
And there are more camrys around than hell cats.
OWWW, OWWW!!! My eye, my eye..I see where you are coming from, but it really depends on the OPs intend. Obviously making a car look stock to hustle races is only going to work if you are hanging with the import crowd. We did it because we thought it would be cool. Not like you are ever going to have the fastest Mustang anyway. Same reason you did a project car out of a horrid 80s box. It's something different.
Kurt
That class you added allows power adders..The engine has to appear stock, but you can add a 91mm or bigger turbo..FAST Factory Appearing Stock Tire Drag Racing
F.A.S.T. racing is for 1955 to 1974 muscle cars built in United States and Canadian assembly plants.www.fastdrags.com
Trying to run there?
That's the only reason I can think of for the question. If not, I don't know what you're trying to accomplish.
There's just no such thing as a sleeper fox-body anymore. It's all been done. Big blocks, Coyotes, Terminators, 2JZs, 4G63s, SR20s, LS, SBC, BBC, Hemi, every engine you can think of has been shoved down a fox-body's throat at some point. Even if yours looks stock and theirs doesn't, there's no surprising anyone anymore.
Case in point:
1986 Ford Mustang - 5.0 Mustang Aiming For The 12s - Car Craft Magazine
This 1986 Ford Mustang coupe was built with a salvaged 5.0L Mustang engine as well as many other parts from the junkyard and its owner is trying to get it into the 12s at the dragstrip - Car Craft Magazinewww.hotrod.com
That car's engine in the article IS stock other than the exhaust. At print time in 2009 it had already run a 13.08 quarter mile. By 2012 the car had a Coyote in it and was running low 11s.
Bob Cosby's 12 Second recipe
About 5 years ago, this was a common reference for those looking for how to make a stock fox run 12s. Somewhere along the line, it was removed from the web, but fortunately for posterity, I save helpful :poo: on the fox-bodies like a pack-rat. Now, those of you who've been around for a while...www.stangnet.com
Another car that looks stock under the hood and can run 12s at the track.
Thing is, at the drag strip, in anything other than grudge match and test-n-tune nights, a 12 second car just isn't all that fast anymore. Mine's not. I mean, it's fast for a rusty old Pinto on steroids, but it's getting it's ass handed to it regularly by S550s with bolt-on exhaust, suspension, and a tune.
What? Are they combining two classes?That class you added allows power adders..The engine has to appear stock, but you can add a 91mm or bigger turbo..
Pffft.
That class you added allows power adders..The engine has to appear stock, but you can add a 91mm or bigger turbo..
Pffft.
Yeah, I don't get why F.A.S.T. has such loose rules for the modern muscle category. For the older cars they even check part numbers and casting numbers for crying out loud.What? Are they combining two classes?
Is it 'modern muscle ' versus 'f.a.s.t.' ?
I just don't get it sometimes,