i have a 1967 mustang and it has a 289 and i was wondering what i could do to it for more power and what brands and what not should i use? i dont know alot about performance i am a bodyman
Ya, I heard that about you guys! Just kidding. You can find out alot by going to the search for past threads. There are to many variables. Depends on what you want to do with the car and how much money you want to spend. There is a hundred things you could do. I do a little bodywork myself!
Center your engine build around a good cylinder head and camshaft.
Some AFR or TFS heads would be a good start. Key is to match all the parts to the operating rpm you want. So, for example, don't pick a camshaft that operates best from 3000-7000 rpm and then go with a low dual plane intake manifold that works best from off idle to 5500 rpm. Match all your parts together. In order to do that, you first have to decide just what is it you want. Do you want a hot street / strip setup? Weekend warrior? Cruiser? Just depends. You have to give more information about the car and what you want if you really want us to help.
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i have a 1967 mustang and it has a 289 and i was wondering what i could do to it for more power and what brands and what not should i use? i dont know alot about performance i am a bodyman
well i guess i want it not to be full on strip but like powerful enough to impress and take other cars on the road... im not looking for like a race car more like a sick street machine.. as far as money goes lower would be better but its not a big deal it just means i save longer..thanks
cylinder heads and cam are definately the place to start. i have a lunati cam and love it. you could then prob. move to pistons to get your desired compression. i have keith black flat top racing pistons. 4 barrel intake and carb are a necessity for a street machine. i have a holley...lots of fuel all the time. edelbrocks are a little more economical, but not quiet as high performance as a holley. to top it all off, hei ignition is the way to go. i have an entire kit from mallory. control box, distributor, coil, and some 9mm plug wires really woke up my 351. hot, long spark pulgs are always a plus.
Since you don't have a lot of mechanical experience, and don't know much about matching components. I would recommend looking at the Edelbrock power packages. You can get the entire package with their cam, heads, intake, and carb that were designed and tuned to work together. Either the Edelbrock Performer package, or the Performer RPM package should work nicely for what you have in mind, and they've already selected the matching performance parts for you. You could piece together a cam, heads, intake, and carb setup from other manufacturers piece by piece and make more power if you get the combo right, but I think a proven preassembled package might be your safest bet right now.
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'65 Mustang Coupe (daily driver turned project car)
i have a 1967 mustang and it has a 289 and i was wondering what i could do to it for more power and what brands and what not should i use? i dont know alot about performance i am a bodyman
well i guess i want it not to be full on strip but like powerful enough to impress and take other cars on the road... im not looking for like a race car more like a sick street machine.. as far as money goes lower would be better but its not a big deal it just means i save longer..thanks
You might want to set the 289 aside so if you decide to sell the car someday it will have original power. Checkout a crate motor for now. Google 'crate motor' or 'crate engine' and you will find many possible options for a strong street machine. You can likely buy more power in a crate engine than the buildup of your 289.
Hey, just an added suggestion, check your engine block code to see if you have a 289 block or a 302 block. I pulled out a '67 289 per the engine tag bolted to the intake, but the main block and code says it's a 302, which may give you some other options.
like physco said, edelbrock performer series cam heads manifold and carb is a great bolt on kit, i put it on mine (minus the heads) with a 650 cfm carb and it runs great. also look into either D.U.I. distributors or an msd ignitio system. they are all fairly simple bolt ons mfor some extra power. i can take most of these rice burners in my town with this so it works decent.
also flowmaster makes a great, and fairly quick bolt on exhaust system that lets it breathe real well, and sounds great with that cam. hedman headers are another good bolt on
in my mind a 289 is going to be a good cruiser and thats it. it couldnt be any were near a "sick" street motor even if you modify it as much as you can, its just to small displacement. So i say just keep it stock.
in my mind a 289 is going to be a good cruiser and thats it. it couldnt be any were near a "sick" street motor even if you modify it as much as you can, its just to small displacement. So i say just keep it stock.
Hey, not so fast, there. A 289 can be more rev-happy than a 302 because of its shorter stroke, giving it some additional speed. Also, 13 cu.in. doesn't make quite enough difference, in my mind, to keep the smaller motor out of the running. It's gotta be no more than 7-8 hp. Also, the 289 HiPo made 271 hp with just a camshaft and a Holley 4bbl. Shelby's street version made about 305, and in race trim made 350 hp. So, my 289 with one more cam swap could easily be pushing 300 hp, before swapping cylinder heads. Stroking is also an option.
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you know that old addage 'no replacement for displacement'? i think something that will rev is always more fun than having to shift below 5500rpms. as far as a good street combo, i'd just get a good performer intake, go through the carb good, maybe do some port matching, a good cam and lifter set, and a new oil pump with hardened shaft, headers, and a free flowing exhaust should be pretty fun on the street. it would probably surprise you, be relatively good on gas, would sound good, and be fun to drive. one thing that sucks it driving a race car on the street...ask me how i know.
I installed Edelbrock performer rpm package, 600cfm edelbrock carburator, long type headers and custom exhaust. But it was when i installed a electronical Hei distributor i really notice the power from my edelbrock package on my 289. So i think a electronical ignition system is a must.
A Edelbrock tech adviser wrote to me that the performer rpm package dyno tested 340hp on a 289, and recommend 650cfm carburator, 9.5:1 compression, 2500 stall speed converter and 3.74:1-4.11:1 rear end ratio.
I have stock stall speed on my c4 and stock rear end ratio, and it still runs great with my current engine modification
1967 ford mustang 289 engine modifications? 
