Hello out there! Im new to the forums, i dont own a mustang YET. Due to the weather restricons here in north dakota, my mustang project is delayed until spring, so i have about 6 months to fully educate and plan my dream car. Im budgeting myself about 10-12 grand. I wanna use a 87-93 body style on it. I would really like a 351 windsor stroked up to to a 408. Could i swing a supercharger too with my budget? Im not a mechanic in any means of the word, so in all likely hood i'll be paying someone to build the "total package." How much will i have to pay for labor do you think? I wanna use this as a street/strip racer, i still need to drive it every day, but i have every intention of running 11 flat or lower. Id like to have a manual tranmission. By the sounds of it, 3.73 gears are gonna be my best bet. Seeing as a i will be doing some highway, but more city drving. Bassically i am asking for a "recipe" or plans/ideas for my mustang with a budget between 10-12 grand. Thanks in advance!
87-93 w/ a 351 windsor suggestions needed badly!
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If your not doing the labor you won't get much for $10k. Supercharger alone will be $2500 and someone will charge another $1500 for installation and a tune. Your at $4000 if your lucky and not even startred on the motor which you can get a crate engine at $4000 from Ford but by the time you get the brakets and the labor your at another $2000 probably. Now your at $10k and really only have $5000 worth of parts but because you can't build a engine or install anything your busting out of cash fast. Your better off getting a car that is completed of what you want and get the completed car for under $7000 and enjoy it right from the start. Like they Say ...One Mans Lose is another Mans Gain.
Hmmmmmm, i guess im gonna have to get some gearhead friends to help me with this, sadly they are all 1500 miles away back in buffalo. Saying that i have some friends help me with all the assembly and such; How much cash would i save if i got a junkyard 351 block and then ordered the rest of the parts needed and we assembled them and all that. A big thing that i am kinda lost on is the transmission. Is a c4 good? what exactly is it? My buddys got a 89 (i think) with a 351 and a c4. I think hes runnin 3.55 gears he said. Should i go with a stick, i like driving them ALOT more. Also whats a good supercharger to go with a 351? Id really rather having someone i can trust build me a performance vehicle, because lets face it, a street/strip car is gonna have some serious wear and tear prolly. If i have to pay the extra buck i will, i want this beast to last a while. Thanks for the response too! plz keep em comin!
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You may want to send an email off to http://www.mspmall.com/ddautospec/ The guys name is Bob and he is very helpful. He maybe able to give you a ballpark figure on the engine or maybe even build one for you.
This won't address your cost of building,
but will give you the details of what it
takes to get a 351 into a Fox chassis.
www.lincolnsonline.com/article144.html
but will give you the details of what it
takes to get a 351 into a Fox chassis.
www.lincolnsonline.com/article144.html
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