Lovin my 68' (with 351W)
12/27/12, 11:20 AM
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Lovin my 68' (with 351W)
Hey guys I just got my 68' mustang a few weeks ago and I've been enjoying it a ton! I've always wanted a muscle car and I happened to get a great deal on her but I'm going to need help trying to make her faster, the other day my buddy took on me with his 97' Avalon and we were head to head it was pretty embarrassing on my part. Here are some pictures I would really appreciate it if you guys helped me out, I am only 20 and this is my first vehicle so you can imagine how lost I am. Btw before I bought her they took out the 289 and swapped it out with a 351W not sure how much mileage or year it is but overall she runs great!
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I had a 351W in my 95 mustang, which I initially converted over to a carburetor because I didn't have a good wiring harness. I found it is difficult to do one or two mods without touching other parts because you realize that one thing requires another. I ended up with a 10.5:1 compression ratio, which helped me expect a good amount of power, but that also requires better cooling. I am not sure your current setup can handle that. So if you are interested in new heads with good flow, you need a cam that will feed them, and an intake manifold to feed that. It looks like you have a decent start with a carburetor though. it boils down to this, you bought an old car, that currently gets smoked by more modern technology. Its still cool. Love it for what it is, or else be prepared to spend some dough! And as cool and unique as a new coyote will be, thats about $9,000 of power that you won't be able to put to the ground anyway with your rear springs. Then how are you going to stop?!!! and that isn't considering putting in a fuel system, a cooling system, and hooking that all up to guages and on, and on.
You're in for quite an adventure my friend!
You're in for quite an adventure my friend!
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I had a 351W in my 95 mustang, which I initially converted over to a carburetor because I didn't have a good wiring harness. I found it is difficult to do one or two mods without touching other parts because you realize that one thing requires another. I ended up with a 10.5:1 compression ratio, which helped me expect a good amount of power, but that also requires better cooling. I am not sure your current setup can handle that. So if you are interested in new heads with good flow, you need a cam that will feed them, and an intake manifold to feed that. It looks like you have a decent start with a carburetor though. it boils down to this, you bought an old car, that currently gets smoked by more modern technology. Its still cool. Love it for what it is, or else be prepared to spend some dough! And as cool and unique as a new coyote will be, thats about $9,000 of power that you won't be able to put to the ground anyway with your rear springs. Then how are you going to stop?!!! and that isn't considering putting in a fuel system, a cooling system, and hooking that all up to guages and on, and on.
You're in for quite an adventure my friend!
You're in for quite an adventure my friend!