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!

 

Sweet!

 

Looks like a clean ride there man.

 

I did not know they made chrome that stretched around the B-pillar! That looks sweet! Where do you get a set of them?

 

*a set of those*

 

Sweet! Congratulations on a nice looking ride.

 

That's a sweet ride! Thanks for your service too!

 

Not bad for your first car... Enjoy!

 

Sweet

 

they are vinyl top trim molding and sell new (repo) for about $50.

 

Sweet Mustang! Especially for your first car.

Drop a new 5.0 Coyote engine in it. That should smoke the Avalons

 

Thanks for your support!

 

Thanks will do!

 

Yea it's a dream come true. A 5.0 Coyote huh.. Ill do my research, thanks!

 

The previous owner had them on there already sorry man don't know what to tell you.

 

I would really like to do something with this engine though I would appreciate some guidance!

 

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!

 

That's okay. Awesome 'stang, man!

 

Wow! Thanks a lot maybe I will leave her like this for now until the motor actually needs to be rebuilt or needs repair. I appreciate the advice, that's exactly what I needed to be told hahah

 

Thanks a lot, I saw yours too and I must say it looks pretty amazing!