my brother recently gave me an 84 gt hatchback with no motor/ tranny... I plan on putting a 351 in it... will it work? is there a better solution?

 

If its like the later foxes then you should be able to put one in it. I constantly hear about guys putting 351s in them but the ones I alway see are the later foxes.

 

thanx... while we're on the subject of motors... would anyone happen to have a 429cj layin' 'round that I can have for my 69 grande?

 

Yes....for example, I had a 429 in a '79 Mustang.....just about anything can be put into the engine bay

 

can i have a job in your shop?

 

yup, all u need is money and a set of torchs.

 

Ohhh....remeber that 86 (????) SVO project car that they slipped that 385 series big block in (I think it was 600 cubes IIRC), what an incredibly easy way to go insanely fast. I remeber a red big block gt floating around well into the 10s back when well, well into the 10s was something, then again I also remeber when a high 12 sec late model was something to be feared! Gawd I think I'm getting old.

 

hahahaha, have you heard of the 03 cobra? they are feared and they run 12s. lol.

 

385 in an svo.....why..why..there are plenty mustangs to put big blocks in but the svo is rare.

 

For a stock car they are something to be feared, but once you get into drag racing with the big boys, 12's just arent gonna cut it. As you say 03/04 cobras can get 12's easy. A nice ls1 with a couple of mods and a bottle will be dipping well into 11's.

 

stock cobra runs 12.40s, with a pulley, say hello to 11s

 

and some 4:11's

 

Yea, but when you put slicks on it to get enough traction to take you into 11's say goodbye to the irs.

 

This wasn't an SVO Mustang, it was an 86 GT done up with a Ford big block by SVO when SVO was still the stuff at Ford.

 

yeah, before it was called FRPP (ford racing performance parts) it was called SVO

 

no, 4:56s and 30 inch slicks

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and the half-shafts

 

can't be that torquey can we?
I'm looking at a 70 GS with a 455...it pushes 500 ft lbs under 3000 rpm. now that car needs 4:56's

 

the golden rule about motor swapping.

if there is a will there is always a way.

go for it

 

^ true dat

 

I dunno why, but I really hate the FRPP moniker. Special Vehicle Operations sounded like serious stuff. Sorta like Lockheeds Skunkworks. I wish they would bring it back.