My delusions of grandeur came to a crashing halt with notification from my city that my impromptu boneyard will be shutdown by Tuesday or daily citations will occur.
Basically, that means I have to move all my crap this weekend and will be making lots of requests to my version of higher power for no on-call interruptions.
What it's done is jack up the Lincoln / 460 Dragweek plan to almost FUBAR status. I'm considering alternatives at this point and have some choices. What would you guys do? None of this stuff will be a 5k car, I'm not worried about that at this point. I *really* wanted to get the LSC done, but I'm trying to be realistic.
98 Mustang GT / convertible
It needs registration, a 'vert top, and a roll bar, but it's already insured.
392/TKO,
GT40 lower, cobra upper, AFR185 heads, XE274HR cam (224*)
Bonus - looks factory. ODBii is tunable and will pass emissions. Downside - it'll need a rollbar and a 1000.00 top.
'90 LX Notch
Same engine as above
This is calling to me, would be the easiest to get done quickly and get some miles on it - not as easy to inspect, they'll tail pipe sniff it.
'90 LX Notch
460/TKO
will be a bit of emissions work but I'm confident it will pass. Very mild setup.
'95 Ford Lightning
This is a daily, it's inspected and insured already.
392 above and Megasquirt or Moates Quarter Horse to tune it
Trans will need a rebuild for this mill. It's getting tired, shifts are getting soft. E4OD is pretty strong when built.
Turbo? (tempting)
Downside - traction, and it's not a good road trip vehicle.
460/c6 this thing? It's crossed my mind.
Open to suggestions... I'm kinda bumming but obviously it's not like I've got it bad or anything. My big cash outlay is gonna be a TKO or T56. Probably 2 grand on other crap to finish them up. Any of them are gonna eat up my tractor fund. The good part of not worrying about the 5k deal is I can drop the slushbox on the Mustangs. Both of them are 5 speeds already. The 90LX I would like to make a DD for real, and have thought about a 331 setup with a small turbo.
Basically, that means I have to move all my crap this weekend and will be making lots of requests to my version of higher power for no on-call interruptions.
What it's done is jack up the Lincoln / 460 Dragweek plan to almost FUBAR status. I'm considering alternatives at this point and have some choices. What would you guys do? None of this stuff will be a 5k car, I'm not worried about that at this point. I *really* wanted to get the LSC done, but I'm trying to be realistic.
98 Mustang GT / convertible
It needs registration, a 'vert top, and a roll bar, but it's already insured.
392/TKO,
GT40 lower, cobra upper, AFR185 heads, XE274HR cam (224*)
Bonus - looks factory. ODBii is tunable and will pass emissions. Downside - it'll need a rollbar and a 1000.00 top.
'90 LX Notch
Same engine as above
This is calling to me, would be the easiest to get done quickly and get some miles on it - not as easy to inspect, they'll tail pipe sniff it.
'90 LX Notch
460/TKO
will be a bit of emissions work but I'm confident it will pass. Very mild setup.
'95 Ford Lightning
This is a daily, it's inspected and insured already.
392 above and Megasquirt or Moates Quarter Horse to tune it
Trans will need a rebuild for this mill. It's getting tired, shifts are getting soft. E4OD is pretty strong when built.
Turbo? (tempting)
Downside - traction, and it's not a good road trip vehicle.
460/c6 this thing? It's crossed my mind.
Open to suggestions... I'm kinda bumming but obviously it's not like I've got it bad or anything. My big cash outlay is gonna be a TKO or T56. Probably 2 grand on other crap to finish them up. Any of them are gonna eat up my tractor fund. The good part of not worrying about the 5k deal is I can drop the slushbox on the Mustangs. Both of them are 5 speeds already. The 90LX I would like to make a DD for real, and have thought about a 331 setup with a small turbo.
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