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65_289
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posted 09-22-2002 09:26 PM
   
...would it take to wedge a 460 in a 65? I mean, obviously, the shock towers have to go. What about the firewall? Anyone ever done it?Sure, I could to a 408W. But with a 460 block, you can do 514+... 
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Moneymaker
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posted 09-22-2002 10:14 PM
Crites sells kits. It's not too bad of a swap.  ------------------
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65_289
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posted 09-22-2002 10:20 PM
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Originally posted by Moneymaker:
Crites sells kits. It's not too bad of a swap.
The only kits they have listed are for a 460 in a 67-70. I'll e-mail them & see.
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TomP
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From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 09-23-2002 01:04 AM
Not so... they have a swap kit for big blocks (normally an FE) into early Falcons ,Comets and Mustangs. The shock tower get cut back and moved outwards,but stay there. A slick setup i've seen is struts, attached to the stock lower control arms and with the upper end mounted inside the shock tower, leaves a lot of room for headers.
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65_289
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posted 09-23-2002 12:16 PM
Well, Crites said they do not make a kit for the 65-66. They said to try a place called GT Performance from Penn Yann, New York. Anyone ever heard of them/know of a website?
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 19704
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posted 09-23-2002 12:22 PM
Sorry, I thought that they offered a 65-66 kit in addition to their 67-70 kit. 
I do not know of the other company. ------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator/ non 65-66 Mustang owner sensitivity co-ordinator NHRA/IHRA/SRA/MCA member
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Dave_C
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From: Gadsden, Al
Registered: Aug 99
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posted 09-23-2002 02:41 PM
If you are going that far why not go ahead and do a rack and pinion set. Get rid of the shock towers totally. Take a look at:
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/3573/DMan2.html
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http://www.geocities.com/stang460_67/M-II.html
and
http://www.stuart.iit.edu/students/2112/restoration/M2frontend.htmYou can uses oem, or several companies make a kit. Here is one of the more popular:
http://www.rcmotorsports.net/ Did my 557 BBF start you thinking? Think about it: All iron 351W = 525 lbs
All iron 460 = 720 lbs
-40 lbs for aluminum intake
-75 bs for aluminum heads
-15 lbs aluminum water pump
gets you down to 590 lbs without trying hard.
Battery to the trunk is another 50 lbs off the nose. Later,
David Cole [This message has been edited by Dave_C (edited 09-23-2002).]
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65_289
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posted 09-23-2002 02:44 PM
It looks like that is what will have to happen if I want the BBF. Yes, your monster did get the gears turning.  Plus, when my dad was driving it the other day, he got on it and had a big puff of white smoke. White smoke + low coolant = head gasket, to me.
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jsracingbbf
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From: Batesville,MS. , U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 09-23-2002 09:45 PM
I bought a front end kit from these folks, it ain't much but it beats what I had.
Autoweld Scroll down to the bottom of the page to the featherlight Front end kit. You can get the OEM one that uses stock mustang 2 stuff or get the tubular/ coilover set-up.
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Jerry Smith
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70 Mustang retired former footbrake car
"Drag Racing, the most fun you can have with your clothes on"
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65_289
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posted 09-23-2002 09:53 PM
I've also seen a kit in Jeg's. That's a lot of work, though. Maybe I'll stick with a small block...
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 19704
From: Lyons, IL, USA
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posted 09-23-2002 11:13 PM
A long long time ago, a friend of mine installed 1967 Mustang shock towers in a 1966 car. He then installed a 390 GT engine with 67-68 headers. As I remember, it was almost a bolt in. A fair amount of owrk but nevertheless a bolt in operation. Sorry for my mistake as I was thinking of Crites' 67-70 kits and as I now remember the 460/514 swap that we were involved with in the early 80's was a 68 car. ------------------
Alex Denysenko
Co-Administrator and Moderator/ non 65-66 Mustang owner sensitivity co-ordinator NHRA/IHRA/SRA/MCA member
NHRA and IHRA SS/LA National Record Holder '00, '01, & '02
Fleet of FoMoCo products including 88 ASC McLaren Mustang #28
Part time secret agent license #0089
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