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Topic: Advice for my 68 Stang
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Buster
Gearhead Posts: 1238
From: Orlando
Registered: May 2002
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posted 03-04-2003 11:09 PM
   
What should I do with my 68 Mustang... I've been thinking about installing a 350 or SB 400 cid chevy with a TH350 or TH400. I will keep the 9" What would be a good cam and trans kit? I was thinking about running 13.5:1 or 14:1CR. Whats the deal with the Dubble hump heads, are they any good? Are headers hard to get for this combo? Steve, I was also thinking about using the mustangandmore on the side of this for the next year or two. Just a little advertizing for the forum... as long as its ok with you. Also, I would give credit to Alex for tuning it and his endorcement to the driveline change.. Suggestions?
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 7226
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 03-04-2003 11:28 PM
Buster,Have you been smoking the "patio plants" again?  SteveW
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stock69
Journeyman Posts: 50
From: kailua, HI
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 03-05-2003 12:33 AM
i concurr with steve.
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Fastymz
Moderator Posts: 14201
From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 03-05-2003 12:33 AM
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SCOOP
oddly obsessed with big scoops on little Mustangs 2.26 60'S
14.9 @ 90.86MPH 65 coupe,351w,C4,Big Boss 429 hood scoop,8"3.40 TracLoc,Cragar SS,Black Suede. https://mustangsandmore.com/ubb/Fastymz.html
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 21725
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 03-05-2003 12:35 AM
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Originally posted by Buster:
What should I do with my 68 Mustang... I've been thinking about installing a 350 or SB 400 cid chevy with a TH350 or TH400. I will keep the 9" What would be a good cam and trans kit? I was thinking about running 13.5:1 or 14:1CR. Whats the deal with the Dubble hump heads, are they any good? Are headers hard to get for this combo? Steve, I was also thinking about using the mustangandmore on the side of this for the next year or two. Just a little advertizing for the forum... as long as its ok with you. Also, I would give credit to Alex for tuning it and his endorcement to the driveline change.. Suggestions?
Yeah right. 
heh heh heh 
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Buster
Gearhead Posts: 1238
From: Orlando
Registered: May 2002
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posted 03-05-2003 08:52 AM
That was my CAPTAIN CLAMHEAD impression
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james306
Journeyman Posts: 82
From: falmouth,me,usa
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 03-05-2003 01:25 PM
oh man you had me there for a minute!!! i thought you were serious. i was red in the face mad writing a reply to make you reconsider. that was a good one!! hahahahaha!!
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clevelandstyle
Gearhead Posts: 800
From: Connersville, IN
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 03-05-2003 05:33 PM
And It's not even April 1 yet! ------------------
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Grabber Green '70 Mach I 351C 4V
Robbin Egg Blue '79 Fairmont 351C 4V
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Buster
Gearhead Posts: 1238
From: Orlando
Registered: May 2002
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posted 03-05-2003 09:50 PM
I would like to thank everyone that replied to this thread... I have decided to take your advice and keep a Ford engine in the 68. I hope I haven't caused anyone any sleepless nights thinking that anyone would install a Cheby engine in a Ford Mustang. I wouldn't ever do something like that... not even if someone paid me lots of money, its just not right. However, I have concidered installing a Ford engine into a Cheby just to piss off the Cheby guys. One day I had the racecar out in the driveway and one of my sons friends father stopped buy to pick her up. He said "nice care, too bad it doesn't have a cheby engine in it." I said, "But why would I want to slow it down?" hehe, he said "nice reply" I told him "well thats just the way it is, anyone can build a Cheby, but it takes a REAL man to build a Ford" The only problem Ford guys have is not being able to buy parts at 7-11....
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Buster
Gearhead Posts: 1238
From: Orlando
Registered: May 2002
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posted 03-05-2003 09:51 PM
Whoops dubble post[This message has been edited by Buster (edited 03-06-2003).]
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 7226
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 03-05-2003 11:24 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Buster:
The only problem Ford guys have is not being able to buy parts at 7-11....
Doesn't that just pi$$ you off? It does with me when I look through any catalog and find most everything is for BBC or SBC.  The only thing harder to find good parts for is a Mopar. You can find them, but they are rarer and even more spendy than Fords. My moto is ABC, Anything But Chebbie. SteveW
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Buster
Gearhead Posts: 1238
From: Orlando
Registered: May 2002
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posted 03-06-2003 12:18 AM
Well, YES it does piss me off.... Look at a Jeg's or Summitt book and all you will see is sbc or bbc. It's like there is nothing else but chebys, what BS.
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 37258
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 03-06-2003 07:48 AM
I saw a '65 Mustang with a sbc in it at a car show once. The guy was getting no love from Ford OR chevy fans, and he left very early.------------------
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indyphil
Gearhead Posts: 1365
From: Lafayette, IN, USA
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 03-06-2003 06:25 PM
For while I got miffed about the proliferation of chevy parts in the catalogues and parts stores, until you think about the quality of these cheaper parts. There are some really nasty parts out there that sell for nickles and dimes. I know there are more chevys and the volume they sell means some discounts, but if a pair of valve covers is only $20 chances are the chrome plating wont last long enough to warm the engine up. You see them at every car show too, they LOOK cheap. Ill stick with good quality parts.
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Fastymz
Moderator Posts: 14201
From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 03-06-2003 06:28 PM
quote:
Originally posted by steve'66:
Doesn't that just pi$$ you off? It does with me when I look through any catalog and find most everything is for BBC or SBC. The only thing harder to find good parts for is a Mopar. You can find them, but they are rarer and even more spendy than Fords. My moto is ABC, Anything But Chebbie. SteveW
Steve I agree with you,it kills me to se what my brother inlaw pays for his chevy stuff.And what I pay for Ford parts.But hings are getting better,then they were.I can hope to see the day when all parts are the same price. 
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SCOOP
oddly obsessed with big scoops on little Mustangs 2.26 60'S
14.9 @ 90.86MPH 65 coupe,351w,C4,Big Boss 429 hood scoop,8"3.40 TracLoc,Cragar SS,Black Suede. https://mustangsandmore.com/ubb/Fastymz.html
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mustangboy
Gearhead Posts: 717
From: Ont, Canada
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-06-2003 06:29 PM
I'm glad you were only kidding.You really didn't want to hear my suggestion. ------------------
1968 mustang j-code sprint.13.69@101 306cu.in, stock ported heads,weiand exellerator,650 holley DP,hedman hedders,comp 292 Magnum cam,4-speed,8 inch 4.11 detroit locker
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Fordwiser
Gearhead Posts: 280
From: Metamora, Illinois
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 03-06-2003 11:33 PM
I just turned the big 40 last month and my wife threw a surprize birthday party for me. One of my diehard Ford buddies present to me was a chevy performance magazine, with a note on it that read now that you are getting up there in years maybe you should think about slowing down! LOL!
Roger
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 7226
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 03-07-2003 12:11 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Fordwiser:
I just turned the big 40 last month and my wife threw a surprize birthday party for me. One of my diehard Ford buddies present to me was a chevy performance magazine, with a note on it that read now that you are getting up there in years maybe you should think about slowing down! LOL!
Roger
When I turned 40, eight years ago, I got Black bunting and over the hill everything. Yours was much better. hehehe SteveW
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Buster
Gearhead Posts: 1238
From: Orlando
Registered: May 2002
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posted 03-07-2003 12:50 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Fordwiser:
One of my diehard Ford buddies present to me was a chevy performance magazine, with a note on it that read now that you are getting up there in years maybe you should think about slowing down! LOL!
Roger
Now thats GREAT!
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fordfan
Gearhead Posts: 3059
From: Walla Walla, Wa, USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 03-07-2003 01:20 AM
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Originally posted by Buster:
The only problem Ford guys have is not being able to buy parts at 7-11....
Heck, The Chevy guys have so many parts that they just give them away!!! A Guy I know gave us a Crap load of Chevy (and some Ford parts): 327/350 Block (Low Mileage from PAW)
-steel Crank from above engine
-3 or 4 other chevy sb cranks (one may be a
ford.)
-396 crank
-BBC Clutch and flywheel
-2 SBC Clutches and Flywheels
-3 or 4 Flexplates
-Lots of pushrods and pistons, rods, etc a few cams
-New melling double roller timing set (sbc)
-New High Volume BBC oil pump
-about 10 Harmonic balancers
-Numerous pulleys and motor mounts
-a Chitload of Gaskets (Ford and Chev)
-a Ford Duraspark Distributor and Module
-a Ford 3/4 ton rear Axle with a extra axles and a new 4:11 gearset.
-an Olds TH400
-a Powerglide
-a New Auto Meter in-dash White Tach
-4 heater Blowermotors for my truck
-2 electric waterpump drive motors.
-several Ford thermostat housings
-A quadrajet carb
-another double roller timing chain
Plus a bunch of stuff I can't remember. A couple more blocks and some heads and I could build some engines
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Joseph J. Shaffer IV
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Too many cars for one person to Own!:
'68 Ford Mustang Coupe
'64 Mercury Comet 202
'62 Ford Falcon 2dr Wagon
'70 Chevrolet C-10 Stepside
'41 Chevrolet Stepside
'43 Dodge WC-53 (WWII Powerwagon)
'74 Chevrolet Caprice 454 (Motor Doner for the '70 pickup) . [This message has been edited by fordfan (edited 03-07-2003).]
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