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Topic: $1000 dollar question
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MF65Conv
Journeyman Posts: 3
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Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 03-29-2003 01:02 AM
  
Hi you guys - This is my first time on MM. I've been checking things out and seems like a great group here.My question is - With my setup (below), what would be your parts list w/ $1000 bucks(Me and my pals do the labor) - that's as far as I can go for now. I've got: 65 conv. Mustang, 302 .40 over, 9.5:1, edelbrock performer heads, ebock perf cam, ebock 289 intake, ebock 1406 carb, T5z, auburn pro 3.55 posi, 1 5/8 long headers, 16x8 225/16/50 - only 3000 miles since rebuilt. So many options - what would you guys do?
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fordfan
Gearhead Posts: 2802
From: Walla Walla, Wa, USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 03-29-2003 01:32 AM
welcome.[This message has been edited by fordfan (edited 03-29-2003).]
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jsracingbbf
Gearhead Posts: 1237
From: Batesville,MS. , U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-29-2003 01:49 AM
Welcome to M & M 
first thing I would do would be buy a Holley 750 DP and electric fuel pump.
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Dubz
Gearhead Posts: 250
From: Manitoba Canada
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 03-29-2003 03:43 AM
holley carb, bigger cam, and rpm intake (assuming that unspecified intake was performer)
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Ryan Wilke
Gearhead Posts: 1129
From: Stanton, Michigan 49707
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 03-29-2003 09:40 AM
WELCOME TO M&M, MF65Conv!!  quote:
Originally posted by Dubz:
holley carb, bigger cam, and rpm intake (assuming that unspecified intake was performer)
I'd second Dubz suggestion! -- However it also depends on just what you want to do with the car...Do you want to cruise the blvds daily, be a strip terror or be a weekend show car. Ryan 
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69 Sportsroof
Gearhead Posts: 991
From: Valley, Alabama, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-29-2003 12:19 PM
Sounds like you already have a nice setup. I'd just buy gas and drive that baby.....
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clevelandstyle
Gearhead Posts: 498
From: Connersville, IN
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 03-29-2003 04:07 PM
A roll bar. You can't go quicker than 14.00 in the 1/4 with a 'vert without it.Welcome. ------------------
Ben
Grabber Green '70 Mach I 351C 4V
Robbin Egg Blue '79 Fairmont 351C 4V
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MF65Conv
Journeyman Posts: 3
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Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 03-29-2003 04:22 PM
I've asked around at some other places and everyone pretty much agrees, but just wanted to get as many opinions as possible to make sure I spend my $$$ wisely.Thanks for the info guys!
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F551
Gearhead Posts: 161
From: Manitoba, Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-29-2003 06:45 PM
Welcome M65conv!Ben is definitely right - roll bar- and the belts and helmet that come with it. You may even consider poly seats, weight saving. Then more gear - you gotta OD with the T5 - exploit it ------------------
Fred
68 Mustang 500CID/Powerglide - "No Tubs"
86 Mustang GT Cobra
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iamblackjack
Gearhead Posts: 169
From: Magnolia, Tx, USA
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 03-29-2003 06:52 PM
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Originally posted by clevelandstyle:
A roll bar. You can't go quicker than 14.00 in the 1/4 with a 'vert without it.Welcome.
14.00???? Is that a state law? I see guys run faster than that with no roll bar all the time.
BTW. I was considering putting one in my '65 primarilly to give me something to tie the four point harnesses to, but I was a little afraid that it would look kind of weird if I only ran mid twelves. I thought that it was in the 11's that you had to have one. Who's got the rule book? Hook a brotha up.
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clevelandstyle
Gearhead Posts: 498
From: Connersville, IN
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 03-29-2003 09:40 PM
Only convertables have to have rollbars below 14.00 per NHRA rulebook. Cars with a roof can go to 12.00.
If you are going to put in a roll bar, you have to have at least 5 points. There must be a side bar on the drivers side. Anything less is not legal. ------------------
Ben
Grabber Green '70 Mach I 351C 4V
Robbin Egg Blue '79 Fairmont 351C 4V
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MF65Conv
Journeyman Posts: 3
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Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 03-30-2003 12:42 AM
Didn't realize I'd have to put a roll bar in yet, haven't even started looking into it. Are any available that don't look too bulky but still get the job done?
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Dubz
Gearhead Posts: 250
From: Manitoba Canada
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted 03-30-2003 02:51 AM
does anyone have the link to the NHRA rules for harnesses and cages?? gotta design mine sometime soon here
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