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Topic: How fast have you gone with a Performer 289 intake?
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Huskinhano
Journeyman Posts: 57
From: Montvale, NJ.
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 03-21-2004 06:04 PM
   
I realize this is a mild intake. My next motor for my 66 is going to be a .040 over 302 with GT40P heads and Performer cam, intake and carb along with MAC longtube headers and a T5. I'm hoping/planning on making about 250 flywheel hp but lots of street torque!At times I've thought about going up slightly on the cam and a Performer RPM. I was just wondering how fast someone has gone with a Performer 289 and what was your combo? How fast do you think I'll go with my combo. Oh, I plan on 3.25's. The T5 is a 3.35 1st gear. Thanks.
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V-8
Gearhead Posts: 323
From: TURKEY/Istanbul
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 03-21-2004 06:20 PM
My old combo was (with 289):
Carter 625cfm carb,Weiand Stealth intake,Comp Cams 275H K kit,Accel dura spark ignition,Trw forged 0.030 pistons,Headman headers,Flow Masters,stock heads,C-4 trans,TCI saturday night converter,8 rear 4.11 richmond gear,3222+200lbs,no slicks.
14.05s,101 mil,0-60mil 5.2sATAY AYDINER...
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Rory McNeil
Gearhead Posts: 1611
From: Surrey, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-22-2004 01:46 AM
Huskihano, it sounds like your combination is very close to my 302 Fairmonts. I origionaly rebuilt the engine totally stock, but later started modifying it. It is a .040" 302 78 block with flatop pistons, a pair of stock 69 351W heads that I did a quicky exh. port lump clean up on, retaining the stock 351W 1.84I,1.54E valve sizes, a "Blue Racer" hyd. cam .445,.472" lift, 204,[email protected], a Performer 289 with a 550 cfm Holley 4 barrel from a 76 Ford 390 PU engine.I have Heddman 1 1/2" long tube headers, with stock 88 Mustang 5.0 LX mufflers & pipes (no cats). With a 3.35 1rst gear T5, & 3.55`s in the 8.8, weighing 3300 lbs with me in it, it has gone mid 13`s@101 mph thru the mufflers on skinny 14" whitewalls, with a pair of 8 1/2x26-15 MT slicks it runs low 13`s, and with the slicks, open headers, & beating the tar out of it, has gone high 12`s@ 105mph.I use the stock cast iron rail rockers, never rev it over 5500 rpm, & it has been like this for 7 or 8 years now, having served most of that time as my only everyday street car.It`s pretty mild, but does the job just fine.------------------
78 Fairmont 428 4 speed 10.20@130mph
80 Fairmont 302 5 speed 12.8@105mph
85 Mustang NHRA Stocker 302 5speed. 13.04@101mph
59 Meteor (Canadian Ford) 2 dr sedan 332, auto
74 F350 ramp truck 390 4spd
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Huskinhano
Journeyman Posts: 57
From: Montvale, NJ.
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 03-22-2004 08:02 AM
Roy, that's impresive! Yeah, I don't plan on spinning it faster then 5,500 rpm either. I don't see the need to. How's 1st gear with the 3.55's?
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indyphil
Gearhead Posts: 2690
From: Senoia, G.A. USA
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 03-22-2004 10:11 AM
my mostly stock 289 with 2.79 rear gears (C4 tranny) runs 15.8, car has power steering too.Dual exh, stock cam, stock heads, stock exh manifolds, skinny 14 inch tires. 4 barrel edl 600 carb, and performer intake. Planning headers this year and power steering removal. ------------------
'68 coupe, '66 289 C code
engine, edel 600cfm carb, performer intake, dual exhaust http://www.geocities.com/ottouk_77/68mustang.htm
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CHIPSBAD67
Gearhead Posts: 396
From: LOU,KY;USA
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 03-23-2004 10:23 PM
i think my car ran high 8's with stock cam, stock heads, and performer intake, but i think i had radials back then. it picked up a bunch with the rpm intake and an e-303 cam, i think it was around 3 tenths. then i got et streets and went even quicker. ended up high 7's before further improvements.------------------
306, 4speed, 4.11's....best 1/8 mile 7.58 at 92mph with 1.72 60ft. PUMP GAS/NO ADDERS/STREET TIRES
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Rory McNeil
Gearhead Posts: 1611
From: Surrey, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-24-2004 02:40 AM
The 3.55`s work fine with the 3.35 1rst gear, in fact, if I was to do it over, I`d likely go with 3.73`s.With the 26" slicks, I`d normally launch between 3200-3500 rpm, although higher launches did equal quicker ET`s, one particular 4800 rpm clutch dump also equaled a snapped factory 28 spline 8.8 axle. With the skinny street radials, driving out just off idle gave the best numbers. The best 60 foot with the 205 70R14`s was 2.03, with the 3200-3500 launches on slicks, it normally went mid to low 1.8`s, best of 1.76 leaving at 4200-4800 rpm.------------------
78 Fairmont 428 4 speed 10.20@130mph
80 Fairmont 302 5 speed 12.8@105mph
85 Mustang NHRA Stocker 302 5speed. 13.04@101mph
59 Meteor (Canadian Ford) 2 dr sedan 332, auto
74 F350 ramp truck 390 4spd
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Huskinhano
Journeyman Posts: 57
From: Montvale, NJ.
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 03-24-2004 08:13 AM
Thanks Roy. What year T5? It seems to be holding up with the slicks and clutch dump! I'll be using a T5 out of a '97 V6 Mustang. I'm swapping out the inputshaft to the shorter one. Despite what the charts saying that it's 265 ftlb rated, I've done a little snooping and found out that these are really 300 ftlb rated V8 T5's!
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Rory McNeil
Gearhead Posts: 1611
From: Surrey, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-25-2004 03:40 AM
The T5 in my Fairmont is the "so-so" 1986 version, which I believe is rated at 265 Ft-Lbs, but so far has worked fine. ------------------
78 Fairmont 428 4 speed 10.20@130mph
80 Fairmont 302 5 speed 12.8@105mph
85 Mustang NHRA Stocker 302 5speed. 13.04@101mph
59 Meteor (Canadian Ford) 2 dr sedan 332, auto
74 F350 ramp truck 390 4spd
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