1965 Mustang 289
11-08-2007, 04:35 PM
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RE: 1965 Mustang 289
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that kit will prolly get you to around the 200 hp range if its stock at the moment. a stock 289 c code is somewhere around 175 at the wheels. that kit wont get you to 400. and that kit your talking about is mostly top end.
that kit will prolly get you to around the 200 hp range if its stock at the moment. a stock 289 c code is somewhere around 175 at the wheels. that kit wont get you to 400. and that kit your talking about is mostly top end.
OK...........
Top end is where the power is made. Heads and Cam being the primary area where replacing stock components with performance variants will have the MOST benefit.
A stock bottom end is not essentially much different to a "performance" bottom end. ARP bolts, I beam rods etc don't atually increase power. They are used to strengthen the bottom end to be able to cope with the power the top end produces.
11-08-2007, 04:51 PM
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RE: 1965 Mustang 289
The stock pistons will look like you took a blow torch to them in a couple of weeks with NOS.
Your call but it is a certain it will go boom. Stock 5.0 had forged pistons as do most later model engines
Yours does not.
Your call but it is a certain it will go boom. Stock 5.0 had forged pistons as do most later model engines
Yours does not.
11-08-2007, 05:00 PM
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RE: 1965 Mustang 289
Yep forget the Nitrous (I hate calling NOS). Unless you build your engine with it in mind, and have a professional setup with automatic timing reduction, pressure control, and feul control, you will go BOOM.
Have you done a compression test to see what sort of condition your motor is in currently. Putting that edelbrock top end kit on a tired bottom end will not give you the results you want, and if things such and big end and main bearings are on their way out, they will be on their way out much much faster with more power.
As for carbies, the 600 should be plenty. I'd even recommend the 570 street avenger. You may miss out on a couple of HP at the very top end, but torque and throttle response everywhere else will more than make up for it.
Have you done a compression test to see what sort of condition your motor is in currently. Putting that edelbrock top end kit on a tired bottom end will not give you the results you want, and if things such and big end and main bearings are on their way out, they will be on their way out much much faster with more power.
As for carbies, the 600 should be plenty. I'd even recommend the 570 street avenger. You may miss out on a couple of HP at the very top end, but torque and throttle response everywhere else will more than make up for it.