351 vs 429BB
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RE: 351 vs 429BB
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i think if a viper can handle the turns well, the suspension can be upgraded so it could too, and i think it would be cool to plow through them like a bull and the hit the straight and leave. its for fun not to win.
i think if a viper can handle the turns well, the suspension can be upgraded so it could too, and i think it would be cool to plow through them like a bull and the hit the straight and leave. its for fun not to win.
Just an opinion, I have always been a Fox body guy, in fact it is all I have ever built, and I would never plug in a big block unless I was going to do the straight line thing.
Buy an early era Mustang that has more wheelbase and more engine compartment room if you insist on putting a boat anchor in it
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RE: 351 vs 429BB
Just an opinion, I have always been a Fox body guy, in fact it is all I have ever built, and I would never plug in a big block unless I was going to do the straight line thing.
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RE: 351 vs 429BB
why a 429? just find a 460 crank and put that in. the bb is so much better, 450 hp with a bb is like making 230 hp with a 302, its so simple, not to mention the MUCH more capability that thing has and the torque of a longer stroke big bore bbf. bb all the way.
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RE: 351 vs 429BB
i've got first hand experience, my buddy and i both have identical 86 coupes with the same rear gears, same upr tubular front end kits and 3 inch exhausts
His combo
429 big block, 30 over mild cam, edelbrock intake 750 carb, tko 600
best time on slicks 12.49 @ 109
My combo
351 windsor, 30 over, slightly more radical cam, vr jr intake, 750 carb, windsor jr heads
best time on dragradials 11.71 @ 115
His car has a TON of torque but it's so nose heavy that the xtra weight negates any hp advantage, plus he had to custom make his headers ( altho you can buy big block swap headers for an auto for @ 500 ) cause he has a tko 600.
His combo
429 big block, 30 over mild cam, edelbrock intake 750 carb, tko 600
best time on slicks 12.49 @ 109
My combo
351 windsor, 30 over, slightly more radical cam, vr jr intake, 750 carb, windsor jr heads
best time on dragradials 11.71 @ 115
His car has a TON of torque but it's so nose heavy that the xtra weight negates any hp advantage, plus he had to custom make his headers ( altho you can buy big block swap headers for an auto for @ 500 ) cause he has a tko 600.
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