TrAb

Hey everybody im new here and im acually new to the muscle car world. I just bought a mustang tonight and i ahve worked on many imports and turbo imports over the years this is my first v8. Here is the mod list after looking over it im wondering if the heads or cams could be changed to get some more power. Thanks in advance...

393 stroker, roller F4 block, Scat 3.85 cast 9000 crank, JE pistons, Eagle rods, Total Seal Gapless TS1 rings, Balanced to the Motorsport 28oz damper/SFI flywheel on a Stewart Warner balancing machine whenthe old owner was working for Petty Enterprises in North Carolina. AFR185's, CompCams 282HRcam, Motorsport Vic Jr. intake, Quick Fuel 850 carb, Mallory ignition system, Tremec 3550 trans, RAM PowerGrip clutch, aluminum driveshaft, 31 spline trac-loc, Moser 31 spline axles, sumped fuel tank, 8AN steel-braid feed and return, Aeromotive A1000 pump, MAC 1-3/4" longtubes, off-road H pipe, Flowmaster 2 chambers, Welded up upper and lower torque boxes with UPR battle boxes, Griffin radiator, New Proform electric fan 2800 cfm, 3G 130 amp alternator, Weld draglites, Mickey Thompson drag radials.

woodsy

do a 408, thank me later. Ditch the gapless total seal rings, those are a joke. They are great for draining your wallet, nothing more. Nothing wrong with the steawrt warner balancers, I just sold mine to upgrade, work fine, will balance within a gram if your ****. Rest looks good for a street car.

89Ford

woodsy it sounds like his engine is already built and judging by his question, i do not think he is planning on rebuilding the whole thing.

you set up looks pretty good, when you say more power what numbers are you looking for? you can get bigger heads for sure, and I suggest you go with a costum ground cam

89Ford

what is your C/R and do you have forged pistons?

woodsy

oh lol I thought it was a build

TrAb

9:1 cr is what i was told, and about the pistons im not sure the previous owner didnt know much about the car... As for horsepower i would like to get 500rwhp out of it eventually, if i need a supercharger to do this so be it...

89Ford

im going to say you most likely have forged pistons, but thats just a guess. In the case that you do then you should go for some boost

89Ford

and a compression ratio like that, then it looks like thats what the previous owner might have been going for ( a power adder)

TrAb

Yeah i think they were going to put nitrous on it, but luckily i got it before that happened (i hate nitrous). Anyways im really just wondering if you guys could change the heads or cams what would u change them to or would you change them at all? Id really like to add a supercharger if you guys know of one that will work for under about 3k. Thanks

immr.mustang

I would run a bigger head(either tfs or afr 205-225cc), and if you are looking long enough, you will find a good blower for 3 grand eventually, but you must be patient. you will also need to be on the lookout for a blow-through carb as well.