teej281

Yea, my buddy has a 347 stroker in his 65 fastback and his came out of the crate with 420hp and its carbed. I think you'd be fine with either a 347 stroker or going 5.8 based and getting a 408 stroker. Up to you though. For twisties i'd go with the 5.0 based small block instead of a mid-block 5.8 based. Lighter weight.

PurpleIcedGT

I'd rather have AIDS then buy an overpriced 15 year old car that was beat to sh*t. Take your time finding the car that you WANT and can AFFORD. If you don't you'll end up pissing your money away. My .02

Soldier GT

Agree with with pretty much everone.. If you continue to look I'm pretty sure you can a nicer car as a project. Have you thought about fixing up a old foxbody??

Spilotro

I'm not a fan of how the fox bodies look at all. I think I'm just going to keep saving for the Mach 1, it'll be worth it. I've wanted that car since it came out.

ddmsgtr1

Given the shape you say the car is in, if it had the suspension already taken care of (tubular front, aftermarket rear UCA/LCA, shocks/struts) and geared towards what you wanna do, I would CONSIDER doing it as a rolling chassis. But it would have to be perfect for what I wanted to do.

teej281

Nevermind...if it were a 4.6 I would say buy it. Since it's a 5.0, might wanna start with something different as when you start making lots of power, the stock block likes to act like a banana and split.

kugzgt

Bad investment.

JC316

$2000 is a ripoff. I sold my 4V swapped 96 with 175K on it for $2500 and it was in really good shape.

Spilotro

Thanks for all the feedback!

Screw that, I'm sticking to the original plan:

teej281

I will hate you forever if you get an azure blue Mach...my favorite second to only an oxford white one.