jkrum10238

bump bump

Chadwick86

I read this earlier and was like WTF 175-200. I know he said he might be wrong, but that seems way off for your setup. I'ma newb, so what do I know anyway..

my77project

yeah, I know, right? I'm a newb too, so I'm not sure, but it sounds wrong. another guy told me I'd be at about 250 w/out the heads...and a good set of heads usually adds ~50? least I've heard that...

Chadwick86

If a GT40 H/C/I can get around 300, then I'd thinkyour H/C/I should do about the same, if not better. All I can say is those heads will be a good portion of your gains/HP.

my77stang

dude with a decent cam and exhaust your at like 350 @ the flywheel no problem with the edelbrock heads.

use your block and crank you have, there is no reason to spend more money on another motor unless your wanting it to be a roller motor. BUT by the time you get your flywheel rebalanced for 50oz (because only a mustang II flywheel will work in your car) and you pay for another block you coulda spent that money on retrofit lifters and not had to d*ck with any of that other crap.

also, you dont reuse bearings (cheap fuxor)

Chadwick86

You are the exact guy I wanted to come on here and help out. Thanx my77stang!!!

my77project

Ok, I don't quite understand about the flywheel. Why will only a 50 oz work in my car? notice, I'm getting the 88 motor with a matching transmission, so if it's a matter of fitting to the tranny...then it shouldn't be an issue. I'm just not clear on why a 50 oz. flywheel is crit. the problem is my block and crank are pretty badly corroded, and would need a full remaching, which is like 350 bucks when it's all said and done. plus a full engine rebuild kit which is another 300+...I'm a poor college student here...:-P I didn't spend 1200 on the heads, I got them as a fluke...they came with the car. ;-) So I'm trying to do something that wil work for the time being wiht a relatively small ammount of cost, but have the potential for later rebuild/upgrading. :-)

my77project

I'm getting the engine plus recently rebuilt tranny for 250.

Chadwick86

The '88 engine would be a 50oz flywheel, and the 77 would be a 28oz. So if you are just thowing everything onto the 88 from the 77 it shouldnt be a problem. The flywheels aredifferent for crank ballence. It would be an UH OH to mix em up. I hope I made scence there...lol

my77project

yeah, all I'm doin is takin the 88 engine, and swapping out the EFI stuff for a carb/intake/distributor, etc. I'm not switching flywheels or anything. the flywheel's stayin on the crank it's ballanced with.