Agreed, go to a salvage yard and pickup a low mileage roller 5.0 motor for a couple hundred and do your mods to that engine.

I would say a good set of aluminum heads(AFR,Edelbrock whatever floats your boat ), E303 cam, 1.7's and you'll be very happy.

That way you can build the motor and still drive your. [sm=smiley20.gif]

 

first thing I would recommend is that you decide exactly what the final goal of your build-up is, then remember to keep the total package of mods in mind with the final goal. are you looking to build a hot street car, a street/strip car, or what?? What is the budget for this??? it's really easy to start doing mods without a gameplan and then you can spend lots of money on parts that don't necessarily work the best with others already on the car you are trying to build. do some reasearch on some techincal articles on sites like www.musclemustangs.com or www.50mustangs.com to get some more ideas about what combinations of mods work well together to make the level of HP and torque you want to have to make the car perform the way you want it to. take some time to think things through and you will be happier in the long run.

 

I would but aluminum heads on it

 

Thanks for all the advise guys. I may be wrong on me having a roller motor. that is just what i have been told. all i know is that it is the motor out of the 85's. so is it or is it not a roller motor?