cassimus

when starting on my build should save to get the motor and tranny first or should i start on the rest of the car

uedlose

I did the engine first then fixed what broke after that.. LOL.

cassimus

ha...ya i figured engine and tranny would be the most expensive parts so im opting to start on every thing else and give me some time to find a good deal from someones "troubled" times

mjr46

do the build first, looks come later

capri debris

First to last:

rear diff (rebuild, gears)
rear control arms (with springs & shocks)
alum driveshaft
tranny
engine
paint
new interior

cassimus

well see the whole car needs a lot of tlc its a 700 4cyl 5spd so it all has to be taken care of i was thinking doing the interior and gutting the driveline first then after i get that situated then start saving for a motor wheels paint etc

cch

+1 !!! There's no use in spending all your money on building a high horsepower engine if the rest of the car can't handle it. Within a month you'd blow the stock tranny and/or rearend plus your suspension wouldn't allow for it; then you'd be outta money to fix anything else and your high horsepower piece of sh-it would have to sit and wait for your tax return to come around. Start from the rear and work your way up. Just an opinion..

FORD TOUGH

1st you need to figure out how much you want to spend then you need to come up with a goal for the car, hp or et goal. Then you need to come up with a setup that will handle that power.

mjr46

if it's a 4 popper shell, best start collecting all the 5.0 stuff, like rear, tranny and suspension, decide what the end performance goal for the car is gonna be and that'll dictate what you need to do to the rest of the car

Portmaster

Figure out exactly what you want out of the car and sit down and build it on paper first. That way it will let you know if you can come in on budget. Figure out where you want the car to perform. Street, Street/Strip, Corner carver,track car, drag car and then decide how much money you are willing to spend. Don't forget to add in stuff like nuts and bolts, fluids, gaskets, outside labor and other stuff. Then when your all done add in 2000 dollars on stuff that will come up unexpected and you may change your mind and go out and buy a car ready built at 1/3 what it cost to build it.