I'm gonna do it.

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I'm gonna do it.

Reply #15 – October 16, 2006, 12:58:25 PM

Yeah i thought a little more about that last night and I dont think it would be worth it as the car would be laid up for a long time to do it i'm might just narrow the rear end and tub it. I want to put some huge rollers on when i'm on the street and some big slicks when i go to the track. But my original questions wre never answered. Are there headers made for this swap, what kind of cam/heads should i use to get to my goal, can i keep power steering?

I'm gonna do it.

Reply #16 – October 16, 2006, 01:22:45 PM

cool, what kind of times/ET are you going after?

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Reply #17 – October 16, 2006, 02:31:48 PM

Quote from: capitlj;108722

But my original questions wre never answered. Are there headers made for this swap, what kind of cam/heads should i use to get to my goal, can i keep power steering?

stay away from the hooker swap headers, they suck. me and about 20 others had fitment issues with them. i used a set from probe/pro mustang and they fit perfect. you can have a set of iron heads ported or buy a set of alum cj's. call a cam company and get a recomendation from them . you can keep the ps but it will take up some room. i used a manual rack in mine and it was fine. i had a set of 225-55-16's on the front and it was easy to turn.

I'm gonna do it.

Reply #18 – October 17, 2006, 12:31:20 PM

Quote from: shame302;108723

cool, what kind of times/ET are you going after?

I don't really know i just want to see what it can do when I get there. You think 10's are possible? LOL probibly have to add a blower for that. That would definatly take down most of the ricers in town:shakeass:

I'm gonna do it.

Reply #19 – October 17, 2006, 04:05:46 PM

with the right suspension anythings possible...you'r going to need at least 500hp to the ground / 600 fw-hp and get your weight down to like 3200 lbs to crack 10s. probably some clean underware too...

I'm gonna do it.

Reply #20 – October 18, 2006, 10:10:18 PM

As Chuck W would say *meh*

You'd be plenty happy with a modded 302 or 351 and it would be much easier and cheaper to do. Don't get me wrong I like big blocks but they are better off in a late 60's early 70's Mustang or Torino.

I'm gonna do it.

Reply #21 – October 18, 2006, 10:18:48 PM

If you're going to do a big block might as well go for broke

I'm gonna do it.

Reply #22 – October 18, 2006, 10:26:17 PM

Quote from: thunderjet302;109063

I like big blocks but they are better off in a late 60's early 70's Mustang or Torino.

where do you guys come up with this stuff? people make this out to be such a hard swap and it's not. everything fits great and the plugs are even easy to change. you get a torque curve that starts at idle and never stops. it's a great swap. i think i may do another in my fairmont. i have access to a 68 429.

bottom line- if you want to do it, just do it. most of the people who will tell you not to have probably never done the swap let alone taken a ride in a bb fox.

I'm gonna do it.

Reply #23 – October 18, 2006, 10:33:41 PM

I'm not saying it can't be done easily and made to work well. Big blocks just don't "fit" these cars. The era they're from makes an EFI small block seem like a logical fit. Big blocks just seem to belong in a '70 Torino more than a 80's fox body.

I'm gonna do it.

Reply #24 – October 18, 2006, 10:40:19 PM

don't know, it "fit" fine in my car

I'm gonna do it.

Reply #25 – October 18, 2006, 10:45:05 PM

I know it'll "fit". I mean the cars just seem too modern to me for a carbed big block.

I'm gonna do it.

Reply #26 – October 18, 2006, 10:56:09 PM

Is it easier to change plugs than the small block?? I know on an 3rd gen f body you can actualy see the plugs on a big block in one of those cars... I don't know if you ever changed the plugs on a 3rd gen f body with a small block but its about the same as finger banging a dead fat woman.

I'm gonna do it.

Reply #27 – October 19, 2006, 12:32:48 AM

i understand its been done, its a simple swap, and they fit fine. im not good at buttstuffogies but its kind of like typeing a letter on a typewriter when you have a PC right there. its much more primative. the small blocks are heavy enough but the big blocks are monsters. not too many of those cars that came with a BB were known for their ability to stop or handle well are they?

its much more of a non issue with this guy ad he wants a stip car that he can drive on the street. me, id probably build a tough sbf short block and buy a decent NOS kit if i wanted a car like that. im not a big fan of nos but it realy is the big equalizer out there.

imho, BB dont realy belong in these fox bodies. my opinion is the same for carbs as well. lots of guys go with those. to each his own realy. im not going to say a high HP BB isnt going to be any fun. HP is HP and sure as hell its going to be fun. if you were only going to be building like 300 hp or so i think you would realy be nuts do dicker with a BB though. its too easy to do it with a 302.

I'm gonna do it.

Reply #28 – October 19, 2006, 01:54:22 PM

Quote from: shame302;109097

if you were only going to be building like 300 hp or so i think you would realy be nuts do dicker with a BB though. its too easy to do it with a 302.

True but i want 500 to the ground. I dont care about handling or stopping. Heres the nuts and bolts of it
1. I don't have the money to buy and old car worth building up.
2. I already have a 460 that was given to me by my grandfather along with a 70's merc marquis.
3. I want to keep a budget to shove under those ricers noses when they say they got their honda in the 12's for $X
4. I want it to be carbed i actually met someone, he modifies cars for a living btw, who looked at a carb and asked what it was:eek:
Guys i know im younger than most of the people on here i'm only 23 but there are a lot of guys my age who have no idea how much history there is in hot rodding. In order to show that it can and should be done this way, and rub their noses in it, i need to build this car. Plus I think have a 460 CI sticker on the cat would be friggin sweet:D.

I'm gonna do it.

Reply #29 – October 19, 2006, 04:50:14 PM

Then go for it, man.

Add up the total cost of building it first. Then triple that amount, and wait until you REALLY have that much sitting in the bank to devote to the project. Because that is what it will cost.

But that goes for ANY hot rod build. Sometimes you get lucky and it comes in under that amount. But it's never cheap or easy to get it done right.

I used to get a lot of comments on my car. It did look cool. It sure was a pain in the ass to drive though. Good luck.