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Hot Rod

Ok so i know it isnt a fox, but it is still a ford.  A gentelman i sell parts too comes up to me at napa and as i am the resident ford guy asks me where he can find a high performance 390 big block and a six speed manual to go into a 69 or 70 mach 1 mustang.  I started talking about the internet and our rebuilt engine manufacturers, thinking this guy cant be serious.  So two hours later i realize he's seriuous and i've called everybody i can while im at work and am still coming up with bupkis.  Help me out guys plz.  I need phone numbers, websites, whatever i can get.
Quote from: Krazy_Kling;210178
Honda owners are like rabbits......they hide under your shed during the winter and then 30 of them come popping out around spring.
ASE certified parts specialist.
1988 Mercury Cougar Blue Max edition. SOLD
2004 Impala
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Hot Rod

Reply #1 –
The 390 should be easy. Finding a six speed to bolt up to it may prove a bit more challenging (or impossible)
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

Hot Rod

Reply #2 –
Dammit! Just the other day I read in a magazine about a company that makes custom transmissions...for nearly anything you can think up...
Probably pricey as all-get-out, but if the old fella has a '69 Mach 1, I doubt much it'd faze him..
Wish I could remember where I read it at..
Well, it wasn't in MM&FF, but I swear to gawd I read some article very recently about custom transmissions...hell, it mighta just been custom gears, but i DID read somethin...
'98 Explorer 5.0
'20 Malibu (I know, Chevy, but, 35MPG. Let's go brandon, eh)

Hot Rod

Reply #3 –
Oh and a fuel injection system to sit atop that 390
Quote from: Krazy_Kling;210178
Honda owners are like rabbits......they hide under your shed during the winter and then 30 of them come popping out around spring.
ASE certified parts specialist.
1988 Mercury Cougar Blue Max edition. SOLD
2004 Impala
My Cardomain http://www.cardomain.com/ride/799588

Hot Rod

Reply #4 –
Holley makes a TBI-style stand-alone EFI system called Pro-Jection that bolts onto any 4-bbl intake manifold. If the guy wants port fuel injection he'll have to have "bungs" welded into an existing manifold for the fuel injectors, and he'll have to come up with some sort of EFI-compatible distributor.
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣