Looking for opinions

84_GT350 · 06-13-2001, 02:31 AM

As everyone knows...opinions are like @ssholes. Everyone has one. So I'd like to hear yours. I'm planning on building a single turbo motor for a street/show car and don't know which way to go. I would love a turbo'ed 331, but I'm afraid it'll overpwer the stock block (even if it's race-prepped and has a main girdle). So do I go with a 331 and keep the boost really low or do I go with a built 306? I'm not sure if there's a big difference there, but I figured I'd ask you guys what you thought.

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1984 1/2 GT350 (#842 Hatchback w/ T-tops), 302HO, Comp cams Xtreme Energy cam, Carter 625cfm carb, Weiand Stealth intake, MSD distributor, MSD coil, FMS 9mm wires, 1 5/8" MAC unequal shorties, 2 1/2" MAC Prochamber H-pipe, Flowmaster 2 chambers, KYBs, 16"x8" 4 lug Cobra Rs, Falken 245/45ZR16s

WADS56 · 06-13-2001, 03:29 AM

I would do the stroker because if you are building the motor from scratch it would not cost that much more then a 306. Then you could have the low end grunt because of the added cubes + huge topend power when the turbo kicks in.

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347 W/ A-trim 6#'s, Canfield heads, out of the box Systemax II intake, solid roller cam. 11.1 @123mph 1.46 60FT

93lx 5.0 daily driver
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red82gt · 06-13-2001, 08:04 PM

This sounds like a good candidate for the FMS sportsman 5.0 block, I've seen them advertised for $800 and even Ford rates them as being able to handle 600+hp. Might as well do it right and get a good block, oh yeah, I'd do the 331 as well.

06-13-2001, 02:31 AM	#1
84_GT350 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Overland Park, KS, USA Posts: 1,631	Looking for opinions As everyone knows...opinions are like @ssholes. Everyone has one. So I'd like to hear yours. I'm planning on building a single turbo motor for a street/show car and don't know which way to go. I would love a turbo'ed 331, but I'm afraid it'll overpwer the stock block (even if it's race-prepped and has a main girdle). So do I go with a 331 and keep the boost really low or do I go with a built 306? I'm not sure if there's a big difference there, but I figured I'd ask you guys what you thought. ------------------ 1984 1/2 GT350 (#842 Hatchback w/ T-tops), 302HO, Comp cams Xtreme Energy cam, Carter 625cfm carb, Weiand Stealth intake, MSD distributor, MSD coil, FMS 9mm wires, 1 5/8" MAC unequal shorties, 2 1/2" MAC Prochamber H-pipe, Flowmaster 2 chambers, KYBs, 16"x8" 4 lug Cobra Rs, Falken 245/45ZR16s

06-13-2001, 03:29 AM	#2
WADS56 gear banger Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: CHICAGO Posts: 1,144	I would do the stroker because if you are building the motor from scratch it would not cost that much more then a 306. Then you could have the low end grunt because of the added cubes + huge topend power when the turbo kicks in. ------------------ 347 W/ A-trim 6#'s, Canfield heads, out of the box Systemax II intake, solid roller cam. 11.1 @123mph 1.46 60FT 93lx 5.0 daily driver MY CAR http://www.mustangworks.com/cgi-bin/...splay.cgi?1288

06-13-2001, 08:04 PM	#3
red82gt Sober voice of Reason Join Date: Nov 1998 Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada Posts: 1,514	This sounds like a good candidate for the FMS sportsman 5.0 block, I've seen them advertised for $800 and even Ford rates them as being able to handle 600+hp. Might as well do it right and get a good block, oh yeah, I'd do the 331 as well.