$2500 to spend

LM5000 · 10-01-2003, 07:03 PM

Gentlemen, I have right now $2500 to spend on my car, I would like to get the input about how to use it wisely from you guys. My car has about 120,000 miles on them. I am thinking about buy a long block from central coast mustang as they advertised for $1895, is that a good deal? I have a lot of bolt on on my car such as intake, pulley, fully exhaust, gears, tranny and so on. But then the idea about using GT40 P heads does not make me too happy about it because I have to spend money on the new headers or should i use local machine shop to rebuild my motor ? but then I only have weekend to work on the car because I need to use my car on monday (no loaner). What do you think?

Thank You

stang_racer20 · 10-01-2003, 09:04 PM

you COULD put that towards my twin turbo, just kidding. heres a serious question though. what do you plan on doing with your car in the long run? because this will help in my response to you thread.

Coupe Devil · 10-01-2003, 09:42 PM

Make check payable to:

Bradley Jones
587 Tra.....

Ahh nevermind.. I would personally get an engine done at a local shop myself.. You'll save money that way and they can tell you what works and what doesnt alot better than what some guy over the phone in another state can.. Whats customer service going to be if you should have a problem.. be alot easier to just drive down the street than crate the engine and send it back heaven forbib.. I say BUILD LOCALLY, save soem cash get some other go fast goodies..

Bradley

b055 · 10-02-2003, 09:09 PM

unless your motor is ailing i wouldnt take it out. 2500 is enough for a supercharger...

and you do NOT have to get special headers for use with P heads.. big ugly rumor.. e-mail me for the secret... Bar5516@aol.com.. hehe

p heads usually go for 400
put some good roller rockers on them 225
nice intake 500
tb 200
injectors 225
nitrous kit 500

11's easy!

tireburner163 · 10-04-2003, 01:43 AM

I'd throw a blower on it.

Or heads and cam, etc

And Brad (Bo55) is right. You don't need special headers for P heads. Drew (FiveOhPatrol) has regular Mac longtubes on his GT-40P heads.

stang_racer20 · 10-04-2003, 03:18 AM

if you have 120,000 miles on that motor, I would not stick a blower on that car at all. unless its one of those cheap powerdynes for like 6 lbs of boost. anything more on that motor and you would blow it up and have to rebuild it anyways. id go ahead and have someone build you up a nice strong short block with that $2500. get a decent stroker kit with forged crank, rods and pistons and go from their. it will be worth your money in the long run, believe me!!! However if even after the rebuild you have plans for a blower or nitrous, make sure you get a set of low compression dished pistons.

if you do get the engine rebuilt, what are your plans: i.e. stroker?

CHP sells short blocks with completely forged internals for $2600
DSS has em for around $2700

Dave_mustang_50 · 10-04-2003, 05:49 AM

With 120k on the ticker, and seeing that you spray it, I wouid throw that money toward a fresh motor. Make sure you find a good shop to do the rebuild though. I was looking at 1500 for a stock rebuild but could have gotten a dss 306 for like 1900. Then you could later save up for some heads or boost after you have a strong foundation.

Ackbar00 · 10-05-2003, 08:44 AM

Get a turbo

b055 · 10-05-2003, 08:22 PM

come on.. he doesnt need a new shortblock wiht only 120k on it.. i bought a 87 gt with 125k on it.. and started spraying it since day one.. at 315k i sold it.. the valve covers were never off the motor. it was my daily driver for 5 years and only car for 4 of the 5.. and it ran 11's anytime u wanted to on the spray.

i now have a 94 GT with a 300 dollar short block in it and pull 7.2's in the 1/8th mile and low 11's in the 1/4.. i will be looking for 10's soon... and this is a daily driver too. full weight with all options.

so even if he blows up the motor.. it's no reason to pay someone big bucks to do a simple shortblock that can handle 500 horses..

stang_racer20 · 10-05-2003, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by b055
come on.. he doesnt need a new shortblock wiht only 120k on it.. i bought a 87 gt with 125k on it.. and started spraying it since day one.. at 315k i sold it.. the valve covers were never off the motor. it was my daily driver for 5 years and only car for 4 of the 5.. and it ran 11's anytime u wanted to on the spray.

i now have a 94 GT with a 300 dollar short block in it and pull 7.2's in the 1/8th mile and low 11's in the 1/4.. i will be looking for 10's soon... and this is a daily driver too. full weight with all options.

so even if he blows up the motor.. it's no reason to pay someone big bucks to do a simple shortblock that can handle 500 horses..

um i f you read his original post over again he said 120,000 MILES, not km. and anything over 100,00 you r taking a risk, engines do wear even if they are taken car of!

b055 · 10-05-2003, 08:41 PM

sorry but i should edit my post out .... bad habbit i have is using the little "k" for thousand when i shouldnt..

i ment it in thousands..

so i had 125,000 on the car when i bought it and started spraying nitrous.. and 315,000 on it when i sold it. not kilometers but MILES

sorry for the confusion.. just a bad habbit of mine.

stang_racer20 · 10-05-2003, 08:45 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by b055
sorry but i should edit my post out .... bad habbit i have is using the little "k" for thousand when i shouldnt..

i ment it in thousands..

so i had 125,000 on the car when i bought it and started spraying nitrous.. and 315,000 on it when i sold it. not kilometers but MILES

sorry for the confusion.. just a bad habbit of mine. [/QUOTE0]

u had 315,000 miles on a 5.0! WOW

b055 · 10-05-2003, 08:46 PM

Quote:

anything over 100,00 you r taking a risk, engines do wear even if they are taken car of!

so??? these short blocks are VREY durable if taken care of.. and CHEAP to build..

just ask tireburner about the power i'm putting down on this little 300 dollar 302 i built.. i bought pistons off ebay for 40 bucks... reused my rods.. found a stock crank laying in my buddies garage.. spent 100 bucks in rings and 100 bucks in arp bolts.. the rest was spent on bearings

b055 · 10-05-2003, 08:48 PM

i not only had 315,000 miles on it but it ran 11's for 3 years almost every weekend..

the valve covers never came off the motor in it's whole life!

QuantumMotorsports · 10-07-2003, 11:20 AM

Just give me the money.

10-01-2003, 07:03 PM	#1
LM5000 Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Miami Posts: 13	$2500 to spend Gentlemen, I have right now $2500 to spend on my car, I would like to get the input about how to use it wisely from you guys. My car has about 120,000 miles on them. I am thinking about buy a long block from central coast mustang as they advertised for $1895, is that a good deal? I have a lot of bolt on on my car such as intake, pulley, fully exhaust, gears, tranny and so on. But then the idea about using GT40 P heads does not make me too happy about it because I have to spend money on the new headers or should i use local machine shop to rebuild my motor ? but then I only have weekend to work on the car because I need to use my car on monday (no loaner). What do you think? Thank You __________________ 93 coupe LX with procarparts cold air system, 4.10 gear,BBK headers, hedman X pipe, mac catback system, aluminum drive shaft, cobra tranny, king cobra clutch, march pullies, Edelbrok intake (port), 73 mm mass air, 3 cores radiator, nitrous works 125 shots, blue thunder shifter with aluminum knob, lakewook traction bars, and weld 15x6 front and 15x10 rear.

10-01-2003, 09:04 PM	#2
stang_racer20 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 348	you COULD put that towards my twin turbo, just kidding. heres a serious question though. what do you plan on doing with your car in the long run? because this will help in my response to you thread. __________________ 92 Mustang GT, 347 Stroker(Forged Steel Crank/Rods-Balanced, Forged Aluminum Dished Pistons), Trick Flow Track Heat Intake, Trick Flow Twisted Wedge Heads w/ Stage 3 port/polish, 80mm C&L MAF, FMS 30# Inj., BBK AFPR, Trick Flow Stage 2 Cam, Trick Flow 1.6R Rockers, BBK E.L. Headers, Flowmaster Cat-Back, MAC CAI, FMS Pulleys, Griffin Alum. Radiator, MSD Pro-Billet Distributor; AOD, Dynamic 3300 Lockup Converter, B & M Super Cooler, B&M Ratchet Shifter; 3:73 gears.

10-01-2003, 09:42 PM	#3
Coupe Devil Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Myrtle Beach SC Posts: 1,643	Make check payable to: Bradley Jones 587 Tra..... Ahh nevermind.. I would personally get an engine done at a local shop myself.. You'll save money that way and they can tell you what works and what doesnt alot better than what some guy over the phone in another state can.. Whats customer service going to be if you should have a problem.. be alot easier to just drive down the street than crate the engine and send it back heaven forbib.. I say BUILD LOCALLY, save soem cash get some other go fast goodies.. Bradley __________________ 1990 GT, 347, TFS TW Heads, TFS Cam, TFS Track heat, Twin turbos, FMIC, T5. Built Ford Tough Moderator

10-02-2003, 09:09 PM	#4
b055 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: philadelphia ms Posts: 180	unless your motor is ailing i wouldnt take it out. 2500 is enough for a supercharger... and you do NOT have to get special headers for use with P heads.. big ugly rumor.. e-mail me for the secret... Bar5516@aol.com.. hehe p heads usually go for 400 put some good roller rockers on them 225 nice intake 500 tb 200 injectors 225 nitrous kit 500 11's easy! __________________ i got mustangs. do u?

10-04-2003, 01:43 AM	#5
tireburner163 It's a lot like a race car Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Meridian, MS Posts: 4,130	I'd throw a blower on it. Or heads and cam, etc And Brad (Bo55) is right. You don't need special headers for P heads. Drew (FiveOhPatrol) has regular Mac longtubes on his GT-40P heads. __________________ 1987 Buick T-type 1998 HD Electra Elide

10-04-2003, 03:18 AM	#6
stang_racer20 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 348	if you have 120,000 miles on that motor, I would not stick a blower on that car at all. unless its one of those cheap powerdynes for like 6 lbs of boost. anything more on that motor and you would blow it up and have to rebuild it anyways. id go ahead and have someone build you up a nice strong short block with that $2500. get a decent stroker kit with forged crank, rods and pistons and go from their. it will be worth your money in the long run, believe me!!! However if even after the rebuild you have plans for a blower or nitrous, make sure you get a set of low compression dished pistons. if you do get the engine rebuilt, what are your plans: i.e. stroker? CHP sells short blocks with completely forged internals for $2600 DSS has em for around $2700 __________________ 92 Mustang GT, 347 Stroker(Forged Steel Crank/Rods-Balanced, Forged Aluminum Dished Pistons), Trick Flow Track Heat Intake, Trick Flow Twisted Wedge Heads w/ Stage 3 port/polish, 80mm C&L MAF, FMS 30# Inj., BBK AFPR, Trick Flow Stage 2 Cam, Trick Flow 1.6R Rockers, BBK E.L. Headers, Flowmaster Cat-Back, MAC CAI, FMS Pulleys, Griffin Alum. Radiator, MSD Pro-Billet Distributor; AOD, Dynamic 3300 Lockup Converter, B & M Super Cooler, B&M Ratchet Shifter; 3:73 gears.

10-04-2003, 05:49 AM	#7
Dave_mustang_50 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: New Port Richey, Florida Posts: 483	With 120k on the ticker, and seeing that you spray it, I wouid throw that money toward a fresh motor. Make sure you find a good shop to do the rebuild though. I was looking at 1500 for a stock rebuild but could have gotten a dss 306 for like 1900. Then you could later save up for some heads or boost after you have a strong foundation. __________________ 1969 Mach 1 351C with a c6(for now) Sold 92 Rag Top GT Procharged & intercooled DSS 331 LC Holley Systemax 2 Intake, Edelbrock RPM Heads,E 303 ,blow thru air meter, race bypass, 42 pph injectors,65mm tb,1.7 rr, Mac long tube headers w/off road H pipe, Force 2 catback, TKO,Pro 5.0, K&N, Alum DS,3 core radiator, subframe connectors,3.73`s, Nitto DR`s and a Heavy Foot.

10-05-2003, 08:44 AM	#8
Ackbar00 Rebel Fleet Commander Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Huber Heights, OH Posts: 1,003	Get a turbo __________________ 1993 Mustang GT, PTK w/ T-64 - My Cardomain Webpage 11.25@123.5 on only 8 psi. 10.84@121 on only 1 headgasket "The Truth is, Your the Weak, and I am the Tyranny of Evil Men!"

10-05-2003, 08:22 PM	#9
b055 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: philadelphia ms Posts: 180	come on.. he doesnt need a new shortblock wiht only 120k on it.. i bought a 87 gt with 125k on it.. and started spraying it since day one.. at 315k i sold it.. the valve covers were never off the motor. it was my daily driver for 5 years and only car for 4 of the 5.. and it ran 11's anytime u wanted to on the spray. i now have a 94 GT with a 300 dollar short block in it and pull 7.2's in the 1/8th mile and low 11's in the 1/4.. i will be looking for 10's soon... and this is a daily driver too. full weight with all options. so even if he blows up the motor.. it's no reason to pay someone big bucks to do a simple shortblock that can handle 500 horses..

10-05-2003, 08:41 PM	#11
b055 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: philadelphia ms Posts: 180	sorry but i should edit my post out .... bad habbit i have is using the little "k" for thousand when i shouldnt.. i ment it in thousands.. so i had 125,000 on the car when i bought it and started spraying nitrous.. and 315,000 on it when i sold it. not kilometers but MILES sorry for the confusion.. just a bad habbit of mine. __________________ i got mustangs. do u?

10-05-2003, 08:45 PM	#12
stang_racer20 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 348	[QUOTE]Originally posted by b055 sorry but i should edit my post out .... bad habbit i have is using the little "k" for thousand when i shouldnt.. i ment it in thousands.. so i had 125,000 on the car when i bought it and started spraying nitrous.. and 315,000 on it when i sold it. not kilometers but MILES sorry for the confusion.. just a bad habbit of mine. [/QUOTE0] u had 315,000 miles on a 5.0! WOW __________________ 92 Mustang GT, 347 Stroker(Forged Steel Crank/Rods-Balanced, Forged Aluminum Dished Pistons), Trick Flow Track Heat Intake, Trick Flow Twisted Wedge Heads w/ Stage 3 port/polish, 80mm C&L MAF, FMS 30# Inj., BBK AFPR, Trick Flow Stage 2 Cam, Trick Flow 1.6R Rockers, BBK E.L. Headers, Flowmaster Cat-Back, MAC CAI, FMS Pulleys, Griffin Alum. Radiator, MSD Pro-Billet Distributor; AOD, Dynamic 3300 Lockup Converter, B & M Super Cooler, B&M Ratchet Shifter; 3:73 gears.

10-05-2003, 08:48 PM	#14
b055 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: philadelphia ms Posts: 180	i not only had 315,000 miles on it but it ran 11's for 3 years almost every weekend.. the valve covers never came off the motor in it's whole life! __________________ i got mustangs. do u?

10-07-2003, 11:20 AM	#15
QuantumMotorsports Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Norman, Oklahoma, USA Posts: 597	Just give me the money. __________________ Michael Black QuantumMotorsports Norman, OK 1984 LX Hatch 306 w/ TRW forged flat toppers, Comp Cams Magnum 292H, GT40P heads w/ 3 angle valve job, .550 lift springs, Angus Racing Roller Rockers, Weiand Stealth Intake, Holley 4150 650cfm carb, MAC 1 5/8 Long Tubes, Single Chamber Flowmasters, 91' T5 w/ Pro 5.0 shifter, Turbo Coupe 8.8 Rear w/ 3.55 gears, QA1 Motorsports tubular K member, no interior except steering wheel and seat. Coming soon: 6 or 8 point cage, Fuel Cell, Weld Draglites

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