Great topic. My 17 year old son and I are building an '85 Mustang that was originally a 4 banger. We have installed a 6 holer with C3 transmission from a '78 Fairmont.<p>
The first thing is to free up the exhaust. We had a good muffler shop install a 2 1/4 inch pipe with a Super Turbo muffler and an LX chromed tip. It sounds great and looks good, too. While we had the engine out I took a grinder to the inside of the cast iron manifold and removed a few rough spots. Advance the timing as far as it will go without pinging.<p>
Our next step when the car gets back from the paint shop will be to install the 8.8 Traction-Lok rearend that I removed from my '90 LX when I installed the new FMS rear. This has 3.08 gears which will be an improvement over the 2.7s in the car now. It will also get late model brakes and spindles. We have already installed a bithin' set of 16" Borbet wheels and my son is itching to get his license. Unfortunately he has to wait until he is 18.
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