I figure once i have this engine built my car will basically be useless on the street anyways for daily driving, but i would like to be able to go cruising occasionally and drive back and forth from the track. Supercharging and nitrous aren't out of the question either, but i don't want to run alot of boost or NOS. Vortech makes an adapter for a carburetor that mounts up just like the throttle body of a mustang (but alone it's $500), but i've heard tuning with NOS and superchargers are kinda hard. The reason i want to stick with a carburetor is because for the trouble and cost of putting in EFI i could go out and buy an EFI car. There's also aftermarket EFI systems i could look at. I'm looking to spend probably not much more than $3500 on the engine. I can assemble/measure it myself as well. How much horsepower/torque will i need to get into the 12's?
Thanks guys, you're coming up with some great ideas!
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'84 Mustang 5.0 LX
My car