gumball mustang?

[DaLe five OH!]

have you guys ever heard of the gumball 3000? what would you think of a mustang competeing in it?or have you seen one? what would it take to make it "worthy" to compete or even keep up with the lambos and porces...not to metion the ferarris? its been a long time dream of mine to compete in a gumball but i wanna do it in a mustang ...maybe even my 93 notch! lol

[mike8232]

dude i think that would be sweet. I,ve always wanted to do something like that or the texas mile or some other kind of flat out top speed stuff. i would think a 93 with a 03 cobra engine swap could hang with them.

[DaLe five OH!]

yea that sounds like a awsome match up...i really am thinking about hatching some plans to build one some day when i have the funding to do so...i really need your guys help to tell me what kind of block or crate motor i should use...what i would have to do to the body, frame, and suspension...i know theres gonna be A LOT of $$,time, and fab, what internals i should stuff it with...and what kind of power adder i should go with if any... i'm thinking of a TT setup but i really wanna supercharge it...suggestions would be vastly apprieciated

[~The Jester~]

IMHO, The Gumball isn't about horsepower, and/or speed. Sure in a 1/4 mile, that Ferrari is gonna smoke you like a pack of Kool's.

BUT, I say again, BUT, if you can keep that Stang on the road.....

Pee in a cup, drink rain water, have fuel air lifted in, whatever you can do.

KEEP THE CAR ON THE ROAD.

And ya got 'em!

Of course a 600 horse 347 with 2 overdrives and a 50 gallon fuel tank won't hurt ya!!!

[DaLe five OH!]

haha sounds like a plan to me!

[rwhite65]

I think If I did one, it would get a 6 speed and a sweet suspension set up for some serious road course applications.

Not sure on the engine, since fuel comsumption would be an issue. If the reliability was there, I would tend to lean towrds a turbo 347 or the cobra motor swap possibly.

And like Jester said, a large fuel tank.

I really like this topic, keep us posted.
Ryan

[DaLe five OH!]

yeah i think the cobra motor with maybe a whipple or KB stuck ontop would probebly work the best on the fuel and power ratio but the turbo 347 sounds good to...where could i find a cobra motor thats not completely molested and torn to hell? and what would it take to put that in my notch? and thanks white i've been thinkin about this for a while but i didnt wanna post it because i thought u guys might be like bahahaha loser gumballs for pussys!...i wont be able to put these plans into action for a few years but i wanna get all the basic set up hashed out now so i dont have to work as hard when i do start to build it up

[~The Jester~]

I like what Ryan said too.

"SLOT CAR HANDLING" is a must!

[antyates]

need to get a gt-40 in there it would rep. ford well!

[DaLe five OH!]

haha yeah...keep them commin guys i'm takin notes!! ....whats a rough estimate on what it would take to build this gumball 3000 notchback bruiser?