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Yea I'll do a build thread. Why not. First thing I noticed last night, whoever did the BBK H pipe welded the stock manifold bolts to the flange. That'll be fun to pop.

Just picked up the last of the parts for it. Went with Fel Pro 1133 MLS gaskets, and because I can't leave well enough alone I bought a new distributor as well. Might as well since I'm in there. The configuration now CLOSED. haha

It _is_ why I bought the thing...

STICK TO THE PLAN, MAN.

Cool. I hear you -- I'm not much of a hooner anymore. Car is out of the cover and up on jack stands. Time to get busy.

Guess I have to do a build thread, huh.

I honestly don't need that style of additional horsepower. If I was out highway rolling a lot, or at the track, would def be a good option. I'm just putting around town mostly, and with the fucking hills here "always on" performance is what I'm looking for. This is more for my ego benefit, and a reason to wrench.

Good insight. Thank you. Car will def be tuned -- and considering the investment I think I'd rather have the gaskets blow vs. melting a head...

For now. Might as well buy/do it once.

Hey this is my thread. Don't think I'm not coming for that green garage queen of yours.

Prolly won't boost either, but might as well be prepared.

Alright god damnit I bought the F303 instead of the 1.7 rockers. Fucking peer pressure. So, question: Cometic MLS gaskets or FelPro 9333? Assuming if the block doesn't explode, I'd like to run some boost next year. You people.

God damnit, you're probably right. STOP IT HOBLICK.

Bit the bullet on all that shit. Went with the aluminum SVE heads, 1.7 rockers, stock cam but new lifters and pushrods, Explorer GT40 upper and lower, BBK ceramic shorties (since it already has a BBK off road H pipe, why bother), 70mm TB, and that 48# injector/maf/pump package, plus a bunch of supporting shit. With the electric fans it should be a pretty good street machine. Gonna use MLS gaskets and studs so I can add a blower later if I want to explode the transmission and/or block. Thanks for all the advice, guys! Been a long time since I even thought about Windsor work. Brian Turner, if you're reading this, I'll see you in a couple months.

Nice. I miss living near you, you could powdercoat all my shit. I could do it in the oven but Christine would kill me... I'm pretty close to pulling the trigger on most of this. Picked up the GT40 upper and lower last night, got a great deal. Still looking hard at these SVE aluminum heads, hard to turn down for $800.

What did you do for rockers and pushrods?

Interesting. Based on that, I was looking at this kit: https://lmr.com/item/PMA-30PTM9347-K/mustang-high-performance-fuel-system-blow-through-8993 Includes 47# injectors, which should be way way more than plenty enough for me even if I decide to add a small amount of boost later via a turbo or blower. I guess at this point I've all but decided to go all motor. That's unexpected. Ha

Barf. On both accounts.

I even live where it's hilly.

Looking for it to be all around streetable, with good low end torque. I don't do a lot of highway driving in the Mustang, usually scooting around town. Around here 215hp is pretty pathetic given how hilly it is. For example, I drive my F150 2.7 in sport mode almost all the time -- not because I'm a ricer trying to stud out my truck, but because sport mode makes driving the hills here so much more pleasant. I take my son to school in the Mustang when the weather is nice, and there's this big fucking hill to get up to his school and the car is a serious dog on that thing. I basically have to floor it. My minivan does a better job getting up it, ha. My F150 in sport mode just scoots up. That's pretty much exactly where I'd like to be. Around 300/330, if I don't beat on it the stock T5 should be able to handle that. What fuel upgrades was that with?

...and actually, the more I think about the cam, as much as I love the idea of the F303, the hills around here are brutal. I'm not keen on lowering the quality of off-idle drivability for a pure street car. Seems like folks make block-splitting power on the stock cam anyway. Maybe when I blow the block up...

Good insight. I'm not really bound to the idea of a turbo per-say -- the original idea was to bolt on an extra 75-100HP without much fuss. The car already has a nice exhaust, but factory manifolds (no idea why...) so any further changes would require getting rid of those manifolds. So, when I thought about it, I was thinking a turbo kit would be a good way to kill both of those needs in the same operation and keep things otherwise stock. But after considering that I'll need to go all the way down to the head gaskets to hold much boost, and I'll have the A/C condenser/radiator/fan removed to install the 134a conversion kit, I'm thinking for now I might just go with a heads/cam/intake and fuel upgrades and accomplish essentially the same goal. For about the same price, I can get a GT40 Explorer intake, SVE knock-off aluminum heads, an F303 cam and roller rockers, and toss on a cheap set of shorty headers (or say screw it and get a good set of long tubes) to add 75 or so HP without much risk to the block. Or, stick with the original plan, and just do a set of MLS head gaskets and maybe add the GT40 Explorer intake and keep everything else stock, and add the turbo kit at 6-8lbs. Either option should yield about that 75hp increase I'm looking for, for now. Maybe after a roll bar and brakes I'd be convinced to go north of 400HP but that's not all happening at the same time.

Whhhyyyyyyy you do dis. I'm gonna have the radiator and A/C condenser out in a few weeks... which is when I should do it. But then I have to do everything else! Ha

I think I've decided to go with an Explorer GT40 upper and lower, GT40 or GT40P heads, and keep the stock cam. With the supporting gaskets/studs, valvetrain, and fuel upgrades, should be good for 400HP on ~6-8lbs. Will try not to blow up my T5 or stock block. Will come see Brian for a tune. Not in a hurry though. Gonna keep an eye out for good deals.

I'm re-living my late teens, though this time with disposable income.