Ryan's real life build

Just so I have a thread to post in

Idk how many of you know. But I've had a ford 351w sitting by my garage that in finally going to do something with. I've priced out a 393 stroker build that will be EFI and make ~450 crank hp on pump gas and have enough torque to do anything with. It's gonna be put into a foxbody once I find one to start building.  Other plans include 5 lug conversion with 03 Mach 1 or cobra brakes and a cobra T56 6sp. Ford 8.8 explorer rear end with 4.10 gears and a. Eaton posi. Ivevlooked a few foxbodies lately and I may be buys one by next week. If not sometime down the road



Yes this will happen!  Or else I wouldn't have spend 3 hours researching what works best for a 393 lol

You are building a Indy Racing League car?

No he can't be, I think he's building an Irish car.

Always gotta have trolls lol

Haha, looking forward to seeing it anyway man!

Yeah I can't wait to finally find a nice foxbody   The motor priced out is about $2500 for a stroker crank pistions aluminum heads machine work and a bunch if little shit. Ill be running it carbureted until I can get trick glow intake manifold and 85mm throttle body. Along with mustang computer and wiring. I just need a car lol finding a car for the swap.

There is a nice LX down the street from me, it has sat there for about 2 years now...it is red.

Yeah I Walt a lx notch. There lighter then the gts by like  350lbs. The vision

Good luck Maro, can't wait to see the final build.

Me niether. Back when I was little my dad owned a 79 foxbody. He's just as excited as I am to have a fox in the family. Although I'm the 1/4 mile and on the twistys the fox will be faster. Then his cutlass lol

Looking at a 92 foxbody notch tomorrow. It's a 4cyl but if its ad clean as its said to be its worth the $1700

You'll be yanking out the motor anyways, so the smaller the cheaper lol

Yep But for now. At least till the rest of the car is ready for a v8. Ill be getting about 27 mpg lol. New daily!!

No go on that notch. Waiting out for the right one. I want a 5.0 notch

If you get a 5.0 you'll keep the motor in it right?

I will till I get the 351 built then swap the EFI from the 5.0 on the 351 with trick flow intak manifolds. Big injectors ect and get a tremec TKO. Or a faceplated t56

Let's see some pictures!

If everything goes well this weekend I should have a GM car now. 87 trans am. We'll see tho

Fingers crossed my dad finds no rust and I actually get a car I've been talking about lol

He went and looked at that TA?

He is early this week. If it goes well ill be the owner of a 87 trans am. T-top. Original 305 5sp in the middle of swapping a 350

Bought a 87 trans am


Quick story of the car. Started out as a California car. 305 TPI. Auto. T-top car. Somewhere along the line it got swapped to a 5sp. Then the 305 blew up. The kid I bought it from bought a 350 for it. He's in the middle of the swap which is where it's at now.



Plans. Rebuild 350. Vortec heads. TPI intake. Mild cam. Headers. A few suspension bits. And leave it at that for a while. It's a super clean car and for $1500 it was a steal with how much it comes with

Cool find now get it running so you you can beat torretto! Just don't let Jessie borrow it for a pink slip race br0

Lol. Gonna start tearing the engine down soon and buying parts for it. I don't want to much power right now cuz GM t-5s are rated at just above 300ft-tq