Dan
It is your car to do as you please. I'm in the keep it stock
group. Your 1st email mentioned something about more efficient. Not sure
of your meaning there. I have a stock 260, 2bbl, 4 spd and I'm getting
around 28 MPG and I'm pushing for more; I call that efficient. If your
looking for more HP then a stroker kit is the ticket.
Since you have been on the list for some time you know that the
Mustang 5 sp needs Tom Hall's kit for a real nice fit. I was looking at the
possibility of translating the shifter motion of the Mustang stock 5 sp to
the stock Tiger location but never completed the work. No parts to measure
and other commitments cancelled my activity on that subject.
Jim Barrett had a 351 in his Tiger. Seems to me he was having back
and leg problems and was going to swap in an automatic transmission. I
don't think the List has heard from him since.
Keep your questions and ideas coming; we're here to help or at least give an
opinion or 2.
If you have the Original engine in your Tiger; I would be interested in the
casting numbers and date codes on that engine for my Original Tiger Engine
Study. Contact me off List for more information.
Ron Fraser
-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Doornbos, Daniel
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 1:26 AM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] bench building my tiger
The reality is for $7k I'm not going to go the route of the mod motor both
because of the cost and the cutting required. Thanks for all the info.
Gary specifically I would appreciating getting your $2k stroker build plan.
I also found a few stroker fox body Mustangs on Craig's list for ~4k. This
gets me the motor and a 5sp. Any motor from this kind of set up would need
a new induction system and a rebuild before install but still might come out
cheaper. For laughs here is the link to the YouTube video a guy included in
the for sale of his car 347 stoker, $4500.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3J6YprL6Y4 . Think this motor will needs
rebuild?
On another topic the best cutting story I remember was a fella from Florida
and original owner of his car (I believe). He seemed to be changing his car
every few weeks. The last iteration posted (to my recollection) moving the
fire wall back to fit a 351w or maybe a Ford big block and a 3sp auto.
dan
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