im starting with a 66 ford mustang 200 i6 3 speed...9" ? 6 speed? mustang II front end? baer disks all around? 2 year project max whats the largest wheel i can place on this body style without touching the fenders? leave feedback......or your opinion but never your car keys around me
A. You can fit anything that car show 66's with 4.6 or 5.4's and Mustang II front ends can fit. Big dollars! The T5 or T45 or 3550 Tremec can be made to fit with a drag-200-stang style block plate and a custom flywheel. There's no limit to what you can do. Plenty of benchmarks here to study!
I ve looked around at the post and i know this may seem not possible to most but i am going
to build a 400+ hp 200 I6
A. See drag-200-stangs machine, and does 10's Falcon
Yep, custom Prcesion Rebulders in Australia make forged ones out of Ross forgings, and they have low decks so you could fit 5.2" Lima 2.3 rods in the 200. In Argentina, forged pistons are made, and so are specials for the Lima 2.3 in Mustangs/T-birds/Merkurs. They exist. The stock forged pistons can be had, but con-rods tend to bend at the 400 hp mark. It's better to go custom 2.3 rods and low deck pistons. the piston must be 0.5" thinner, and a thick copper gasket with o-rings added.
A. waste of time. Never produces low end power. It's okay for V8's that rev, like LS1'S, Z06's and they exist becasue they are easy to fit, and don't poke out the hood. Use turbo's or copy the Eaton M90 or M112 swap in a recent beam axled blue 66 shown on this forum.
a plus a small shot of that silly stuff?
Yes a 120 hp port fed set-up, or a progressive combo using the 2-bbl undercarb set up at 75 hp, and an extra 50 hp evenly over the log will work wounders.
There is over welming evidence that peak power goes up approx 1.47 times with safety if you do it right.
If you've got a modified
Mustang Geezer style log 200, you'll get over 165 hp.
Add 12 psi boost, you'll get 270 to 280 hp.
With nitrous, it'll go up to 400 hp with ease.
A. No, not until one is available with a kit to fit it. Cross flow alloy heads and 2V, ME or SP argie heads are around, but don't do anything unless its proven. The 2v set-up Mustangroo has set up will be asure thing. He uses a postive displacement Paxton supercharger, which will give up to 1.5 times the power of a 200 engine with 2v carb. This is 40 to 45 hp up on a stock 200 log to begine with.
Yes, it is being worked on. Meantime, just use a big single direct mount 500 cfm carb, and don't go overboard on compression or boost, and it should be okay.
i also wanted to know if anyone here has had success with the clifford fuel injection unit,says 60-80% increase in power?
A. No uncharitable thoughts here. When people are selling, they make claims like that. Most of the power boost is in the 264 or 272 cam, and its only been used on early Jeeps, not Chevies or Fords. In Cliffords defence, the Jeep system does have the power gain from stock they claim, but it's misleading to say its just the EFI. This is a classic case of saying your 66 Mustang was a SCCA winner becasue a GT350 Shelbies won all 1966 event's. It's not untrue, just streaching things h-u-g-e-l-y. Until you can get one from a supplier as a Ford 200 kit with a guarentee, forget it.
hmm.. i believe this is possible even if it blows the first time i wouldnt mind as long as i have the 400+
A. Good home builder designs there ideal house, then cost it, scales down the ambition to a level where they think they can do it without Chapter 22's, and then they go on to make every post a winner. The only people who blow engines are people who:-
a) push it too hard
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not a moratal sin here, we love to try an break these things!
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b) don't listen to experience and build engines with plenty of dollars but no sense
c) can't afford to do it properly (that's lots of us here. 8) Not a problem, just that it wastes the little money we have, and then we have to ditch it or do it again! This is very common here, but we just suck it up and have another go
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Yes, its possible.
drag-200-stang,
Does10s have done it, but you need discipline, some cash, and a build list that isn't too ambitious. Then you'll make it. It won't be cheaper than a 347 stroker '66 with a big 750 Holley and T5, but it'll make you money becasue everyone will want to do what you have done! Success breads success!
