Suns3tter
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Hello everyone, i am new to posting in this forum but i have been lurking around ever since i bought my car 2 years ago.
I have a '68 mustang with a very tired 200 and a 3 speed 3.03 manual behind it. Now, due to it being my first car and daily driver it ended up being beaten on preety hard during these 2 years, and the engine needs to be rebuilt. While i would normally just get a couple of friends, yank the thing out, do a craigslist overhaul and put it back in this time that is not viable, mainly because i want to get a bit more performance out of it but also because this engine refuses to die even when oil pressure drops to 0 and the lifters tick like hell. This reliability convinced me that this engine deserves a proper rebuild. Naturally since i am only 21 years old and as a result not very rich, i have a budget of 1-1.2k for everything.
The engine itself is a '68 block but i swapped the head from a '69 250 i got from a junkyard due to it having the larger log intake, and because my old head was cracked. The valve guides are shot, and i need to have new ones put in. I am aware this head is not the best swap due to it not having the larger 1.75 intake valves but because i live in Sweden it is the only large log head in the entire country i could find. Before i swapped it i did a bit of porting, cut out most rough parts of the casting where i could to improve the airflow and i also had it milled 0.60 to get the compression up. I am also running a weber 32/36 with a homemade 2-1 adapter that fits a large log.
I decided that i am going with a 2V conversion on the head with a direct bolt on autolite 2100, and that i want to install a decent camshaft. I am unable to spend a lot, so it will have to be a camshaft that i can order off the shelf. Since i can not afford to put ARP bolts and studs everywhere due to shipping and tax basically doubling the cost of anything i buy the engine likely won't ever rev past 5k rpm due to me using stock replacements on everything. As a result i am looking for a cam that gives me the most power at around 2-5k rpm. I will also likely need to have the cylinders bored. As for the rocker assembly i am able to get my hands on a 170 for a decent price, so i will just steal the adjustable rocker assembly out of that. I will also likely need to have the cylinders bored.
What exactly am i in for with what i specified?
I have a '68 mustang with a very tired 200 and a 3 speed 3.03 manual behind it. Now, due to it being my first car and daily driver it ended up being beaten on preety hard during these 2 years, and the engine needs to be rebuilt. While i would normally just get a couple of friends, yank the thing out, do a craigslist overhaul and put it back in this time that is not viable, mainly because i want to get a bit more performance out of it but also because this engine refuses to die even when oil pressure drops to 0 and the lifters tick like hell. This reliability convinced me that this engine deserves a proper rebuild. Naturally since i am only 21 years old and as a result not very rich, i have a budget of 1-1.2k for everything.
The engine itself is a '68 block but i swapped the head from a '69 250 i got from a junkyard due to it having the larger log intake, and because my old head was cracked. The valve guides are shot, and i need to have new ones put in. I am aware this head is not the best swap due to it not having the larger 1.75 intake valves but because i live in Sweden it is the only large log head in the entire country i could find. Before i swapped it i did a bit of porting, cut out most rough parts of the casting where i could to improve the airflow and i also had it milled 0.60 to get the compression up. I am also running a weber 32/36 with a homemade 2-1 adapter that fits a large log.
I decided that i am going with a 2V conversion on the head with a direct bolt on autolite 2100, and that i want to install a decent camshaft. I am unable to spend a lot, so it will have to be a camshaft that i can order off the shelf. Since i can not afford to put ARP bolts and studs everywhere due to shipping and tax basically doubling the cost of anything i buy the engine likely won't ever rev past 5k rpm due to me using stock replacements on everything. As a result i am looking for a cam that gives me the most power at around 2-5k rpm. I will also likely need to have the cylinders bored. As for the rocker assembly i am able to get my hands on a 170 for a decent price, so i will just steal the adjustable rocker assembly out of that. I will also likely need to have the cylinders bored.
What exactly am i in for with what i specified?