Another Mopar powered mustang

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a408swinger

a408swinger

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Just wanted to introduce myself. A buddy of mine "Jessie" told me about the site. Ive got a 86 coupe with a 410" Indy headed smallblock and a 72 Plymouth Scamp street car with 418" Indy headed smallblock. Im from Walhalla, SC. Jessie is the one with the 440" W8 smallblock Mustang. I used to have a 72 Dart Swinger with a 408, hence the name a408swinger! lol

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Welcome to the site, your cars look bitchin'!
Why did you decide to put a sb mopar in a Ford?
Was it a p.i.t.a. to install?
Personally, i don't really care about brand loyalty per se, i'm just curious.
 
Welcome to FABO! You and Jessie have really got the gears grindin' in my noggin- I've got a sano 86 'stang convt in need of an engine transplant, cheap. What were the biggest stumbling blocks to the swap? Did you use the stock k-frame? How about some underhood pics?
 
Welcome to FABO!!! I've heard it is not that difficult to put any drive train in a Mustang. Hardest part is figuring out the electronics. Bitchin rides.
 
Late model Mustangs make the perfect drag race car. They have great weight distribution. I love it when someone puts a small block mopar in another brand of car. It seems you only see chevies in other brands. Both of your cars are great!
 
Dartnut said:
Welcome to the site, your cars look bitchin'!
Why did you decide to put a sb mopar in a Ford?
Was it a p.i.t.a. to install?
Personally, i don't really care about brand loyalty per se, i'm just curious.
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Its no problem for the swap. The only obstacle I encountered was headers. I only tried the ones I had (tti's) and they hit the A arms so I had a set made. I used a motor plate and Im running a glide and the 8.8 rear end. Other than that I just used a MSD distributor and electronics and theres nothing else to it. It fits better than a Ford motor! lol
 
Dartnut said:
Welcome to the site, your cars look bitchin'!
Why did you decide to put a sb mopar in a Ford?
Was it a p.i.t.a. to install?
Personally, i don't really care about brand loyalty per se, i'm just curious.
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Ill get some underhood pics up soon. I started out wanting to run some stock suspension races and my dart had ladderbars/coilovers on it so they wouldn't let me run. So I decided to use the platform that allows you to modify every suspension piece on the car and they still consider it stock suspenion. Hey, I figured I would take advantage of their rules by using their car with MY motor!
 
turbodart68 said:
Late model Mustangs make the perfect drag race car. They have great weight distribution. I love it when someone puts a small block mopar in another brand of car. It seems you only see chevies in other brands. Both of your cars are great!
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I gotta agree with this a whole lot.

I don't know what happened to the other vid's, it wasn't moderated by anyone.

Looks great though. Put them other vids back up!
 
It probably goes in a Mustang easier than it does in an A-body-LOL!

Saw you were spraying it. What does it run?

Steve
 
LXguy said:
It probably goes in a Mustang easier than it does in an A-body-LOL!

Saw you were spraying it. What does it run?

Steve
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Im swapping to a little looser converter now to gain a little bit on motor but as of right now it runs 6.0's @ 114 on motor and 5.40's @ 127 on a 28/20 tune up on my fogger. I have a Wilson Manifold plate on the car also that I havn't tried yet. I'm sure it will go a little faster on both kits but Im keeping it safe for now. The motor made 575 rwhp on a dynojet on motor. Im hoping for 5.90's with the new converter. Im going to be running a 6.0 index and dont want to have to spray it.
 
pettybludart said:
Welcome to FABO!The stang leaves hard,also nice Dart!More vids please!
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Here's a video of my street car (Scamp) on drag radials vs. a S10 pick up with a 500" big chevy motor on nitrous. This is the semi final in a street car shootout where we had to go on a 30 mile cruise before the race and had to be on a DOT tire. I run M/T drag radials on my car. I went a 5.92 @ 115 on this run. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCXgJoluvq0
 
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