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MY PROJECT! a 79 - 93 Mustang w/ a Chevy 350ci/350hp SS Crate Engine, Summit Fabricated Valve Covers, Weiand Team G 7531 Intake, Quickfire Technologies Q-Series 750cfm Carb. Lemons Headers, 8 point roll cage. Do you guys think that sounds like it would be worthy of being a full time race car? OR Do you think I should just build it as a street car?

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I think you're a dreamer.

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The engine might break out with hives.....................

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wow. thanks for the encouragement and advice guys. i thought i could come on here and get some simple advice on here but no. you guys have to be dickheads to me. thanks. I really appreciate it!

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First of all the question is misleading at best. If you wanted an answer be more specific. This is mostly a class racer forum. If your looking for kudos for putting a Chevy engine into a Ford you wont find it here. If you have specific questions on building a class car most on here would be glad to help. Most on here wont find anything special about cross breading manufacturer componets. They are die hard fans of a paticular brand. What you have is either a bracket car or possably a 10.90 S/ST car or an over done street ride. Your choice. If you already built it then fine.....use it to your satisfaction. If you have not started the project I suggest you do not. Its still your choice. As far as Chevy engines in a Ford.....I guess some would say it would cost less and stay together longer. I recieved your email and started to tell you off but thought you most likely really dont know what your doing so I have responded in the best way I can and how I feel about a car such as this. Have a nice day.

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That still does not make up for the fact that you had to put your two cents in and contribute to shooting me down, that is not why i joined this forum. I strictly joined this forum so I could get advice and ideas from other racers, NOT to be shot down and humiliated. And for your information rayfin I am NOT dreaming i have an 89 cobra it IS set up for a sbc, AND that sbc IS being built for me as WE speak. So you can keep being jerks to me all you want thats fine. I will be the better person here and I will say nothing more, because I am not here to argue.

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oh and i might wana add this too. i DID post this in the bracket portion of the forum NOT THE 10.90 INDEX FORUM. cant street cars bracket race? I thought that they could do that?

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Guy at my former local track runs a Mustang with a SBC...he has done very well with the car including multiple class championships. As for street or drag...thats up to you. If you can make it run on pump gas it could be a fun street car...although I'm not a fan of street racing myself.

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i really think its gonna be fun building this car, lol its gonna make a lot of ford fans mad but hey. its cheap. its fast. screw what they think. this is my first car i'm bulding by myself so i am pretty excited to do it. considering the fact i just turned 18 and finally got a job that pays enough so that i can do this lol so im excited. :D

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You don't read this place much do you? That is mostly what goes on here.

Run 4.10 gears and a semi reasonable converter and you can drive it and bracket race it. But it won't be as consistent without a ton of gear and converter.

Do you already have a race car? Then having a bracket car isn't that much use to you. If you don't, you need to get out there and get some win lights definitely build a race car.

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It all fell into place when you said you just turned 18.Good for you ,you have alot of ambition but you need to have a thick skin to get through life.If you're going to race seriously putting a sbc in a moostang is a minor thing.Go to the class section.Now there's some really serious **** going on there.I wouldn't recommend the lounge yet.We eat 18 year olds for breakfast.Right Sean?
All in fun.

Ed F.
Slowwww Stocker

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Bring back the Draft. A couple of years in the Army or Marines would toughen him up.

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I don't know if they still use them but when I served (1963-65) they were just phasing in the new Ford Jeeps.4 cyl. 4 wheel independent suspension.I hope he wouldn't want his with a small block chebby.LOL

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so does everyone in the drag racing world act like this to eachother? Jerkoffs? oh and by the way. i dont need any toughening up i've started on my football team for 7 straight years as a defensive end and i've cracked many heads hurt a lot of quarterbacks and runningbacks. A few years in the army or marines? i would because my moms side of the fam are all in the corps. but no its not happening. I'm a type 1 diabetic and i depend on insulin to keep me alive. so that is out of the question. if i wasnt i'd be in the marine corps or air force and probably be a pilot. and as for the drag car thing. yeah buddy i dont have a drag car so thats why im building this chev-stang lol im not lucky like a lot of guys my age who their parents cater to them on a silver platter and put them into an already built race car. i had to save up for my my tahoe, my trailor, and my chev-stang so i could race because i grew up around this stuff all of my life cause my dad was a racer and i love cars and the sport of drag racing, but now i cant depend on him to help me with my build or anything because of his declining health so i come on here and to ask questions and help about the build but i get treated like trash so. whatever.

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I see the problem.....He is 18 and cannot take a joke. Anyone who is a car lover knows there are those who are brand paticular. All I said was the ENGINE (a Chebbie) in a FORD would catch hives. B-F-D and he wants to call people a dick head and send piss poor Pvt emails . He needs to suck it up and grow up. I think it is great to build your own car at such a young age. Build it the way YOU want it but your going to catch a lot of grief from Ford people AND Chevy people for cross breeding the drive train. Face up to it. Good luck on your project.

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yeah i think its bull**** how you act man. did you act like that towards people at events since you were a tech insepection guy? did you say **** like that to people? is that why you're retired? did the nhra fire you because you put racers and everybody else down?

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See....You do NOT know how to act or talk to people. You react like a little punk to a simple joke. If I was close to you I would be the first one there to help you assemble your engine/car. Prep your cylinder heads, etc. GROW UP. You dont know me. Im done.

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yeah i've always wanted to build one lol growing up around my dad racing and my grandpa and his barret-jackson quality street rods it got to me lol i kept telling myself when i was about 12 or 13 im gonna do that some day. i wana make drag racing a career! and i've gone to every nhra event at heartland park topeka for the past 5 years and the division 5 races. but i know that if i wanted to compete in those it would have to be the super street catagory since im planning on running the chevy in the ford setup. i know all that crap. i did a **** load of research on it. reading the whole damn nhra rulebook lol but for now since im not the richest gearhead in the world the chevy engine is cheap for me and the mustang body is too, and so i just put two and two together and here i am. i know im not gonna be running 10 second passes and im not gonna be able to compete in the nhra competition so thats why i posted in the bracket forum cause i know i can compete bracket races. lol and i'll take your word on it about the 4.10 gears. :D

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good im glad you're done, and quite frankly im glad i dont know you, you remind me of my ****ing asshole father thats why i cant depend on him for advice on this ****. i didnt join this forum to JOKE, i joined for professional help from fellow racers buddy. and i DO know how to act to people. i'm a really nice person but its people like you who piss me off because you're an arrogant asshat!

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What class.

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lol i really have no idea. i guess a class thats like 11 seconds and up and that permits my 350 to be in my mustang.

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Judging by your avatar you must be a Max Naylor fan.

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lol i was when he was sponsored by disturbed lol that car KICKED ***! just sucks i didnt get to see that car race on tv. i was hoping too.

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i grew up around this stuff all of my life cause my dad was a racer and i love cars and the sport of drag racing, but now i cant depend on him to help me with my build or anything because of his declining health



good im glad you're done, and quite frankly im glad i dont know you, you remind me of my ****ing asshole father thats why i cant depend on him for advice on this ****.


Kid,you're really are a class act.And it's all low.

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*sighs* i seriously thought things were starting to cool down. but no. the crap has to continue. i am tired of bickering with you guys.

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ya know i was before all this crap started. i was. but he just would not shut up. i thought it was starting to cool down and BOOM here we go again. i said this once and i'll say it again. im not here to argue. oh and thanks for that site. i checked it out. looks pretty cool. the artwork stuck out and that quote is somethin else. "Where the weak are killed and eaten" thats quite interesting i must say lol

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Dude, people like you are discouraging young kids from drag racing. I find it hard to believe you are trying to be funny. I like a lot of your stories and a lot of the info you put on this site, but your attitude is actually not that good.

Ed,

You only eat me for lunch in your mind. You are not capable of honest debate, only insults and generalisations. Most of your contributions to this site involve insults and snarky bull****. Maybe you just have a brutal sense of humor, but I don't know you in person.

Dragster,

NOT ALL PEOPLE IN DRAG RACING ACT LIKE THIS. But stock and super stock racers have a higher concentration of assholes than most other classes. Get used to it. Especially if you are trying to get help on this website. It still pisses me off but it is what it is, and there ain't **** I can do to change it.

Since you already have the trailer and you are serious about racing, you need to put go all racer car. Your car will be more consistent, and more effective that way.

it's pretty sad that I am the only one that's offered any advice at all. Why don't you crotchety old farts quit whining bitching and give him some of your knowledge....

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Dragster,

One more thing. I am not an expert like most of the people here. But I'd be glad to help you as much as I can, and what I can't answer I know somebody who can. But you should e-mail or contact me on Myspace because then we won't have to deal with comments from the peanut gallery.....

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I replied to your PM. R:)ead it.

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Wow this kid sounds like my kid, he hates me and doesn't understand why I bother SS racing, blah blah blah. But when he needs his motor or trans or rear end fixed it's a call to dear old dad. First off putting a Chevy motor in a Ford is like kissing your sister, I'm sure there's plenty of potential Chevy cars out there. As for getting all the wisea$$ remarks that's something you're going to have to get used to. Most every racer I know will look down their nose at you the minute you raise the hood of that pony and show off your Generic Motors powerplant. As you can probably tell I'm a bit of a Ford guy but what the heck if it's fast I'm good with it. So put your head down defensive end and play on. Joe

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lol. i dont sound anything like your kid at all. and i dont look to my dad for help. i figure out a way to get it done myself. i've got the tools and the resources. :D

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hey Joe, i looked at your profile, and man. i have to say. thats a bitchin mustang you got. does that thing have a bbc in it? LOL

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lol small block chevy with with lemons chevy 350 fox headers! what do you guys think? looks good eh? :D

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xxx

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Ed,

You only eat me for lunch in your mind. You are not capable of honest debate, only insults and generalisations. Most of your contributions to this site involve insults and snarky bull****. Maybe you just have a brutal sense of humor, but I don't know you in person.

Judging by your posts you wouldn't know an honest debate if it hit you in the face.This kid has a royal
hemorrhoid problem that he brought with him to this site.Maybe you should take him under your wing and bring him along.
And yes you don't know me or my sense of humor.
Snarky bull****?What did you do while I was gone,swallow a dictionary?
BTW kid what web site did you lift the picture off?

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Dragster2006, At the age of 18, you do need to respect those that are older than you. They were only joking, and not making you seem like an idiot. Quite a few people come here and ask questions that have very few specifics to them. xtech is a very respected man here, so is fred, and almost, if not all, are also. In my opinion that bullet site is nothing but possers. This is a real site and everybody here will bend over backwards to help you in any way possible. I'm not saying don't listen to them, just take some things with a grain of salt, take it as your iniciation to this forum and then listen. Now to give you my opinion....Chevy in a Ford, been there done that. In a bracket or even in a .90 car its not as bad as some make it seem. If your experience is with chevy motors, then do it. If your body of choice is a Ford, go for it. A car guy is a car guy no matter whats under the hood of what. I myself am a Ford man thru and thru, but I own all GMs. Why? Killer deals, thats why. If you need any help, tech wise on building that bad *** ride, let me know. Yes i know some words are misspelled, but I think you get what I'm trying to say.

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i know i wasnt to friendly with him but it did piss me off pretty good when they said that to me. that wasnt the answer i was quite looking for when i made this thread on here on this part of the forum. i didnt think it really would really matter considering this part of the forum is about bracket racing. but i guess if in the future if do get my name out there in the drag racing world i guess alot of people are gonna know me as the guy who doesnt joke around and is a jerk. but i never would of gotten this reputation if it wasnt for these guys trashing me. yeah they may be disgusted at the fact that i am soon to have a chevy engine in a ford body but who cares. its cheap i dont have a lot of money to invest in a ford motor and i dont know much about ford engines. i know i could find one cheap but not as cheap as a gm engine. and plus i have seen a lot of youtube videos with people running chevys in fords and i love the idea of it. and the thought to be unique. its awesome. i said this before yeah i know im not gonna be running in any nhra competition that is why i posted in this bracket forum. but anyways. yeah i am not out there to be a prick to anybody thats not who i am but i can sure be a prick to the ones who act like that to me.

and Ed. dude you're just mad you got a taste of your own medicine and that you got bitched out. and yes i did take it from lemons headers site because i have a pair of those headers being shipped to me right now as we speak. and im sure that picture pisses you off because that 350 is set up for that yellow notch in the background. but i dont care man. those guys are freakin awesome.

all those super stocker guys. be disgusted all you want, and you may hate me. but its my money. its my car. its my engine being built. get over it. im not intruding on your super stock, and stock eliminator racing because that is not my plan.

i would buy a late 70's or 80's camaro but they are too damn expensive. you may disagree with me but i could not find one for a decent price. they were either too nice or they were complete piles of **** and were over priced.

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Ed. dude you're just mad you got a taste of your own medicine and that you got bitched out. and yes i did take it from lemons headers site because i have a pair of those headers being shipped to me right now as we speak. and im sure that picture pisses you off because that 350 is set up for that yellow notch in the background. but i dont care man. those guys are freakin awesome

I don't think I'll be losing a minute of sleep over you,your car,your headers or your off brand engine.What
dismays me is I hope you're not the future of drag racing.If so remember what happened to the dinosaurs.
Good luck in your future endeavors.

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get over yourself man. go find someone else's thread to flap your yap on. i know what happend in history's past and i know what happend to the dinosaurs. and i am goin old school with this build. my mustang is gonna be like what the ole street rodders used to be like. chevy engines in ford coupes. except my hot rod is a modern day hot rod. :D

ya know once this car is all done being built. if you really wana prove a point to me. why dont you come down to topeka so you can race me heads up at heartland park. it would be a pleasure to me kicking your *** on the blacktop. no car lengths. none of that pinks crap. straight up heads up on a pro tree.

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I hope you put 1/2 as much effort into making something of yourself in life as you do talking tough on the internet.Maybe getting things straight with you father before he isn't there to make up with.I'm done here.
Someday I think you'll see things a bit different.