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hey guys im currently selling my car and i was thinking about going old school mustang.. this is what im currently looking at:
1967 ford mustang

could u guys give me the pros and cons of buying classic? could i produce some serious power with this car?
 
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Is it going to be a DD?

If it is, depending on how much highway driving you do, a T5 upgrade would make it a lot more friendly. Mine is still a 4 speed, but I don't DD it, but I love my car for what it is, so not having overdrive doesn't bother me, although it does other people.

289s can make good power, but "serious power" might be a reach with any kind of driveability. If you buy it, just be preppared to sit and talk to gawkers for hours on end everytime you stop somewhere.

Check out every inch for cancer before you buy.
 
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yea its going to be a dd.. yea definantly have to fully check it out! hes is there anyway u can look at that pic and tell if its a challenger or a cobra?
 
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No..... I would say with newer cars have more potential when it is a DD. How many old mustangs can you DD with 500+HP?
 
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yea i guess.. thats pretty expensive.. im definantly selling my car.. and im either buying a 99 cobra.. or going old school,unless i find something else soon..
 
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dc1515 said:
yea i guess.. thats pretty expensive.. im definantly selling my car.. and im either buying a 99 cobra.. or going old school,unless i find something else soon..
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Going fast is always expensive. Unless you are a good fabricator. You can always go with a junk yard build. Hot Rod magazine built a Chevette with a stock 502 in it for $2000 and it ran 12s. :D
 
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Power, We produce Power.

We are proud of our cars becuase Eveyone doesnt have one.
I love the the new ones also, I have a 2004.
When I drive my 1968 EVERYONE know were I was that day!

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Although the 289 is a great engine, it sounds like you need something a little bigger. The old saying, there is no replacement for displacement it absolutely true.

To get big numbers out of a 289, you're going to sacrafice driveability. If you can go with a big block, you're set :)

You could also go with the route MustangOne went, and stroke a smallblock to get the cubes. You can make a lot of useful torque with a stroker motor, and still be able to drive it.
 
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69fastback said:
Although the 289 is a great engine, it sounds like you need something a little bigger. The old saying, there is no replacement for displacement it absolutely true.

To get big numbers out of a 289, you're going to sacrafice driveability. If you can go with a big block, you're set :)

You could also go with the route MustangOne went, and stroke a smallblock to get the cubes. You can make a lot of useful torque with a stroker motor, and still be able to drive it.
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i like where ur going with this :).. so if i bought that 289 from craigslist and stroked it out.. i would be set? would i just have to buy a stroker kit or what?
 
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