Boss Mustang stocker

[Dave Noll]

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[Bill Diehl]

I will be using the high misalignment bearing system, either Strange or MW EV4.1 system....I have not made up my mind yet. but, with a 60+ long flange to flange I see the benefits of it

Lamb brakes at all 4 corners

[Bill Diehl]

The correct part number for the 351C block has been updated in the accepted products list available from Tim Meyer inc

There is also a new diamond piston available for the Boss 351/330hp that has been approved also it will be on the list soon as I have a part number

[Bill Diehl]

Debating...anotherwords, I can't make up my mind on weather or not to bump this up to a SS combo. I am at the point now where it is cheaper to backhalf instead of restore the 45 year old rear section to stock specs. The rear end is cheaper, the entire driveline for that matter will cost me less than top of the line parts, that will work, look right and pass tech in "stock"

I really do want it to be a stocker though

[Bill Diehl]

My first rodeo.... this was in the late 1970's, second pic is same car updated in the 1980's....I am thinking of going old school with Centerlines or Supertricks on this build, brings back memories. What you all think?

[jims5600]

Bill Centerlines would look real nice on your car.

[Bill Harris]

Originally Posted by Bill Diehl

Debating...anotherwords, I can't make up my mind on weather or not to bump this up to a SS combo. I am at the point now where it is cheaper to backhalf instead of restore the 45 year old rear section to stock specs. The rear end is cheaper, the entire driveline for that matter will cost me less than top of the line parts, that will work, look right and pass tech in "stock"

I really do want it to be a stocker though

If you don't mind back-halving the car, it looks to me like the Boss 351 engine factors are a lot better for SS than Stock. Actually I think if I were trying this in stock I would be hammering NHRA to reduce that 355HP stock rating. There is absolutely no justification for a 50HP hit to the Boss engine as compared to the 285/305 variant in stock. No one has run the Boss engine in stock from what I can tell, while the 285 has been run quite a bit and has had AHFS hits and still only factors to 305. A point of compression and a little bigger cam surely doesn't justify a 50HP difference in otherwise identical engines.

In an earlier post you complained about having to put a lousy stock intake on your supernatural heads. SS would take care of that issue. The big ports in the heads has always argued for high RPMs, and a nice roller cam would help with that too, all with a more favorable 330HP rating (still too high IMHO, but a hell of a lot better than 355HP in stock).

The Boss engine is AHFS factored to 340 in a SS/GT too, a sure sign that there is something more there for it in regular SS at 330.

I'll bet Jim Evanuik could give you a lot of guidance on a SS variant.

[hutt1]

We always wanted to try the big hp cleavland but we had problems with the hp we made much less the extra with the 2+ points of compression and different combustion chamber. We ran the 275/315 hp 72 open chamber flat top combination and it would make 650 with all real cleavland stuff except pistons and valve train in 1994 and turn 8800 most of the time. lol . With the aluminum heads, after market block and other new rules it would be a 800 hp combo at 93-9400 rpm + I bet.. It would be fun to build another one..

Scott

[Dave Noll]

Rob Youngblood ran the 71 Boss combo (in D/S) a while ago before he jumped ship to the Corvette.