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Originally Posted by 69Cobra
^^^^^What he said^^^^^
In my humble opinion. If you aren't emotionally attached and haven't really invested anything in the ride you have you might be better off to find a later model Mustang and go SS/GT with one of the new pushrod paper motors. To me that would be the easiest and most affordable way of getting out there. But either way I would go with a stick if you want to have fun and enjoy the time going down the track. Now if your wife, girlfriend or daughter is going to be driving it then I would recommend the automatic   . I'm in the process of building a 69 Fairlane Cobra 428 CJ 4 speed car to run stock with and these old cars are not the best avenue for a top notch competitive car against todays newer stuff. If this car didn't mean so much to me and my family I would definitely look into something else that the aftermarket supports and that would have a strut front end with a shorter wheelbase and more aerodynamic. Something to think about. But I do like the 70 and 71 Torino's. I race in a local Stick shift circuit with a friend of mine that runs a 70 1/2 Falcon which is the same thing as the Torino and he's got it working pretty good but these old cars are tricky and challenging at times.
Best of luck to you. |
thank you I am running a bracket 72 Pinto that runs 10.0s right now I do not just wanna run Stock I wanna do it in a fun exciting way and im not really all that concerned about being top dog or being competitive as I simply wanna have fun and running a new mustang isnt very fun or exciting for me but running a kool old school Ford Torino that you dont see everyday would be very much fun for me and half the fun for me is building the car and tinkering figuring out what works and what doesnt I already have a car that works and works very well as we bought the Pinto complete and I would build the Torino to tinker with and mess around with and run divisional and local events as I refuse to run .90 classes I hate delay boxes.