85 5.0 Mustangs

[Chris1529]

Their cars are very nice. See them at Quaker City and Pittsburgh now mostly.

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by Rory McNeil

Like Sean said, the 85 4 barrel heads are esentially the same as the 83-84 heads, in fact the same D8 heads were used on 302 2 barrel from 78 until Ford stopped making them. The only change for the 85s E5 casting was to add a clearance notch to allow the removal of the taller hyd. roller lifters without needing to remove the heads.
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^^^ Thanks for the clarification.

[west coast]

Jim
Bobby Fazio I believe runs or is going to be running a foxbody, he is on the east coast and my be helpfull he is also a stick guy. Sounds like you aready have the car what model? PM me can give you my number. On the trans Rory is right do it right the first time it will cost less money.

[Slickfoot]

It is 89 HB LX 5 speed , It ran 9.2s in 1/8 on street allseasons tires. When I was out with my foot I did the battle boxs, welded the tubes, Moser axles, studs, and c-clip eliminators, pro 3:90s , and a spool. Grantelli double adjustabe w/ hims on body side uppers and Lakewood liftbar lowers. I have not been able to run since, because of a problem with a over heating right rear brake.
Jim

[Chris1529]

A 3.90 gear is not nearly low enough if you are going to make this a full time race car.
Even with a 26" tire, that is too high of a gear.

[west coast]

Scott sent you a PM.

[Pistol Pete]

Originally Posted by west coast

Jim
Bobby Fazio I believe runs or is going to be running a foxbody, he is on the east coast and my be helpfull he is also a stick guy. Sounds like you aready have the car what model? PM me can give you my number. On the trans Rory is right do it right the first time it will cost less money.

Yes, Bobby Fazio runs a 5.0 car in Stock Eliminator with an Automatic.
He's very knowledgeable on what parts to use.
He's in Pa.