Originally Posted By: gto78
I'm guessing that the car was basically painted and a "crate motor" was dropped in, and then run a few times at the track. Now if it was raced every week and adjustments were made to fine tune the timing, shift points, gears, tire pressure, launch rpm, engine temps, fuel types etc etc, then you could easily bring it to the mid 11's. What gears are in it?
For a quick example, my old 78 Grand Am with a basically stock 400 started out running mid 14's, but after a few weeks of timing and rejetting we got it to the low 12's. Crate motors are great but they're not perfect- they still could use some fine tuning to match the rear axle ratio and weight of the vehicle.
You are DARN close, my Port Saint Lucie friend, I am in Jacksonville. Rolling shell purchased, 502 Crate dropped in
.. Thing is, the paint looked SWEET! That HAD to be about a $5000 or better Paint job. The "Gearing" is a Hurst "Four on the Floor" it is NOT the "Three-on-the-tree..." Narrow Rear-end.
I believe this was from one of its first runs, always something acting up on it. Has roll cage, raced at Englishtown, up in NJ. In summer, too. Have a pic of nice rear-end squat off the line.. They must be sent to me.
Its not "Slow" its just "Not as fast as it can be" and we know this. 442s even run "Hard 9's" if all the way built up...........
Last i saw it, he was talking with two other guys about a "Busted Weld." He runs a Welding shop. The car is his Toy. Also has full interior and radio, and drives on street w cheater slicks, loud exhaust.
This car has NJ "QQ Historic" Plates. You need to do something to get those. This car is a rare one, NJ people surely know more about it, but it never has to be inspected again.
Good insight. Maybe its been tuned to 11s.. because its as fast as old standard Lamborghinis, it takes a special model Exotic to beat this "Slow Nova"
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I wouldn't call crate motors great. There was a guy on a the local Mustang board who dropped that 502 crate into a Mustang and it was a high 11 second ride from what I recall (11.8) on full slicks with a built tranny. I also thought the swap was disgusting but anyway.
OP: For comparison, my buddy's '85 Mustang GT ran an easy 12.2@115 un-tuned with a mild 302 on street tires in the hands of the previous owner.
As far as oil? Run whatever GM says to run in it. With the MPH it is turning-in, it isn't very high power density; likely would be just hunky-dory on 5w30.
No idea the Oil or ECM or anything like that. Ive never heard back and no pics as of yet.
.... now Do me a favor, and PUNCH your friend that put a GM engine in a Mustang. Make it count. I want him to go to sleep for a minute or so. Thank you.
