H/c/i

[RichV]

You can get there many ways, but what I've learned, and it seems to hold in car stuff, tools, and more...

it is better to get quality stuff used, than knock off junk new. I bet if you pieced it together, you could put a nice h/c/i setup for under 2 grand easy. I see AFRs on craigslist or local Mustang Club or swap meets all the time, some cases even new or already worked. A good intake, GT40 or even better $2-400, cams are hit & miss but even if you go new $200ish. A used roller cam is perfectly acceptable, they don't wear. The heads is where you'll spend money, I'd stick with quality. Even if you had to do the heads, and nothing else until you recover.

My .02. BTW, one of my competitors made 299rwhp with shaved iron GT40s (no portwork), Cobra intake (no porting), Cobra ECU, 1.7rr, Basani headers and x-pipe, stock rebuilt bottom end, e-cam. Seems a little far fetched knowing these 302s as much as I do, and he could have fibbed about some of the internals, but I saw the car run on the dyno.

 

[Venom351R]

A blower on a stock car can make good power? Blowers are like 3k-4k right?

You can get a brand new vortech for just over 3K and like stated they can be found used for pretty cheap. I have a Paxton Novi 2000 ( pretty similar to a Vortech S trim when both have the stock pully) and a Cobra intake, MAF, and exhaust on my 95 GT and it put down 334 to the feet.

Also keep in mind that b/c one car pulled a certain number on the dyno with said combo does not mean you will. Weather is a variable as well as correction numbers used on the dyno. Any combo can be made to pull higher then it really does when using correction factors.

 

[white95]

[Even though I didnt read the whole thread first] I suggest you peruse thru the classifieds over at corral and you'll find some deals on used parts. I wouldn't be afraid of used intakes/heads [but I'd have the springs/locks/retainers changed on the heads as a precaution] I wouldnt buy a used cam or roller rockers [bad experiences] or any valvetrain items for that matter.

Shop around... If you arent looking to run 10's or beat everything on the road, there are tried and true combinations that work.

 

[modo]

The reason why the trickflow top end kits dont make 300rwhp most of the time is because when they dyno tuned the kit they used a higher compression motor thats why shaving the heads gets you there .. What ever you do have them shaved..

if you are decking a set of heads to bump compression you bought the wrong parts. not to mention wasting perfectly good deck material and impacting valve train geometry. there is a reason why heads have a "cc" option