BIGCOWL-IMP

UPDATE

Might be fireing it up this week end
I ended up buying a painless wireing harness to make it easier and it was actally painless it comes with a ALDL port and check engine light so i wired in my lt1 scanmaster. My friend and i got all the gauges wired up and got all the lights, brake lights, power windows and trunk popper working. I will have a update in a few days and maybe a video ?

reamo04

man, u got a long ways to go to get down to my new weight haha
Go find yourself a vega like I did hehe

turbo LT1 vega FTW

95ltbird

if reguler sbc headers fit on the lt1...why doesnt everyone buy them?

BigBadBlack93Z

man that is nice. makes me want to just yank my powertrain and sell the roller.
I'm a notch lover but can't really get into wanting to work on a ford motor, too much info to re-learn after growing up on SBC's.
I have to know, what valve covers are those?

MichiganSkip

Might have something to do with it going in a foxbody instead of an
f-body. Don't know for sure though.

reamo04

because, you need LT1 headers to clear the frame and everything else in the way

I have SBC headers on my turbo setup though, as do many other people

my96z

SICK!!!

Man that is going to be a beast. I hate to say it, but it looks as though that motor belongs in there....

95ltbird

i kinda figured that...butwith so many different sbc header combos you would think one would fit just fine. and why cant you use just any sbc shorty header?

lt1's are such a damn rip off! the car is cheap. but the parts for these things are nuckin futs! cant the parts companys get real about a damn price? headers that cost prolly 50 bucks to make...over 400 :eyes: how rediculous!

BIGCOWL-IMP

reamo04
About 5-6 years ago i bought a stock 75 cosworth vega roller. Body was mint. I figured it would take about 3-5 grand to biuld shorten a rear end and buy all the syspension and fab work. So i ended up selling it.

This mustang has a biult 8.8 rear end and biult stock style sespension with no fab work and its good for high 8s low 9`s and i have about $1,200 invested but needs a cage yet. Mustang parts are cheap vary cheap.
Also the motor, trans and headers bolted right in with no fab work.

LTX in a notchback F.T.W.

reamo04

Bigcowl-imp, i just picked up a 71 vega roller with a 10pt cage and 4link suspension for 1800. No wheels/tires, no motor, but it does have a built powerglide in it

Looks like an LTx vega will be in my future

FivePoint7z28

I've said it before and I'll say it again, one of THEE coolest projects ever. Good job man!

Kaj

Last year I saw an 89 Mustang GT W/ heavily modified juiced engine out of a 99 gmc yukon, rip a 9.26. A lot of guys have been throwing gm engines in their fox bodies lately, very very cheap. And I agree whole heartedly, you get the best of both worlds. Ford's superior rear-end, chevy powered.

All that's missing is the hemi heads...

BigBadBlack93Z

I long time ago there was a guy in houston w/ a 5.0 in a 4th gen. it sat really far forward but ran like crazy. stupidest looking swap ever but i guess if you have a motor and some skills you can be different for cheap.