347 stroker q"s and a"s

what kind of performance could i exspect and combos would i have to use if i get a 347 short block for a 2door comet or mav? could it be streetable power that sounds mean and could smoke most ricers and there cr@p cars? pluss i was looking in the range of under $4,000 for a long block?
i also have the option of getting a 86 5.0 for $400 without the trans and all the injection stuff. would it bee cheaper to buy a kit and have a engine shop do it for me?
just thaught i would throw it out there for the experts to anser thanks

 

my friends dad has a 64 fairlane that just got a 347 in it and its pretty mean! its still a street car on street tires. its also a good way to get some extra cubes w/o having to put a larger block in. dont know about the price range on it though.

 

i dont know what kinda tuners you have in your area, but ricer around my parts is some kid with a 10 year old honda, queer lookin rims and a loud muffler on the back. maybe a primered up body kit. that kinda trash doesnt even put up much of a fight against my I6

 

well i dont think the guy has expectation of runnin 9's or 10's with a budget of 4 grand and a junkyard 5.0.


the AVERAGE street car runs a 9 sec 1/4 mile in your area? thats pretty impressive

 

I find it laughable, infact.

 

you can run quicker with a junkyard 5.0l just go turbo and them damned ricers wont have a chance. I have personally seen a junkyard motor gone thru for about 300.00 and the homemade turbo kit that we pieced together at work and that motor put out 800 hp give or take couple horse. I wired the efi system that came out of a police package mustang that we got the motor out of.

 

all you need is knowledge. I personnally do alot of electrical troubleshooting and efi work and have extensive turbo knowledge from working on deisels. The systems are so rudimentary and simple to setup. go to a local junkyard and look for turbo coupe thunderbirds and get one or two turbos and have the rebuilt or rebuild them yourself. make the headers fit and plumb everything into the carb with a air horn and the install a bov and the turbos do all the work. The stock 302 block can handle 900 horse but you pushing it. I have also worked on a twin turbo 6.0l ls2 custom made turbo setup that went into a 68 chevy truck shortbed. That can handle any streetdriven piece of crap import. All you need is a will and the drive to get the knowledge to do the work, its that simple. Knowledge is power.

 

We are talking bout doing all the work yourself hey I make a ton of money but what would i get if i paid someone to build my car. Anybody with alot of money can have a fast car, that is so stupid anyone can do it. let them guys build their own cars and make the efi systems and plumb the turbos and then let me know what they get.

 

...it might do it once

 

Hey dont get me wrong I know that imports are quick I happen to have a vw r32 with 250 hp and 250 lb.tq and i got my wife a saab 9.3 aero and that has 220hp and 235 lb.tq and they run like hell and they are comfy all i'm saying is that if you put your mind to it you can do it sure you have to have money make them go fast and I truly love anything that go fast be it a import or domestic. I just would like to have our own guys give us a little credit. Most of the guys on here do all there own work and are damned proud of it, they dont have no pitcrew and sponsor paying tens of thousand of dollars to have a 9 sec street car.

 

I would consider myself a competent technician in automotive field and industrial equipment. I just don't get any kind of happiness and satisfaction when I have to have something done by someone else like engine machinng but I just do not have the facilities to do the work. I trust me I have seen small block pushed to their limits and busted up. I know your right the numbers that i said earlier are a little extreme but when you take into account that the we got the hole car for 200.00 and the turbos were free so why not go for it and see what we could get granted I also fail to tell you guys that the motor didnt last long under boost but it was a learning process and we learned alot.

 

hey blown if you like imports that much I'll do you a favor and come get the mav from you and take real good care of it

 

blown, back to the 347 ur right they will put app. 400 - 450 and that is pushing it. I will agree with you on that. They other thing that I will agree with you on is that I don't see those kind numbers down here. When I do see imports running high horse motors they are not street cars and the ones that are, usually don't finish the race day bcus they break like many other import and domestic cars that are putting down major horses. I'm trying to be disrespectful to you I just believe that everyone of us has the power to do what we want if we have the kowledge and facilities.:Handshake

 

I have no doubt that they do it. What I was getting at, is I think it is suffice to say that "average" street cars in most of the country do not run 9's in the 1/4. Us southern boys have it plenty figgured out. We'll see what my daily driven street car is running in about 6 months, and how much money I have in it. Won't be as much fun smokeing the ricers (or Camaros and Mustangs) then, though, because I can't tell them it's just a mostly stock 302 in it.

 

i have a friend with a late 90's 240 nissan. he has about 20 grand wraped up in it. roll cage, C/F body panels, all kinda aftermarket suspension and "drifting" rims and tires. 4 cyl intercooled turbo from "japan". it runs a 13 sec 1/4. its definatly a funn ride

but i have no prob taking him down in the 383 '85 cutlass i bult myself on 1/10 the budget.

it really does give you a sence of pride.


ok ok back to the fords lol

getting a 5.0 rebuilt to stock spec. probably isnt that much cheaper that a 347 build. the longer rod strok is going to mean a little more low end tq so you may also need to look into a rear end and tranny upgrade that needs to be factored into the budget