How to spend $1500-any suggestions?

[sin-city-customs]

Here is the whole deal. Me and my buddy bought stock 91 and 93 5.0's.
His- 93 GT 5.0 5 speed
Mine 91 LX 5.0 5-speed
We want to see who will be faster at the track by spending $1800.

His car- GT 5.0 5 speed with- Underdrive pulleys, BBK equal length headers, BBK-intake, E303 cam, 24# injectors, 70 mm MAF, 70mm T/B, stock block& heads, 3.55 gears

Mine-BONE STOCK except 3.73's-help me spend my $1800 wisely.

Dave

 

[1EVIL88VERT]

nitrous- 500.00
slicks- 250.00 to 300.00
cheap headers- 150.00
cheap h pipe-125.00
pull heads and port them- 50 for porting materials and 70-90 for gaskets
port intake- use the leftover rolls from the heads
Mild cam- maybe trick flow stage 1- 150.00
timing chain-60.00 , might as well change it while its apart
24# injectors- 190.00
250lph fuel pump- 130.00
fuel prssure reg-100.00
remove front swaybar and anything that is not needed for race-Free

He's got a decent head start on mods....just don't tell him you have a bottle in the trunk till right befor the race.

 

[86bluecobra]

doesn't edelbrock offer a top end kit for about that much coin that boast 350 ponies? mind you i do like the suggestion mentioned above especially the nos and slicks.

 

[87_stang]

nitrous- 500.00
slicks- 250.00 to 300.00
cheap headers- 150.00
cheap h pipe-125.00
pull heads and port them- 50 for porting materials and 70-90 for gaskets
port intake- use the leftover rolls from the heads
Mild cam- maybe trick flow stage 1- 150.00
timing chain-60.00 , might as well change it while its apart
24# injectors- 190.00
250lph fuel pump- 130.00
fuel prssure reg-100.00
remove front swaybar and anything that is not needed for race-Free

He's got a decent head start on mods....just don't tell him you have a bottle in the trunk till right befor the race.

Damn man, thats damn near what I was gonna suggest!
Does your buddy get to spend the same amount of money being he is starting with a few decent mods? I would say you would be set with this little setup though, Put a few $hundred on the race so you can get more parts. Remember, keep the bottle a secret and hope he dont think of it also!

 

[96_Stang-a-roo]

agreed with above and post #2. Keep us updated.

 

[Blakthorn]

nitrous is your little secret

 

[SAY GO]

You sound like a newcomer, good luck driving your 5 speed on slicks and the bottle

 

[$uperstang]

Get a 5-6PSI Vortech SC trim blower from Joeblowracing.com for $1750 and smoke his ass!!!

 

[96_Stang-a-roo]

Who's money is this? I would build a nice motor for that money. You could get a 347 stroker kit for around 1k and still have $$$ left over for a n20 kit... plus... after you wax his ass... you would still have a nice stroker motor. Or you could do the stroker with a good top end combo and still come out with a fully built motor win/lose/or draw. Pushrods can get very happy off of 1800 bucks. I'm thinking more long term here.

 

[sin-city-customs]

This race is just between friends. I do have a 347 and a Vortech in my 93. Just looking to see what would be best for everyday driving and still beat him. If the cars are equal I will easily outdrive him. He just bought his car. I've had Mustangs since 85. It was the first one I ran NOS on and got hooked.

Thanks,
Dave

 

[96_Stang-a-roo]

Well... you said you were stock except gears. This changes the situation entirely. What else do you have so we can work from there?

 

[sin-city-customs]

This motor is stock, the 347 is in my other Stang. Wouldn't quite be fair to run that against his motor.