- Apr 17, 2012
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Hello!
Just bought my first project car, a 1965 Mustang with the 289 and auto trans. I have re-built engines before but I've never done more performance upgrades that just cold air intakes, ignition, etc. I want to make this car street legal, but strip worthy. My first question is, after some research, I found that the 289 and the 351 have the same bore (4") the only difference is the stroke of 2.87" for the 289 and 3.5" for the 351. Can I just take the crank and the pistons from a 351? And if I planned on supercharging this engine would it be beneficial or not to stroke it?
Next question is if I bore this engine block 40 over, increase displacement to 355, do I use bigger pistons or just bigger rings?
Thanks for the help,
Jim
Just bought my first project car, a 1965 Mustang with the 289 and auto trans. I have re-built engines before but I've never done more performance upgrades that just cold air intakes, ignition, etc. I want to make this car street legal, but strip worthy. My first question is, after some research, I found that the 289 and the 351 have the same bore (4") the only difference is the stroke of 2.87" for the 289 and 3.5" for the 351. Can I just take the crank and the pistons from a 351? And if I planned on supercharging this engine would it be beneficial or not to stroke it?
Next question is if I bore this engine block 40 over, increase displacement to 355, do I use bigger pistons or just bigger rings?
Thanks for the help,
Jim