Thanks 94 GT.
It has been a while since I have been on here. I have been working on the body and frame. Im in the middle of doing a mini tub at the moment. Have to have some meat back there. Plus I have to beaf up the frame rails some for the added horse power and torque. Also since I have added the Mustang fire wall and floor pans along with the frame rails from the Mustang I have to get all of that attached real good to the Falcon frame rails and what little is left of the floor pans. In addition to all of that i have to beef up the rear part of the frame rails where the springs attach to make sure my rear end will stay in place when I get traction.
I have been doing lots of research and learning loads of stuff on turbo charging the 5.0. I know that anything real close to 500 or more horses will probably not hold to well with the 5.0 so I am aiming for right around 450 HP. I think I can easily do this with a STS twin turbo remote mounted system. I plan to use small turbos for faster spooling since I do have the OD in the tranny and probably will never red line on anything except for a 1/8 mile and maybe an occasional 1/4 mile track.
We have a local 1/8 mile track only five miles from the house so if I race it any at all it will probably be there. I might just for giggles go to birmingham to a 1/4 miler just to see for sure what it will do.
I have plans at the moment to go with a 3:73 gear but may drop that to a 3:55 rear gear for the mileage sake. I have thought of the GT40 heads and intake but not sure if they are crucial in the build for what I am aiming at. Maybe? To be determined later when I get closer to that point.
Right now I am still working on the body, frame, and
suspension. Once I get all of that done I will start to work on dash, electrical, heater/air conditioning, steering wheel and so on. Then it will be off to work on the interior. I am saving the high cost items of engine, tranny, and so on (turbo) for later when I can save up the money. I am however planning ahead so that these things will be a bolt in once I get there.
I am currently working out the details to make a raised box like configuration between the gas tank and the rear dash so that it can be opened up from the inside. It will have 1 x 1 inch angle iron with a sheet metal skin and a drop down hinged door that will be facing the rear (into the trunck area) so I can drop it down to work on the turbos if needed. Dont know if you can picture that yet? This will also give me more room under the car above the rear axle to mount the turbos. The angle iron should also provide some stable mounting area for me to attach the turbos to once Im ready for them to go in.
Will keep you all posted.
thanks for all the input and the following in my build.
Hollis