To give you an idea of what I’m doing…
Surprisingly enough a little over a year ago I found, sitting is a back woods junkyard, a ‘70 351C factory 4 speed Mach 1. I stole the car for $100.00 and have been working on it since. The entire front clip needed replaced and has been updated with a “Rod & Customs” Mustang II coil over IFS. I love the sound and feel of a FE motor so I decided to go that route and have had a hand carved 390 built. My builder and I let the FE got out of control I now have a 390 that has more custom parts then I care to list. Needless to say the beast tops out at 760 HP & 680 TQ before the 250 shot of NOS and stops producing power at about 9200 RPM. I don’t see much point in having a sports car if your going to put an automatic in it, so wanting to stick with the “Stick” I’m having a T56 6 speed with Viper gears built. I also picked up an IRS out of a ’03 Cobra and have upgraded the half shafts to LVL 5’s that are supposed to be able to take 900+ HP without snapping. The IRS and IFS are in place. I am waiting for the T56 to arrive in about a month then I will mount the motor to the tranny and attempt to install them.
My question is this: Has anyone installed a T56 with this much juice in front of it in a 70 Mach? I have intentionally held off tying the sub frames together because I am unsure of how after market connectors will fit around a T56 and if they will provide enough rigidity. I really don’t want to cage the car if I can keep from it but I fear that is what I will have to do. The two out of the box setups I have been looking at are from Global West and Total Control. If anyone has any ideas I am all ears.
Thanks!
Surprisingly enough a little over a year ago I found, sitting is a back woods junkyard, a ‘70 351C factory 4 speed Mach 1. I stole the car for $100.00 and have been working on it since. The entire front clip needed replaced and has been updated with a “Rod & Customs” Mustang II coil over IFS. I love the sound and feel of a FE motor so I decided to go that route and have had a hand carved 390 built. My builder and I let the FE got out of control I now have a 390 that has more custom parts then I care to list. Needless to say the beast tops out at 760 HP & 680 TQ before the 250 shot of NOS and stops producing power at about 9200 RPM. I don’t see much point in having a sports car if your going to put an automatic in it, so wanting to stick with the “Stick” I’m having a T56 6 speed with Viper gears built. I also picked up an IRS out of a ’03 Cobra and have upgraded the half shafts to LVL 5’s that are supposed to be able to take 900+ HP without snapping. The IRS and IFS are in place. I am waiting for the T56 to arrive in about a month then I will mount the motor to the tranny and attempt to install them.
My question is this: Has anyone installed a T56 with this much juice in front of it in a 70 Mach? I have intentionally held off tying the sub frames together because I am unsure of how after market connectors will fit around a T56 and if they will provide enough rigidity. I really don’t want to cage the car if I can keep from it but I fear that is what I will have to do. The two out of the box setups I have been looking at are from Global West and Total Control. If anyone has any ideas I am all ears.
Thanks!