txstang84
15 Year Member
I can always use a direction change if im going the wrong way wanna do it right, but have hard time explaining to wife why I need this or that much more. I started with a budget of 1200 now she bumped it up to 2000 with lots of asking. My end goal is a faster car if it runs close or around 12's in the quarter i'll be happy. I still have a day or two till my income tax is here and I make my final decission.
atm I have the 351 already and still have all my 302 stuff I have no intent on running anything but N/A. those heads are crap can you point me to any heads that are ok for my goals and maybe have ability to be ported in future. but again I can't at the moment get away with getting 1000 dollar heads. wife wants to pay bills. but if upgrading other stuff first then coming back to the heads later will work then ok. More I learn the More I realize I know nothing.
Man, it's tough to argue paying bills off...gotta try and keep your guys' head above water ya know. Just save where you can, and you'll thank yourself later for not making hasty/costly decisions later. Many if not most of us had to learn the hard way that breaking stuff isn't cheap, and when you have to do it multiple times, then it's just dam frustrating. So, you've got your goal set: 12s...that can be accomplished easily with a 351 in a fox body. Now, you just need to realize that the engine is only about a third of the equation. Fox bodies need traction-that requires better than stock or modified stock parts (you can box weld your factory control arms and save some there). Once you can get up to speed, you need to be able to rapidly slow the car...again, brakes in '84 left much to be desired...there was no difference between 4 cylinder and GT brakes until '87! So, keep that in mind...upgrades don't have to be drastic to make a significant difference, but they do need to be executed using good parts that are known to work.
...learning this stuff comes pretty quickly if you're willing to understand it...do plenty of research and find out what works for others too...