Vicious95Z28

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I know this sounds silly but I'm asking b/c 5.0 Mustang and Super Fords is doing a 93 Cobra drag project to run 9's on a $10000 budget. That sounds cheap to me but......Can it be done with an LT1 f-bod? They didn't say how far in the 9's or with or w/o power adders. I can only assume this is excluding vehicle cost. So to build a 9sec LT1 f-bod bumper to bumper, can it be done for 10 grand?

phantomLT1

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I think it would be pretty close if you did all work yourself as far as cost goes and nines. Member those mustangs weigh less than a LT1. You would have to go on a big diet and 383 with 300 shot of nitrous.

00SS!

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Might not expect it to do it too many times either.

blackz6sp

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Prolly, but I don't think it would be certified.

'Trust'

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^^ Exactly, getting it certified to run 9's is a whole other ball game. To make the car properly run 9's? I.e motor, tranny, suspension, cage, safety equipment, wheels, suspension, suspension, suspension, you're in way over 10k.

Davey J

I doubt it can be done unless you get mostly everything used

12bolt 2k
th400 2k
good converter 1k
suspention 2k
drag wheels and slicks 1k
forged 383 shortblock 5k
decent heads 2k
rollbar and harness etc 2k
n2o nit with accesories 2k

thats 19k right there and I never even added all the boltons you need like headers,rockers,cai,electric wp and so on

even the fittings and odds and ends add up like crazzy
I figure mine was close to 30k and I would be in the 9`s if I were to spray

Tony Shepherd

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I am not going to tell you what I have spent over the years.

r_trigg

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That is a very open ended question. It could probably be done including the price of the car. But it depends on how RELIABLE and how "clean" you plan to build the car. If you don't care, it can be done cheap.

If you aim was nothing more than a single 9 second pass, you could put a set of good heads and a solid roller in a stock bottom end...and put a well tuned 350-400 horse direct port nitrous system on the car. You could buy a set of rusty long tube headers from eBay and do a HOME DEPOT CAI. The stock 10 bolt would probably live 2-3 passes Strap on a pair of slicks and let 'er rip. You would probably want to "gut" the car fot the sake of weight: remove extra seats, a/c, stereo, carpet, etc....anything not needed.

No I didn't go into much detail, but my point was only that you can make a bunch of HP, real cheap, with nitrous...but to have any reliability, you need to address the motor, transmission, rear-end, etc. To hook it up you probably need to address suspension, to be legal you need a 8-point cage, etc.

So, could you build anything you would be proud to own for 10K...probably not. I've probably got that much in my engine...but it wa built to stand up to repeated abuse of a 300HP shot of nitrous...on top of an engine that makes about 600HP N/A.

Vicious95Z28

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I was thinking that a LE3 383 WITH a healthy shot of juice would get close power wise and a properly tuned suspension would be the key.

mario89

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i agree with you on that,, there is no way in hell to run 9s for $10k,, id say min $15k and thats if you do the work yourself and have no cage, or anything.. and if you cut corners it will make one or 2 passes... if it were only 10k to run that fast everyone would have a 9 sec lt1..

mario89

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yes it could be done,, if you buy someone elses car that the other person put all the money in it .. because there is no way, you can get a stroker motor ,heads,cam etc, ported intake, fuel system, headers, exhaust, rear end, trans, wheels, suspension, for under $10k,, the only way is if you buy someones used **** slap it together..

mario89

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even then think about it,, motor price, nitrous, then you will need suspension, wheels, heads,, cam, valve springs etc, a rear end,, and def a trans and converter,, so no matter what you will spend alot more,, and all the little things add up too,,

Vicious95Z28

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So do you guys think that it's a tall order even for a Fox body? Mustang parts are dirt cheap, you can get the stuff for peanuts.

Frans96SS

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an ls1 could do it.... heads,cam nitrous and good suspention and trans and it will go 9's all day...

BLWNLT1_T/A

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Possibly could be done...


https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...251&highlight=

fast

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hard to get an f-bod down to the weight a fox bod can attain
combine that with the good suspension, cheap parts, reasonably strong blocks and (hugely compared to our 10bolt) rearends

sure the stang can do it for cheaper

and why bring ls1 into the convo?

I'd wager it can be done though

hadn't seen the turbo car, very kewl

mario89

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id say buy used parts and you can do it,,

here is what i think,, you could probably get away with just putting pistons,rods and getting it bored,, we have done this before,, 355 motor,$3k for motor redone,, get stock heads totally ported and intake about $1200.. trans and converter and shifter about $2k.. rear end $1500 for 12 bolt used no problem,, suspension qa1s in rear, and maybe in front but not a must, so lets say $700 -$1000 .. rims and tires for about $800.. nitrous kit $600, so all the misc parts, yeah you could get it done, it wont be certified obviously, but it will go 9s for around $10k..

Vicious95Z28

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I'm sorry guys, I know it sounded like a really novice question. It just really burns me that some of these guys make it seem like any idiot should be able to build a 9 sec Mustang for 10 grand. I realize parts are a lot cheaper but I'm still sceptical of it even for a Mustang.

GrahamHill

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Its really more the issue of, "What would you want with the car after your done?"

I say that because you would have a car that likely couldnt do many passes, would have a ton of used parts, and would be scalped of creature comforts and the appropriate stuff like safety and suspension/bracing ect...

It'd be a time bomb.

RyanA

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it can be done for under ten grand here is a video of a friend of mine that has less than 6 grand in it including the car, he is putting some afr 210's and a solid roller in this winter and should be into the nines next spring. for less than ten grand: http://videos.streetfire.net/video/b...eb014bd026.htm