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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 11:19 PM
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Dave Mizell turned a 1990 Mustang LX with a blown four banger into a fierce 9.95 ride with a home-built, L92-headed boneyard engine... Check it out:

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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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that just gave me some inspiration for my upcoming fox swap
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 11:34 PM
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Great article John, thanks for the link!


BTW, the Car Craft story that they mention is actually the same set of two articles that's responsible for MY swap as well...!
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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by dragon93308
that just gave me some inspiration for my upcoming fox swap
Track only? How would you smog it?
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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 08:34 AM
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Thanks guys. If any guys have completed projects that run good, shoot me an email we like to cover stuff like that.
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i had a cam only lq4 6.0 out of the junk yard with stock other than being flatmilled .040 799 heads that went 6.70's @ 3200lbs in my 85 buick regal thru 2 chamber flowmaster mufflers on 26 10 et drags....stock out of the box 750 aed carb set up on a victor jr intake a polluter cam from tick performance and a set of used 1 3/4 pacesetter headers off a f-body...only reason i said had is because i just put the motor in a 2700lb 87 mustang coupe same setup as the regal except its 500lbs lighter and has 1 7/8 kooks headers....timeslips to come soon.

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Old Sep 4, 2009 | 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by billyflantos
i had a cam only lq4 6.0 out of the junk yard with stock other than being flatmilled .040 799 heads that went 6.70's @ 3200lbs in my 85 buick regal thru 2 chamber flowmaster mufflers on 26 10 et drags....stock out of the box 750 aed carb set up on a victor jr intake a polluter cam from tick performance and a set of used 1 3/4 pacesetter headers off a f-body...only reason i said had is because i just put the motor in a 2700lb 87 mustang coupe same setup as the regal except its 500lbs lighter and has 1 7/8 kooks headers....timeslips to come soon.
Thats awesome!!!!
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Looks pretty nice, added this pic to the article....

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Originally Posted by Pro Stock John
Thanks guys. If any guys have completed projects that run good, shoot me an email we like to cover stuff like that.
cool. good to know
can i email about some LS related happenings?
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Sure...
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Originally Posted by Pro Stock John
Looks pretty nice, added this pic to the article....

thats a bad a$$ ride,and one of the reasons i went to a foxbody.....
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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 11:15 AM
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Cool article and build

Seeing what some of these swaps are doing is also the reason I am doing a 6.0 in a stang
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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 12:58 PM
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Dave's project is what made me change plans for my Fox coupe.
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Originally Posted by Pro Stock John
Thanks guys. If any guys have completed projects that run good, shoot me an email we like to cover stuff like that.
Hey I have a 72 Vega with stock L92 heads that is running 9.5's
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Old Sep 5, 2009 | 03:44 PM
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why do people bash our carb setups again?
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Hey Rock Daddy if you want to pull an article email me at john@motorsports-media.com and we can talk about it. I need some halfway decent pictures basically.

Dave's Mustang is great, makes me want to run right out and build the same car.
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Originally Posted by Rock_Daddy
Hey I have a 72 Vega with stock L92 heads that is running 9.5's
I don't think that I'll be nearly that quick, but it's nice to know that people are making great power with these heads...
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Originally Posted by DCx
why do people bash our carb setups again?
bc they are fools or dont know no better
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Old Sep 7, 2009 | 08:41 PM
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This is the exact car that is/has motivated me to do an L92 headed LQ9 set up.

Awesome ride!
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 07:23 AM
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Sorry if I missed it, and I couldn't tell by the pic, but anyone know what trans he is running?
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