Posted by Charlie (IP: 131.204.141.34) on May 22, 2000 at 23:09:45:
In Reply to: ONLY IF YOU RUIN THE CAR BY CUTTING THE SHOCK TOWERS! posted by Shawn on May 19, 2000 at 09:48:03:
It's great for drag racers, but cutting the shock towers ruins the car (in my opinion) and a big-block makes an ill-handling nose heavy car. Big blocks rock in big heavy cars, but I wouldn't want to drive a big block Maverick in the twisties. -CP
: The only way to do this is by cutting up the shock towers, and I think this is the worst thing anyone can do to a clean Maverick or any Ford for that matter!
: Shawn
: :
: : My question is, can it been done? I have a sweet 71 Grabber, probably
: : one of the nicest I've seen and I want to really make it run. I'm no
: : stranger to going fast but have very little experiance with Mavericks
: : and or fords for that matter. Most people run 302's but I want to be
: : able to squeeze in a bigblock 428cj. I though maybe someone made a kit
: : or maybe some one has seen it done before. I realize the narrow shock
: : towers make it impossible but is their any way?