Four cylinders...

If I put a four-banger out of a Ranger and supercharged it would I get kicked off the Forum. How about if I showed with it at a Round-up? Green pastel paint. 20 inch rims. Lambo doors and a four cylinder. I think that would be awesome myself.

 

I say it's your car and do what you want with it...if done tastefully it might be pretty cool.

 

i'm looking at a 69.5 mav. with a v6 from a mustang II in it. the car is in great shape. he is asking $300 for it. i have 3 mavs. now and don't need another but the v6 is tempting...frank...:bananaman :bananaman

 

There was a guy at our local dragstrip last year that had a late-model Mustang with a turbo'd 4 in it that ran like a scalded ape! He was running low 7's in the eighth mile. Don't know the $ amount he had in it, but it was definitely a low-buck attempt. I talked to the guy some and he said he was just doing it to see if he could. He was using boneyard stuff, definitely not any high-dollar top shelf items. I really enjoyed talking to him. In fact, I like talking to just about all guys like him. You know the ones...the guys who get something in their heads, and just do it with what they have available. Mad Scientist types. They typically can't wait to talk to you about their project, and show you what they've done!

Kind of reminds me of a lot of the guys at the RoundUp!

PS...I haven't seen the guy around this year. If I do, I'll get an e-mail address or something.


Later,

 

I've thought about the V-6 swap also. I had a line a while back on a '96 Mustang with the FI V-6 with a price that was almost too good to pass up. Thought about buying it and giving it a try. Talked myself out of it at the last minute! I got cold feet when I started thinking about the wiring! Also wondered if I could get headers to fit without hitting anything.

As light as our cars are, it would have to be a decent ride, with the benefit of outstanding mileage! Who knows...maybe someday.

Later,

 

Ford built T-birds in a form something like you are stating, close kinda. Guess if a Mav were like that you could call it a Superbull or sumthin. Actually it sounds pretty cool. As long as it is Ford powered it stays cool in my book.
Dan

 

In fact, I like talking to just about all guys like him. You know the ones...the guys who get something in their heads, and just do it with what they have available. Mad Scientist types. They typically can't wait to talk to you about their project, and show you what they've done!

Kind of reminds me of a lot of the guys at the RoundUp!


Oh yeah?? you just wait till I get out of my laboratory,, I'll fix you

Dan

 

Now Now Dan...I'm a Mad Scientist myself!! That's why I like 'em so much!

Now If I could just park over there....

I'm thinking about changing my screen name to Smooth Criminal !!:bananaman :bananaman

Later

 

Wow. I was just trying to tick people off. I was thinking actaully about the 4.0L V6 out of the Ranger not the four cylinder. For the weight a v6 is plenty. I not into the "no replacement for displacement" thing. A well-matched engine to the weight of the car. And no heavy front end-bias with the v-8.

 

The 2.3T is actually a very high maintance powerplant, you wouldn't want to go that path anyhow, although the mav is probably lighter than a fox body mustang if anything.

I applaud anyone who wants to do something different with their mavericks. IMO, though the weight bias of a v8 vs a six is not a big enough difference to not choose a v8.

don't get so caught up trying to do something different that you spend all your hard earned cash on something in the end that may still not perform to what you really want. Just my .02

 

What are you smoking...

There is no big weight difference between a v-6 and v-8? Come on. Think about what you just said. There is about a 150 lbs weight difference. On the nose of car this makes a huge difference. If I have a v-6 making as much power as a small-block v-8 then that would be 150lbs less than what my car needs to transfer when I hit the gas.

 

problem with your statement is that it takes much more bucks to make a V6 produce more power than a low budget V8

 

Exactly, and when you think what it's going to take to get that 6 to perform anything like a stout v8, 150 pound difference is nothing. Especially when you've got a good suspension on the car that can handle the v8.

 

Blowers...

In conjunction with EFI will make 300 hp and still get great gas mileage. I'm not a v-8 guy and big blocks are boat anchors compared with todays technology. Big blocks in trucks = ok. big blocks in hipo cars = overkill. Unless it's a 427 Saleen F7. But that's a FE engine, not a big block.

 

i haven't seen too many 300 hp 4.0's running around. I'm sure it's more than possible. It sounds like a lot of fun, truthefully, if you've got that in your budget, as like I said, I love people who tastefully mod their cars in different ways.

I'll stick to my smallblock v8's though. COnvert to manual steering, ditch the a'c, use aluminum heads, and you've overcome most of the weight bias. pulling 300 horse out of a roller 5.0 engine is as easy as anything, however pulling 300 horse out of a 4.0 will take a lot more money