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Originally Posted by fsstnotch

5.4 lightning motor in a 69 mustang.... LIKE A GLOVE!!!!!














Needless to say, it's going to take ALOT to shoehorn that thing in a cobra! I'm not sure a 5.4 will be able to fit and still be very streetable unless you go without a hood, or put a mailbox on it!

Complete buildup of the above car plus a couple vids. Had to drip the crossmember a bit to even get it close.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2316745

There've been a few done already. Metco motorsports is building what may possibly be the baddest cobra build (in my opinion) to date.

Mine is very similar. They're using a GT500 engine. I'm using a built 5.4 (to the max) with just as good of heads/cams and a better blower.

They're going to run 12" wide meats in the rear. I plan on doing the same.

The car will be heavier, but when you're used to trying to get a 3500 lb mustang down the strip, pushing a "fat" 2700 lb cobra is like the difference between sprinting with a TV on your back in boots and sprinting buck naked and barefoot.

I've got all the goodies, a wicked motor, a race auto, I'll have the fuel system to support it and the biggest meats I can run in the rear.

I've even got a budget number to add paddle shifters instead of the old Hurst ratchet. Should be pretty badass, whenever I get the time to actually get it done.

The great thing about a blown 5.4 is that I can detune it down to where it's very safe and bulletproof and have no worries about stomping my foot. I suspect that I can make 650 to the rear wheels with less than 8 psi. That means no detonation worries, no belt slip issues, 93 octane and a whole lot of ear to ear grins