While im rebuiding my 289, any ideas on what i should throw in there to make it meaner?

you could possibly stir up the legions of hades to give it some pep.
But,,, In the long run it would lose, so they say .

I would build it as close to specs internally, and go for the big ticket items outside, aluminum intake, headers, 4 barrel carb, etc..

if you really wanted to tear hell wide open hook her up the bottle

nitrous kills, its wicked

ARP fasteners for the Mains/Rods/Heads. don't rely on 35 year old bolts. Windage tray to keep the oil off of the crank when Wheelin. Don't go overboard on the Cam. don't go very far from stock as the 289 is not a long stroke motor and you will kill the bottom end if you do. It'll scream on the mid to high end but you'll hate the off the line performance if you do get wild on the cam. Get aftermarket aluminum heads or port the runners and smooth the valve bowl around the the valve stem if you keep the iron heads. Grind away that air injection bumb in the exhaust port.
Edelbrock duel plane Intake manifold. Good 4-barrel with vacume secondaries. Double pumper a waste of gas in a trail rig. They can be made to work but why waste you time and money on one.
Headers and a good 2 1/2 inch exhaust.

Good luck.

Eric

go to www.rusty.stangnet.com to see pics of the engine. it already have some performance headers and 4 bareel carb i think.

What condition is the crankshaft and rods in?? from the pics theres lots of rust, If you have to replace them you should be able to install a 347 stroker kit and have the machine shop clean the block up to work. this with a good 270 grind cam would be great for low end power and good gas milage.... What gears and tires you planning on running. The above with a proformer rpm setup would work nice with any 650-700 crm carb.

well for now everything is gonna stay the same, except as thing break im going two D44s, 35 inch tires or so, and lockers.....stock tranny till it goes, no idea what to do about that when it goes south.

My brother built a 289 for his 67 stang like so...

289 v8 bored .030" over
351W 2V heads with roller rockers
10:1 Pop up TRW pistons
Edelbrock RPM Camshaft
Edelbrock RPM Dual Plane Intake
Edelbrock 600cfm 4V carb

Should make about 350-400 HP. And fairly easy to build too.

Hope that helps!

Originally posted by desteurm
My brother built a 289 for his 67 stang like so...

289 v8 bored .030" over
351W 2V heads with roller rockers
10:1 Pop up TRW pistons
Edelbrock RPM Camshaft
Edelbrock RPM Dual Plane Intake
Edelbrock 600cfm 4V carb

Should make about 350-400 HP. And fairly easy to build too.

Hope that helps!


that would destroy my tranny and axles. but i could do an engine swap and run that in my stang!!!!!!

If your rebuilding it you might just want to pick up a 351W core and build that. Other than the core charge it won't cost any more and you will have a MEAN engine.

by core do you mean block? what would a 351 block cost? would it basically be the same buildup? could i use everything from my 289

Yep, a complete rebuildable core Windsor. If your's is good you could probably sell it and pay for the windsor. Just rebuild it or make it a stroker. I don't know much about them but from what I gather they are the shit.

Originally posted by FearMe
Yep, a complete rebuildable core Windsor. If your's is good you could probably sell it and pay for the windsor. Just rebuild it or make it a stroker. I don't know much about them but from what I gather they are the shit.

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If I were retroing this project it would certainly be done for cheap! I would start with a late model low mileage 351W(5.8)from a pickup or Bronco, toss away the computer controls (unless you can get EVERYTHING)install an RV style cam with a Torker intake, Holley throttle body injection,small tube headers and an adjustable MSD box. Would make an excellent crawler with a mininum outlay of cash! That would free up a substantial amount of cash for body/axles. Post the 289 for saleon a Mustang site,be sure and include what year it is, you'll be surprised at how much it's worth!

Why would you want a a Torker intake with an RV cam? Isnt the Torker manifold designed for Mid to upper RPM use?

Originally posted by desteurm
My brother built a 289 for his 67 stang like so...

289 v8 bored .030" over
351W 2V heads with roller rockers
10:1 Pop up TRW pistons
Edelbrock RPM Camshaft
Edelbrock RPM Dual Plane Intake
Edelbrock 600cfm 4V carb

Should make about 350-400 HP. And fairly easy to build too.

Hope that helps!


How in the hell are you going to make 350 to 400hp with that combo??

I'll be danged....I take that comment back. You can come pretty close to that. Looks like a fun cam. I ran the numbers, but substituted a modern GT40P head for flow data; they're supposed to be similiar to a mildly ported '69 head.

Hey, what happened to bein' able to upload an image?

Anyway, the peak HP was 329hp at 6,000 rpm. Torque was peaked at 333ftlbs at 4,500 rpm. Not bad....