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Originally Posted by BRUTAL64
Back in the 70s and early 80s I used to build 351 Clevelands. We had to really fight to get them into the low 12s and high 11s. BUT, the cost was nothing like today. I once put $500 dollars in a 351 and one of my port jobs and it ran a 12.90 something on the first run. This was in a 70 hardtop Mustang.
Yep, the good ole days.  |
Wow, Huge difference. I paid $450 for the 42lb/hr ford racing fuel injectors (green tops). Not only that, but the asshole at chuck hawk auto performance in Tucson, AZ gave me the 32 lb/hr frd racing injectors (blue top) and I had no idea until a year later when I upped the boost and started having fuel issues
. The 32lbm/hr injectors go for $250.
And all the other cost associated with it:
Lightning 90mm MAF ~$200
Continous Dyno tunning $125/hr
replacing the plastic stock manifold $250
Countless serpentine belts $39 bor 8 rib per belt
The operating cost just exploded. This is why I went the HCI route witht he vette. I was debating on going wth a magnacharger because of the added power and torque, but was worried about the reliability after my last SC expierience.
