Big block 545 stroker swap!!! Many pics and info included!! Reply #15 – January 26, 2010, 04:42:13 PM Quote from: FordTruckFreeek;308018Not enough that you got called in Chuck's thread on your narrow-mindedness, that now you've got to run your your trap in someone else's thread too?Ass. :flip::flame:What's up with that? Quote Selected
Big block 545 stroker swap!!! Many pics and info included!! Reply #16 – January 26, 2010, 04:43:15 PM Quote from: gthemelis87;307993Thanks! ....ehhh.. return?.... lol well, im kinda hoping that we keep the car itself ..and if we plan to build another engine... then I hope it'll go in this car.. since its virtually identical to a stang and uses almost all the same partsI dont really want to think about selling the car any time soon.. we just started building it... but that's just me.. I kinda get attached to certain things lolI wasn't talking about selling it.:burnout: Quote Selected
Big block 545 stroker swap!!! Many pics and info included!! Reply #17 – January 26, 2010, 05:00:47 PM Quote from: t3skidoo;308021I wasn't talking about selling it.:burnout:Yeah no kiddin'. He could absolutely rape people on the street with that car. Its like a textbook "sleeper". Nice work! Looks like it was a beotch getting the steering shaft and headers to corporate with each other. Heck it seems close with my 5.0 and shorty headers!! Quote Selected
Big block 545 stroker swap!!! Many pics and info included!! Reply #18 – January 26, 2010, 05:33:00 PM Quote from: gthemelis87;308016Crazy Don in Oceanside, NY did both the subframe connectors and the cage... I don't remember what material was used for the connectors, but the cage was made with chromoly tubing Where in NY are you? Gonna bring it to Captree when it's done? Quote Selected
Big block 545 stroker swap!!! Many pics and info included!! Reply #19 – January 26, 2010, 05:53:21 PM Quote from: t3skidoo;308021I wasn't talking about selling it.:burnout:...oh!.... nevermind.. I knew that lolol Quote Selected
Big block 545 stroker swap!!! Many pics and info included!! Reply #20 – January 26, 2010, 05:57:31 PM Quote from: V8Demon;308041Where in NY are you? Gonna bring it to Captree when it's done?I live in Nassau, captree is like..ehh 20/25 mins from me..well, with using either 3.55/3.73 gears, we wont have to wind up that motor on the highways...and that it will be able to run on pump gas... .....i think we'll definitely be bringing it down!But only when it's finished.. or at least when we get the new spindles and 8.8 rear installed, new wheels and paint job..I cant wait to take on the ZR1 vette's on the way back home after Captree ..they won't know what hit em lol Quote Selected
Big block 545 stroker swap!!! Many pics and info included!! Reply #21 – January 26, 2010, 06:01:44 PM Quote from: 50tbrd88;308025Yeah no kiddin'. He could absolutely rape people on the street with that car. Its like a textbook "sleeper". Nice work! Looks like it was a beotch getting the steering shaft and headers to corporate with each other. Heck it seems close with my 5.0 and shorty headers!!oh... posers will be raped! ........that didn't sound right... anyway, i cant wait till it's finished... it's gona be nnnnastayyy!Im not sure about it looking like a sleeper though.. plus the way it's gona sound.. it may not be obnoxiously loud... but it def will sound healthy!speaking of exhaust, we're going with a 3" exhaust w/ x-pipe... and the lers are gonna be Flowmaster 50 series HD's... this particular series have 4" internal openings for reduced backpressure compared to other versions..... and with dual outlets per ler and turndowns (4 turndowns :D).... yea...... its gonna sound good Quote Selected
Big block 545 stroker swap!!! Many pics and info included!! Reply #22 – January 26, 2010, 09:43:07 PM Quote from: gthemelis87;308050I live in Nassau, captree is like..ehh 20/25 mins from me..well, with using either 3.55/3.73 gears, we wont have to wind up that motor on the highways...and that it will be able to run on pump gas... .....i think we'll definitely be bringing it down!But only when it's finished.. or at least when we get the new spindles and 8.8 rear installed, new wheels and paint job..I cant wait to take on the ZR1 vette's on the way back home after Captree ..they won't know what hit em lolMan I think it looks good black and with smaller diameter wheels (15" or 16"). It just has that kick ass look like maybe its stock but you just can't be sure. Of course if it is loud as hell, then that might give it away. :D This car makes me want to build a big motor 4-eye T-bird or Cougar badly... Quote Selected
Big block 545 stroker swap!!! Many pics and info included!! Reply #23 – January 27, 2010, 12:09:09 AM Quote from: 50tbrd88;308083Man I think it looks good black and with smaller diameter wheels (15" or 16"). It just has that kick ass look like maybe its stock but you just can't be sure. Of course if it is loud as hell, then that might give it away. :D This car makes me want to build a big motor 4-eye T-bird or Cougar badly...a 460 is DEFINITELY worth it.. you can even have the cast crank lightened, rebalanced and what not, stronger rods, fresh set of main and cam bearings... forged pistons.. nice hydraulic roller camget a pair of edelbrock or trickflow heads and port them out and get a victor intake and a 1050 dominator or 850 double pumper carb....headers.... 3.55 gears... and you'll be freakin haulin seriously!!!!PS....we're gonna get a set of skinnies up front and 325/50 MT drag radials out back and we'll probably use either the star or lite wheels from jegs, instead of weld wheels which are more expensive.. its all the same stuff except the jegs are 1 piece wheels yet lightweight.....:hick:..... Quote Selected
Big block 545 stroker swap!!! Many pics and info included!! Reply #24 – January 27, 2010, 06:17:54 AM Believe it or not, the Jegs wheel is an improvement over the original Weld design. Quote Selected
Big block 545 stroker swap!!! Many pics and info included!! Reply #25 – January 27, 2010, 08:06:53 AM Quote from: rancheronut;308014cool! now that engine is worth the time and money for the swap your doing!Dude, drop the attitude. The guy wants an engine that has good power (5Hp less than a 5.0 HO) and will improve the wieght bias of the car. Get over it Quote Selected
Big block 545 stroker swap!!! Many pics and info included!! Reply #26 – January 27, 2010, 11:02:51 AM Quote from: V8Demon;308100Believe it or not, the Jegs wheel is an improvement over the original Weld design.Ohhh really!! Honestly I thought they just tried to mock up a 1-piece design of it, but I never thought of them being an improvement. after seeing it in person, I ended up liking it better... Especially the fact that it's a 1- piece rim..... And $135 for a 10" rim lol Quote Selected
Big block 545 stroker swap!!! Many pics and info included!! Reply #27 – January 27, 2010, 12:20:18 PM Now that is a monster.... Quote Selected
Big block 545 stroker swap!!! Many pics and info included!! Reply #28 – January 27, 2010, 12:56:59 PM Quote from: 86XR7project;308104Dude, drop the attitude. The guy wants an engine that has good power (5Hp less than a 5.0 HO) and will improve the wieght bias of the car. Get over it what? there no attitude on this end of the computer. :Djust thinking the amount of work. it takes to put 545 big block in his bird ,in place of the 5.0 CFI is lot. with the owner built custom header's and wiring, working fuel lines and tank. then swapping tranny & rearend and front brakes and all. just wished I had keep the one I did. Quote Selected
Big block 545 stroker swap!!! Many pics and info included!! Reply #29 – January 27, 2010, 04:35:46 PM Quote from: gthemelis87;308115Ohhh really!! Honestly I thought they just tried to mock up a 1-piece design of it, but I never thought of them being an improvement. after seeing it in person, I ended up liking it better... Especially the fact that it's a 1- piece rim..... And $135 for a 10" rim lolSomeone explained it to me a while back. It has to do with the way the wheel distributes the load from the weight of the car. Quote Selected