Thread: Greg Weld's 65 Mustang fastback track car
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Old 08-06-2014, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Ron Sutton View Post

Gosh ... back when they were new & the hot package to run ... they were $55,000 ... a race ... on a lease deal. Now, they don't run that engine anymore ... so a guy can probably get a nearly new/fresh one for $20-25k. Of course worn out junk is out there for a lot less.

But rebuilds are killer. Too often & too much! Hey ... that sounds familiar.






It gets old real quick!!


Pete is here in Sun Valley -- and came down to the shop today. He was having all manor of valve train issues with his 347 (same cubic inch as mine) and finally put a 6300 chip in the MSD and hasn't had any problems since. Maybe it's all my doing IDK.
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