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02-03-2025, 09:57 AM

mrmustang

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Originally Posted by 1985 CCX

Bill and all,

Its a point to try and protect the cash outlay and another NOT to look to gain.
No gain in this operation, just clean power and reliability. With EFI the originality is moot, its smiles looked for but he is not looking to LS1 or Hemi the car as that rolls back to "Yuck"....

Looking for clean, reliable, support and smiles at this juncture. My friend looking to drive vs tinker and drive.

In that case I highly recommend a Ford crate engine, specifically M-6007-X2347DR

Plenty of HP and Torque, plus it will run on whatever pump fuel is available over the road.

Bill S.

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