08-11-2011, 03:36 AM
09-11-2013, 06:12 AM
Great article. I want one! ( again)
09-11-2013, 07:25 AM
That coming from a man who has owned or driven about every possible 71-73 hot combination!
I agree - I'll take one.
BUT since I am a few years late and quite a few dollars short I intent to build my humble H-code to mimic the performance of the Boss 351.
I agree - I'll take one.
BUT since I am a few years late and quite a few dollars short I intent to build my humble H-code to mimic the performance of the Boss 351.
09-11-2013, 09:17 AM
Its not the overall performance of the BOSS 351 that is so impressive, per se...its the fact that this performance was available in a showroom stock regular production Mustang.
Now THAT is impressive.
Anybody with a fair mechanical knowledge and some judicious selection of aftermarket parts could easily build up any run-of-the-mill Cleveland into a powerhouse BOSS 351-killer, and on a reasonable budget to boot!
But...comparing a home-built aftermarket no-restrictions-to-follow hipo engine to an OEM emissions, mileage and warranty-saddled engine that must satisfy a staggering array of restrictive government regulations is hardly a fair comparison. Talk about a "handicap"!
The fact that a BOSS 351 engine delivers all that performance while also meeting all the government mandates in place for it at the time is what is most impressive to me.
I have a 75 Torino nearing completion of a full resto. I had a 460 professionally built by CME (Carolina Machine Engine).
It cost me about $5500 complete, shipped. 485 horse. 550 lbs torque. Good horsepower, massive torque. With the 3,55 track-lock and the built C-6, that 4500 lb tugboat will have no trouble leaving my (mostly) stock 429 CJ Msch 1 in thr dust.
But I don't think that is significant in any meaningful way, simply becsuse the Mustang is "stock", still carrying all the regulatory baggage it had when new, versus the Torino which admittedly is being built without any of that to worry about.
Another car I would love to own is a 73 455 SD Trans Am...that was one sweet-ass engineering magic trick.
Now THAT is impressive.
Anybody with a fair mechanical knowledge and some judicious selection of aftermarket parts could easily build up any run-of-the-mill Cleveland into a powerhouse BOSS 351-killer, and on a reasonable budget to boot!
But...comparing a home-built aftermarket no-restrictions-to-follow hipo engine to an OEM emissions, mileage and warranty-saddled engine that must satisfy a staggering array of restrictive government regulations is hardly a fair comparison. Talk about a "handicap"!
The fact that a BOSS 351 engine delivers all that performance while also meeting all the government mandates in place for it at the time is what is most impressive to me.
I have a 75 Torino nearing completion of a full resto. I had a 460 professionally built by CME (Carolina Machine Engine).
It cost me about $5500 complete, shipped. 485 horse. 550 lbs torque. Good horsepower, massive torque. With the 3,55 track-lock and the built C-6, that 4500 lb tugboat will have no trouble leaving my (mostly) stock 429 CJ Msch 1 in thr dust.
But I don't think that is significant in any meaningful way, simply becsuse the Mustang is "stock", still carrying all the regulatory baggage it had when new, versus the Torino which admittedly is being built without any of that to worry about.
Another car I would love to own is a 73 455 SD Trans Am...that was one sweet-ass engineering magic trick.