More Horsepower Less Weight - Budget Muscle Car Build

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More Horsepower Less Weight - Budget Muscle Car Build. Can you make your old muscle car beat a modern performance car by adding more horsepower and less weight - and all on a budget? Turns out you can!
In this video we put my 1964 Mercury Comet that I've been building for the past 5 months against my 2021 Mustang Mach 1 in a power to weight shootout!
In the prior videos we baselined the Comet, added cylinder heads, camshaft, intake, full exhaust, electric fan, and various other go fast parts in an effort to make around 330rwhp while weighing less than 3000lbs.
Previously my stock Mach 1 made around 440rwhp in stock trim but weighing a hefty 3870lbs. Will all of the mods to my lighter Comet give it a fighting chance?
Its time to see if the work paid off! Come see if we hit the mark
Details on the Cars:
1964 Mercury Comet
T5 5spd Manual (3.55 rear)
1986 Ford 302 V8 (roller cam motor)
Flotek 180cc (58cc) Aluminum Cylinder Heads
TFS Stage 1 Camshaft
Edelbrock Victor Jr. Single Plane
Edelbrock AVS 2 650cfm
Patriot Clipster Mid Length Heads
2.5" Exhaust (X Pipe) & Flowmaster Super 44s
Electric Fan
35 degrees timing
2021 Ford Mustang Mach 1
TR 3160 6spd Manual (3.73 Rear)
Bone Stock minus a resonator delte
00:00 Introduction
00:26 '64 Comet Build Recap
01:05 '64 Comet Baseline Dyno
01:41 '21 Mach 1 Baseline Dyno
02:27 Mercury Comet Build Timelapse
03:40 PTV Clearance Issues!
05:43 '64 Comet First Startup & Rev
07:18 '64 Comet Initial Pulls (Post Build)
08:08 '64 Comet Makes BIG Power
09:15 The Final Test - Did We Do It?!?
10:10 Wrap Up - What's Next for the Comet

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30 июл 2024

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Комментарии : 19

@EAJ97 9 месяцев назад

This has been a great series. I’m so glad the budget build worked. And besides, everyone knows driving slow cars, fast, is incredible

@truckandroll989 9 месяцев назад

Couldn’t agree more. With the 3.80 gears / limited slip I have planned it should be a hoot

@pjt143 9 месяцев назад

Excited to see the next chapter of the comet!!!!

@truckandroll989 9 месяцев назад

My man!

@victorxavier9977 9 месяцев назад

Hell yeah buddy awesome 😎👍

@sn95_mustang_garage 9 месяцев назад

Well done! That's massive gains.

@truckandroll989 9 месяцев назад

Thank you! I was really impressed with the parts. Although hesitant at first I think the single plane and adjusting the cam timing really paid off. In my opinion those are solid numbers for the TFS Stage 1 cam

@dcheetham8603 5 месяцев назад

killer video series, congrats on all the progress - building a 1963 falcon, swapping from a 260/c4 to a 302 T5 - super helpful my friend! keep up the hard work

@truckandroll989 5 месяцев назад

Thanks and good luck with your project! The T5 was the single best modification ive done to the car. Really woke it up!

@dcheetham8603 5 месяцев назад

@@truckandroll989 you bet - I believe you used the stock tail shaft housing with rear-oriented shifter vs forward/s10 style, correct?

@truckandroll989 5 месяцев назад

@@dcheetham8603 I have done 2 T5 swaps in my life. One was on a 1965 Chevy C10 and on that one, to clear a bench seat, I used an Iroc era T5 with an S10 tail housing. However, for the Comet I used a T5 out of a Ford with no modifications to the tail housing. Theres plenty of room in the Comet falcon and I wouldnt worry about swapping tailhousings. That being said theres a part of the floorpan bracing that has to be cut/modified.

@dcheetham8603 5 месяцев назад

@@truckandroll989 right on! Thx

@thomsoncarter3121 Месяц назад

Great video, im looking at this same set up on a stock 1990 h.o. short block.

@truckandroll989 Месяц назад

Whats nice is your 1990 has valve reliefs so you could run a bit more aggressive cam. Im curious how much torque I am giving up with the single plane but overall Im happy its a fun car.

@saleen367 9 месяцев назад

Impressive! To be fair, its the same carb as the initial dyno pull right? So it was probably causing a similar HP loss with the old engine but to a lesser degree as a % of overall HP. I'm assuming the linkage was the same for both engine combos as well. The other noticeable difference was the air filter removed for the later dyno run vs the original was left on. Overall great results, especially considering it was a budget build that certainly woke this thing up.

@truckandroll989 9 месяцев назад

So i had this same thought too and its definitely possible. That being said the carb/linkage/etc. was all removed to swap between by dual plane and the single plane so its hard to say. Also on the graph the power diverges (with the throttle fixed) around the same peak power it made before. So it could have been wrong before but the engine didnt need the extra airflow. Good point though. Again I really appreciate you watching and commenting

@ryanmcclendon3309 9 месяцев назад

Yes! Nice job!👍🏼 those figures were pretty spot on! I need this set up is in my future😀 I’m still stock 89 5.0 ho t5 in a 65 mustang. What gears are you going with? I just got a 3rd member from quick,also 8” with 3.55 ls, need to get that in..💪🏼🤙🏼

@truckandroll989 9 месяцев назад

Its got 3.55s right now but Im going with 3.80s and a Track Lock diff

@ryanmcclendon3309 9 месяцев назад

@@truckandroll989 ahh, I ordered 3.80’s but changed order,and went with the 3.55 hope I didn’t f-up by overthinking ..🤣✌🏼