Taking my maverick to track this weekend...

if your only runnin 14's you shouldnt be running 114 octane. thats for high hp and compression motors. i run 110 in mine and its got aound 13:1 compression. i run mid 7s in the 1/8th

 

broke my trans in the burn off box bummer,but went 7.62 @87 mph with a 1.55 60 ft............on the run i did get...at us41 this weekend and hung out with a couple maverick ,comet guys

 

does the motor have flattop or dished pistons

 

mine has dished pistions ,stock comp. ,with a set of 1970 351w un ported heads ,me and my son built it as a weekend driver and to take to track some ,he runs high school class, so cant go under 7.50 flat ,he likes chasing the other guy ...

 

If my 51 F-1 sells I am probaly going to build a 351w very similiar to yours for my maverick. The only difference on mine will be a bigger cam and flattops. If it will run like yours does I would be very happy.

 

it will trust me i was so suprized about mine ,this thing has tons of torqe ,it needs bigger heads it will only run about 5000 rpm

 

oh and i have a 351w with 29,000 miles with a 510 cam and victor intake new oil pump and timing chain and heads freshened and springs for cam on them all togather but intake, and a c6 trans

 

What cam are you using. Does they e85 make a lot of difference in performance

 

not sure if it makes it faster but runs cooler ,and seems like its runs real clean plugs are so clean its hard to read them ....

 

what headers did you end up using

 

i got a set for a 351w couger i think 1970 and they might be for mustang also,nothing fancy 1 5/8th dia.,and i have 3 inck pipes to flowmasters ,i want to run some pipe after the mufflers ....its very loud in the car for driving on the street

 

did they fit w/o any mods????

 

good question. I am hoping to find some cheaper than the crites

 

yea they fit good ,i bought them used at a swap meet ,i was told for a cougar the guy new his stuff said they would fit a maverick also, there might have been a ding around the steering box i think its very tight, but remmber, i have my shock towers back 2 1/2 inches, i can change plugs super easy, none are hard to get at, i can change them in 15 mins

 

mine are cut back also for easy changing.. but i was just wondering if they fit well. like Jhodges mentioned, it would be nice to save a little $$$ vs. the crites headers.

thanks for the info