Project -- zephyr

since my my falcon is at the weld shop getting a full cage and mini tubed and new frame rails , i bought a straight 1979 mercury z7 zephyr to play with , it had a 302 in it, i added some heads a cam , some gears and converter to quickly find the weak link , it broke a rod, so i decided to use the motor and tranny -converter i had built for the falcon and use it for the zephyr, the car is going to the weld shop tomorrow for a 8 point roll bar, the rear is a 8.8 with 3.73 gears, built c4 tranny with brake and a 4800 9inch converter, motor is a 393ci with heads that flowed 306 intake and 246 exhaust , the was 200cc runners before ported, cam is a comp solid roller .691-692 Duration@.050 intake 261 exhaust 268, ross pistons , -eagle h beam rods compression is almost 13-1, fully ported super vic intake

It b should be a stout ride

like to see 6.90-7.0

Should do it. A buddy's Fox Mustang hatch with a 408" Windsor (probably not as snotty as your 393) ran pretty consistant 6.60's. Great bracket car, too.

better side view pic

Neat looking car

Don't see many of those old cars, cool ride!

got motor in, headers are on, what a pain in the ass,but was free

Pics

^^^^ x2 you have anymore pics or update ?

whitefield wrote:^^^^ x2  you have anymore pics or update ?

all bad, when i got this block and pistons rods..etc it was bored , new cam bearings ..etc..well i never checked the freeze plugs, i got motor in and put water in and it looked like ole faithful , all 6 of the plugs was rusted , my fault for not checking and catching it, so i had to pull the motor back out, just now got it back in, ill get some pic tomorrow

The problems we have as hot rodders just makes it worth it more in the long run

fuel system is 1/2 inch stainless steel braided line, with a quick fuel 175 pump and a aeromotive billet aluminum regulator

Looking good Bud !

whitefield wrote:Looking good Bud !

this is the 393w that put put your cam and stuff in, close to 13-1 compression , with a ported super vic..should pop pretty good

Looks close to the 78 Futura I'm putting back together with parts I've bought from guys on here over the past few years.

went to track , had tranny -converter issues, can moved about 20 ft and rpm went threw the roof let off tried little more throttle..ran 8.54 in the 1/8 at 22 mph and coasted from about the 300 ft mark ended up running 14.21 in the 1/4 at a idle