1977 Lincoln Versailles Drag Car

[samandiar]

Yo. I just got a 77 Lincoln Versailles with a 135hp (bleh) 351 Windsor engine and an automatic. I wish to build a drag car out of it. Obviously the engine has crap compression, so I was wondering if it would be a better idea to keep the low compression and supercharge it, or try to keep it NA and bump up the compression.

I'm aiming for 450-500hp and at least 13s, preferably 11s or 12s. I want to spend as little money as possible and blow as few parts as possible. Thanks for the help.

[drdisque]

500 hp is definitely doable with an NA 351. First thing you're going to want to pick out though is a good trans, I have a feeling that the lincoln trans isn't what you want.

[samandiar]

ya, im definitely gonna have to get a new C4 auto. I don't want a stick for consistency reasons, and the stock C4 would get pulverized by that much power. A C6 would be nice, but it prolly wont fit in the well.

[drdisque]

good, then I'd look at rebuilding the engine for a compression somewhere around 10.5:1 with some good heads and intake manifold.

[Psman32@af]

Thats something i wanted to do with my 89 towncar, but my family wouldnt let me put any money into saying iw as broke. even though i had like 20k or so in teh bank. id be much happier with that car than my 91 buick. soudns fun, i want to know how it turns out.

[samandiar]

ya, ill try to keep ya posted