How much HP can you get out of 289?

How much HP can you get out of 289?

500 hp is the “generally accepted” limit on any 289-302 block.

Why does my 68 Mustang not start right up?

Whatever the cause it should not be hard to figure out on a ’68. I had the same problem with my 67 a couple of years ago, and tried all of the above without success. My starter also seemed to spin the engine over fine. Finally could think of nothing else, so took the battery out of my pickup and put it in the Mustang – started right up.

What kind of CARB does a 289 Mustang have?

Finally could think of nothing else, so took the battery out of my pickup and put it in the Mustang – started right up. Edit: Forgot to add, my Mustang is also a 289, with a 2-barrel carb and 3-speed automatic. Good luck. When a carb equipped car sits for 3 weeks like that the fuel bowel can dry up , all the gas evaporates.

Why is my starter not working on my 68?

My first thought was choke also. Whatever the cause it should not be hard to figure out on a ’68. I had the same problem with my 67 a couple of years ago, and tried all of the above without success. My starter also seemed to spin the engine over fine.

Can a 2 barrel carb prevent a Mustang from starting?

Edit: Forgot to add, my Mustang is also a 289, with a 2-barrel carb and 3-speed automatic. Good luck. When a carb equipped car sits for 3 weeks like that the fuel bowel can dry up , all the gas evaporates. That can prevent it from starting unless you pour a little gas down the air intake of the carb, as @Yosemite suggests above.

Whatever the cause it should not be hard to figure out on a ’68. I had the same problem with my 67 a couple of years ago, and tried all of the above without success. My starter also seemed to spin the engine over fine. Finally could think of nothing else, so took the battery out of my pickup and put it in the Mustang – started right up.

Finally could think of nothing else, so took the battery out of my pickup and put it in the Mustang – started right up. Edit: Forgot to add, my Mustang is also a 289, with a 2-barrel carb and 3-speed automatic. Good luck. When a carb equipped car sits for 3 weeks like that the fuel bowel can dry up , all the gas evaporates.

My first thought was choke also. Whatever the cause it should not be hard to figure out on a ’68. I had the same problem with my 67 a couple of years ago, and tried all of the above without success. My starter also seemed to spin the engine over fine.

Edit: Forgot to add, my Mustang is also a 289, with a 2-barrel carb and 3-speed automatic. Good luck. When a carb equipped car sits for 3 weeks like that the fuel bowel can dry up , all the gas evaporates. That can prevent it from starting unless you pour a little gas down the air intake of the carb, as @Yosemite suggests above.