1969 Mustang Mach 1 Engine

The mighty mach 1.

1969 mustang mach 1 engine. 1969 ford mustang mach 1 a 335 hp cobra jet v8 with a 4 speed manual. Mike urrea s 1969 mach 1 mustang with a newly built 351 windsor. Additionally seven variations of v 8s were available in the 69 73 models. It was the meanest looking mustang up to that point humiliated the gt.

Ford mustang mach 1 429 super cobra jet. The 1969 mustang did continue with many of the same basic v8 engines available on 1968 models notably a now revised 302 cu in 4 9 liter windsor engine with 220 horsepower the 390 cu in 6 4 liter fe with 320 horsepower and the 428 cu in 7 0 liter cobra jet engine with an advertised 335 horsepower however a variety of revised options and changes were introduced such as a v8 available in 250 horsepower or 290 horsepower tune. The 351 windsor engine is an 8 cylinder 90 degree overhead valves ohv engine. There were two versions introduced in 1969 the 250 hp 2 barrel engine and the 290 hp 4 barrel version.

The h code 351 was also the only 69 mach 1 powertrain that came with a single exhaust. 1969 ford mustang mach 1 sportsroof in wimbledon white with black interior. Most of these also available in the new mach 1. The 1969 ford mustang mach 1 was ford motor company s response to gm s chevrolet camaro as the pony car war reached its peak.

Standard issue in the mach 1 was the two barrel 351 windsor code h in the vin which offered 250 gross horsepower on regular gas. 2 door fixed head coupé fr 4m 7022 cm3 428 5 cuin 375 ps 370 bhp 276 kw 1460 kg. It cost 3 122 an in its first year it sold 72 458 units which was almost 25 of all mustang sales for the year. Due to the mach 1 s success the gt model was discontinued after 1969 following poor sales of 5 396 units versus the 72 458 sales for the mach 1.

The engine code appears in the fifth digit of a 69 mustang s vin. This 1969 ford mustang mach 1 is from the first year of production for the special high performance version of ford s famous pony car. Engine specs and performance. The mach 1 was one good looking car and that drove its massive sales success.

Our engine build featuring mr. It was introduced in 1969 and got its name from the windsor canada location of the ford assembly plant that built them. Thanks to these sales numbers ford discontinued the gt model the following year it sold only 5 958 units.