High RPM small block fords always sound like no other, music to the ears!

Never get tired of a high revving small block FORD!

Absolutely LOVE this car! not only is it a FORD, but it has a FORD motor in it! So sick of the LS swaps! My first car was a '65 GT 289 with Melling cam I turned 7 grand.

I had a friend in high school who owned a 64 Falcon Sprint with a built 289 hypo. That little car was super fast. The 289 is an engine you can really wind out. I was with him when he raced a 396 Chevelle in Salem Oregon. He flat out walked away from that big block Chevy. I couldn't believe how fast that Falcon was. I would later buy a 1964 Comet Cyclone with a 289 hypo. It was all stock but I put a close ratio 4 Speed in it. I still wish I had that Comet Cyclone, you just don't see those cars around anymore.

i am 70 years old now , back in 1972 i bought my first car from a dealer , it was a 1965 mustang 6 cyl 3 speed, i put a 289 4 barrel dual points in it; what a job, boy did i get in trouble that car back in the day, yep and it was red, wish i had it today. thanks for the memory.

289 Hi -Po is a Killer !! 👍☀️👍

I like this guy's launch technique, and explanation of it. Unique approach to clutch pedal drag racing.

Love the sound when RPMs are reaching for the moon. That's a real Mustang 💪👍

the previous owners name is Alan Felong in michigan, hes a good friend of my dad. that car is a multiple time NHRA record holder. i have pics of that car at detroit dragway back in the 80s when we trailered the car there for Alan. my Dad, Alan, and my uncle Wayne Fitzpatrick were all buddies, all drag raced 4 speed 60s mustangs, previous to this car, Alan owned a black 68 fastback with a 351boss and a toploader. at that time my had a 69 mustang with a 351 boss and liberty top loader. my uncle still owns his 67 coupe he bought new in 67, its had many FEs and now SBF in it. its driven by my cousin, Joe Fitzpatrick.

Hard to beat the sound of a well sorted 289 with a great drivetrain.

The 289 V8 was one of Ford's best engines. Great BHP per Cubic Inch, even in stock form. The 289, although not made anymore, is still earning its keep in NHRA Super Stock Eliminator as seen here. Very stylish looking Mustang too!

Beautiful car, sounds absolutely amazing. Love the lower displacement, higher revving V8’s.

That would be too much fun. Thanks for sharing. Really enjoyed the sound of that 289 and the wheelie launch is killer.

I've always had a love affair with these small block high revving Ford engines. I loved them back in the day when these cars were new, and this one just kicks my ass. I could watch this all day.

What a screamer! Old school ripper

SWEET STANG! LOVE THE 289, EVERYTHING I DROVE WAS POWERED BY A 289 OR 302. 73 MAVERICK ,67 COUGAR, 67 MUSTANG, 65 F100, 69 F100, 74 F100, 88 5.0. BY FAR MY FAVORITE.

Great old car. As a former ER physician and a super stock racer, I'd like to see Bobby wear a neck restraint and gloves. Even a 125 mph car can hurt you badly in a wreck if you have a mechanical failure......and fireproof gear is only good for 9 seconds of direct flame contact if you happen to experience a fire.......but, all in all, a great car to watch and hear.

I used to be a Pro Stock fan but now I pay more attention to the Super Stock cars. I love the wheels up launch and hearing the transmission shifted.

SS Always has been The Best classes in Drag Racing period .Probably the Hardest classes to be competitive in also Arguably. Much Respect for SS CARS.

I love the 289. They are a great little engine. In high school I had a 66 Mustang with a 289 built by me with street dom intake Holly 650 double pumper and more cam then I needed. Had a top loader 4 speed 9" with 411. It was a little rocket ship and the sound that came out of those headers was music that would just make your heart pound. There were quite a few Trans-Am's that saw her little tail lights!!

What a car. Just love it, 475-500ho through that Autolite carburetor is amazing!

Holy Crap that small block is a beast,congrats excellent build.

This is the MAN'S version of a drag car boys and girls...... No air shifted automatics,delay boxes,bullshit,ETC. Using all your hands and feet to drive this car. :)

The wheelstands always make me smile

The 289 is a great motor! I have one in my 64 Ranchero, my dad and I built it together and it makes 400 Hp, awesome engine!

Back in the day I watched a 65 fastback with a 289 and 4 speed and he always left about 8 to 9000 ram and it carried the wheels about two feet off the ground. The amazing thing is that as hard as he flogged that car I never saw it break and I was there most every weekend.

Seems like an awesome guy! Knows his car...very informative. Not afraid to tell some details in SS that some guys keep secret.. Awesome build!

OMG, An overall 1st gear ratio of over 18-1!! Talk about a buzz bomb. Glad to see the Jerico, plowed with the V-gate. Had the original Mr. Gasket back in the 70s. Great shifter...great times. Well done here.

Absolutely awesome car and story behind it!!

Wow one awesome small block, you have to give the props to the 289 just a awesome motor. What a awesome 65 mustang, sounds so great. Love the video Evan, thanks for sharing.

I've watched this video a dozen times.. badass car.. but I'd like to say, good interviewer and driver is really good at explaining the car and his steps thru a pass. Well done gents!

This is sort of old school drag theory and I love it! Small displacement and lots of revs. I can remember being a boy back in the 80's and going with my dad to the races. I seem to remember 2 speed poweglide setups with manual valve body, with the theory being you have so many revs you only need to shift once. But all of that is a faint memory. I do remember a car that belonged to a friend of my dad. A corvette with a de-stroked 327 (290-ish?) Again, faint memory from childhood but I remember a big tachometer with a red line set around 10K. The diff on that car looked like something out of a Mack truck.

SBF's still hold some drag strip records. They are sick!

Ford's 289 was one of, if not THE best small block V8's ever produced! Sturdy and very reliable. That's why Carroll Shelby even stuck them in the GT40 with lots of success. The 427 of course dominated LeMans for 4 years straight. Poor Enzo...

My First Ride purchased used in Detroit was a 1965 GALAXY 500 Three on the Tree with a 289 CU IN V-8 ....... Loved that FORD !!!!! ❤️🇺🇸💫

Great therapy for the evening! Was really surprised to hear he turns 9.000 rpms with a factory CAST crank!!!

That’s wicked cool that you can do wheelies with a 289. Gives me motivation to put the “fast” in my fastback

That 2nd gear Shift was PERFECT.🇺🇸🏁👍

Thanks for giving us an insight on how racing in a Quarter-Mile works!!! Enjoyed it!

Love this car. Actual old school drag racing!

I love that camera view from the cockpit when he wheelies out the gate.

Back in the 70s in high school here in Southern California south orange county a friend had street mustang like this except he hsd Cleveland heads very fast it was maroon color no mags just the hub caps that look like chessy spoke rims lol but thats look he wanted understated. Another friend had a super clean red 65 ford falcon w a Ford Cobra speced 289! Dam that thing screamed torque thrust mags and slaper bars it was slightly lifted nothing crazy. I had 68 Fastback Torino GT 390 w a 428 Cobra Jet cam which i totaled huge bummer. I wasn't alone though, red Falcon friend never took it to Orange County International Raceway so no scatter shield one night street racing he missed a shift grenaded the fly wheel and pressure plate the shrapnel hamburgered pretty much everything under the dash as well as the dash, body work sheet metal, his ankles and last but not least killed the Cobra speced 289 motor it was the worst pressure plate explosion carnage id ever seen in person. Another friend took out 80 feet of chain link fence w a super clean orange 69 Roadrunner the car didn't survive. Lots of muscle csrs didn't survive back in the 60s and 70s thevreal bummer is today most could've been repaired but back then the cost to repair vs replace was to much so off to the junk yard.

great, great video. what a great team you interviewed thanks for posting

Brings back memories of racing my 340 Duster in AHRA HA2 back in the 70s. Believe it or not it was lbs per cubic inches and the 289 Mustangs ran in my class! They were not very competitive in the auto class. Not enough torque for a good launch. We also had 400 cu in Pontiac GTOs and 350 Nova's. Great memories!! Love the Stock and Super Stock class racing!❤

Not a big Ford fan or a Mustang fan. But this thing is the shit. Lime to see small motors rev to the stars and make music. This car for what it has in regards to limitations working against it carb size, limit on heads and other stuff its still AWESOME. I was way big on the turbo V8 stuff for a long time. But now im back to purist N/A stuff. Oh and old school blower motors.

Ain't nothing like FORD power turn'n r's DAM that SBF scream'n and sounds good👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿take that LS

1984 I got a one owner 1966 Ford fairlane with 70 thousand original miles 298 two barrel ugly car bench seat however that 289 was a sweet smooth reliable engine.

The first 289 I built revved over 8000 rpm. Stock crank. Stock pistons. X code heads. Ohio George Montgomery worked the “x” code heads. Could I have put more into my “lil engine that could”? Absolutely. But, why? 1967 Mustang. Factory motor, numbers matching. 3 speed manual IIRC. Beast.

Dude, that's one sick Stang. Bad ass all the way. I had a 65' 298 Stang, nothing like yours man. Minewas pretty much stock. Yours is 👍👍.

That’s pretty impressive sucking through that little Autolite carburetor.

I'm not a fan of newer fords but I love old school Ford's. Man that mustang is awsome!

That car is badass!! Old school rowing the boat!!!

My first car was a 65 Fairlane Sport Coupe with a 289. I would give everything I own to have that car back with your engine in it. I would die happy.

Just plain cool! Time to start workin on my heap! I miss banging gears.

This is the first time I've seen a video where The person talks about the process they go through for the staging the run &shutdown. Cool👍

Wow. I've always been a 351w and 302 guy. Watching this little 289 put it down like that is making me rethink my life.

Motor sounds bigger than it is , nothing like a high rpm SBF

Those no lift no clutch shifts are insane. Dude can drive!

Absolutely luv it guys! He's carrying the Ford banner against a legion of 64-67 Chevy II/Nova entries in the ultra tough NHRA SS/L class.

My dad bought a 63 1/2 Fairlane new. Hipo 289. He pulked and blueprinted the motor . I can remember seeing the motor out as a kid. He raced it through 65 or so in Montana and then at all the small now closed tracks in California. He would drive it to the track put 8 inch slicks on put 513 gears in it , in cork the headers and shifted it between 9 and 10,000 ram. After out running one of carol Shelbys gt 350's on the street got invited to Shelbys . Carrol Shelby told him you are that guy with that fast Ford. He said nobody out runs my cars. Then he asked my dad if he wanted to ride in a real fast Ford and took him for a ride in his personal Cobra at Carrols facility.

This guy knows how to launch!

nice video, Stock & Super Stock classes, The only organized NHRA drag racing segment I have any interest in with the exception of nostalgia Super Stock and the wonderful Southeastern Gasser Assoc.

Thanks for the video. Sound on the launch made my hair stand up!

Awsome car love the sound of that 289 thanks for the great video!

Absolutely amazing setup!

Awesome presentation and traing brother much appreciated...

Very nice setup! Have a similar very angry 289 in my 68 Cougar that wrinkles the tires i detuned yrs back, have another a block, the old drilled/ lightened boss steel crank to use with same 351w heads... to build the 13:1 setup it once had, 9000rpm is a blast, shook the driveway! Dad who flew with radials in WW2, his face lit up 1st time I fired it up, brought back memories

What a badass Ford! That sound is intoxicating and yes leave it alone she is perfect!

Badass, I love stock and super stock. 👍🏻

Clicked on this video, saw under the hood, gave a instant thumbs up. 👍🏻

Love this car. I had a 64 fairlane. With a built 289. Fun li motors. Best of luck. God bless.

Sweet specification! Great results!

its pretty cool to see a little 289 run this strong awesome car if i could i would buy one sweet car

Literally one of the best ford passes I’ve ever seen

My first car was 66 mustang,50years ago. 289 high performance engine. Think i would kill for it back. So,so many memories.

Wow the power of gear ratios! I don't know about the rest of you guys but running a 10.59 at altitude with a 470cfm carb and roughly 289 ci is pretty dang impressive for sure!

I had a friend in high school with a white '65 coupe, 4-speed K-code (I think it was K-code 🤔) with intake, carb & headers. It ran pretty damn good to be a little 289.

Wow that thing absolutely rips!

I love this guy's run down of how he makes his run.

looks great.. sounds even better.

Wow, that sounds *GREAT* !!!

I like that its naturally aspirated.

Omfg such a sexy mustang can’t wait till I save up enough to make my 289 look and sound like yours

Beautiful sound! 💪🏻

They have changed the rules over the years a little bit. But it's great. We ran a 74 Mach I with a 351 Cleveland in NHRA Stock class.

I built a '66 289 for my 31 model A truck- pulls hard to 9grand but I set rev limit to 8500. Stock block,heads,crank,rods.ported stock heads w/crower parts,Edelbrock rpm, holley double pump. Custom ground solid Lazer cam. Crazy power!

Ooof I love the sound of the let off. It's still a beast when off throttle 😂

Pretty cool! Thanks to Evan for the interview. It would be difficult for you to interview yourself! LOL!

The owner ofOswald mustang in south carolina would take us for rides in his gt350. It had the same pop to it. I remember the motor was built but the rest of the car was unrestored. It was pretty worn out looking but a great sleeper .

Nothing sounds better than a SBF at full song!

Cool car 🚗 the family that races together stays together 👍

Me and my grandfather jus built one of these with a 302 in it , we had to redo all the corner panels and change everything completely

That is one screaming 289, Fricken Awesome setup!

My name is Thomas from Jackson Alabama I was raised old school my dad's mopars 440. Four-speed 383 4 speed you made just inspire me to build another four-speed car

I BELIEVE IN SUPERSTOCK! LONG LIVE SUPERSTOCK! I cut my mechanics teeth on that engine when I was 19 and in mechanic training. The 2bl 3 on the tree 289 in the 65 was my first tune up for pay. I breathed so much life back into that little engine he thought I was some kind of race mechanic wizard. That car got a good roil out of first gear and a good spin out of second. All I had to do is address all of the tune systems. I freshed and adjusted everything to factory spec which that little motor happily accepted and ran literally like new. And the car was already 15 years old in 1980. The 298 was the easiest motor I ever worked on to this day. I could literally rebuild one with my eyes closed. Square little mill. But YEAH! I believe in Superstock. That's where the fun really is.

Instant like button hit. That's a racecar. Not this lazy mans junkyard turbo ls crap lol.

It's the 289's short stroke that allows it to rev so high. 302's have a bigger stroke for more torque but it limits top end rpm's.

Flyin' Pat Flanagan used to run a 289 tweaked out, up to 10,000, if I recall. '65 or '66 Maroon/burgundy Mustang like this, black vinyl top--14x30's out back. 11.15's, at Detroit Dragway, before it closed. That car kicked ass! lol

Case you are interested the door weighs 35 lbs less without the vent and cranks etc. 40 bare 75 stock. each

Dang Evan I didn’t know you were there I would have stopped down to check it out and get a chance to shake your hand. (Only 1 hour from my place) I gotta get back on social media so I can be in the loop I guess haha