{"id":57297,"date":"2020-06-15T18:09:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T23:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=57297"},"modified":"2020-06-15T18:09:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T23:09:49","slug":"for-sale-1965-mercury-comet-with-a-482-ci-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=57297","title":{"rendered":"For Sale: 1965 Mercury Comet with a 482 ci V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1965 Mercury Comet is for sale<\/a> in Syracuse, New York with a current bid of $36,500. The car was built by Randy Delisio at Performance and Restoration of Lyons, New York taking inspiration from Don Nicholson’s A\/FX Comet Cyclone<\/a>. Rising out of the engine bay is an all-aluminum 428 ci V8 built by Robert Pond Motorsport<\/a> producing 628 horsepower and 629 lb-ft of torque. The motor features a RPM block, SCAT cast steel crank, SCAT H-beam rods, CP-Carillo 10.5:1 compression pistons, Stage 2 CNC ported heads with 2.19-inch intake and 1.74-inch exhaust valves, Smith Brothers pushrods, Erson roller rocker arms, and FAST XFI fuel injection with individual throttle bodies. Behind the V8 sits a Tremec five-speed manual transmission which sends power to a Ford 9-inch rear end with a LSD and 4.75 gears. The car rides on a set of Cragar SS 15-inch wheels with Hoosier Pro Street 26×7.5-inch tires in front and Mickey Thompson 295\/65 slicks in back. The seller claims the car has $110,000 into it.<\/p>\n