That does it!  Stinking 5.0 has gotta go, Coyote is goin' in.  Oh man...more wiring changes, more computer stuff to learn.  Thanks a lot, Sal.  The Heap will never get back on the road.
May have to install some subframe connectors too...maybe.

Well by far better then the lath video. Maybe I should call the shop and stop the 289 rebuild

Yeah, hard pass on the Coyote swap.  If your only goal is to go quick, you can go that quick or quicker for a heck of a lot less with a regular SBF.  Running fast has a LOT more to do with the chassis than it does the power.  You'd actually be surprised to see how little power it takes to run that fast if you can get it to the ground efficiently. 

I have a buddy that bought a 28.1C rolling chassis of a '92 Firebird at a police auction (basically a door car certified to run 6s).  He pulled the 409 SBC and Powerglide he had in a '72 Nova he was running.  The Nova went 10s.  The same engine in the new chassis went consistent 8.90s.  So consistent he won the bracket prize money several times at Cecil County.  He had less than $15,000 in the whole car.

The moral of the story, used or seized race car stuff costs pennies on the dollar (I'll be that chassis cost the original owner every bit of $50,000).  If you can hook the power you can run stupid fast times with not a ton of power.  We never dynoed it, but based on weight, etc. his 409 was making all of about 650HP.  Making that kind of power is a LOT cheaper with a 351W based stroker.  You would have less in the entire engine than in the stroker kit for the Coyote.  Cars like this are built so a guy can claim a record, and use that in marketing their business.  I met the guy who built/owned the world's fastest '03 Cobra at Cecil years ago, and that's who clued me into that fact. 

So IMO, neat for what it is, but when I want a race car I'll build one.  It won't use a Coyote.  I definitely would not waste my time or money swapping a Coyote into an early Mustang.  Such swaps are done for the purpose of the WOW factor anyway, not power.  I'm always a fan of going fast, but fast and cheap (relatively speaking) is always going to win in my book.