View Poll Results: What Should I do with the engine
Rebuild the Stock 289A Code
1
10.00%
Replace with a ~ 300HP Crate Motor
5
50.00%
Go EFI (mid 90s 5.0)
4
40.00%
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Need Help with Engine
03-30-2009, 02:33 AM
#1
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Need Help with Engine
I have a 65 fastback with a 289 A code motor that still runs well but is aging.
I have not pulled the heads to see the "true" condition of the motor but I do know that a rebuilt/replace is in order. Here are my questions and I am not worried about keeping the car stock or restoring to original.
Should I rebuild the engine
or get one of these
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD-...Q5fAccessories
I have not pulled the heads to see the "true" condition of the motor but I do know that a rebuilt/replace is in order. Here are my questions and I am not worried about keeping the car stock or restoring to original.
Should I rebuild the engine
or get one of these
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FORD-...Q5fAccessories
03-31-2009, 12:42 AM
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I have the EFI setup for the same reasons master laid out. If you do go EFI I recommend the 5.0 because there is a lot getting a 4.6 to work in a classic (can be done of course) but with the 5.0 you dont have to change anything on the car for it to work really. the engine is essentially separate from the rest of the car and because its a 302 block it will mount in perfectly. Plus there are a crap load of addons for the 5.0. And you can find a 5.0 in good shape most of the time in a large number of cars that are now junked that will work just fine for cheap. I got mine w/ transmission and everything I would need for the engine/trans to work all for $500. Very nice compared to $3,000+ for just an engine. But then again the 3k one would be turn key and little to no work.
03-31-2009, 12:48 AM
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Yukon Cornelius
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03-31-2009, 01:39 AM
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I have the EFI setup for the same reasons master laid out. If you do go EFI I recommend the 5.0 because there is a lot getting a 4.6 to work in a classic (can be done of course) but with the 5.0 you dont have to change anything on the car for it to work really. the engine is essentially separate from the rest of the car and because its a 302 block it will mount in perfectly. Plus there are a crap load of addons for the 5.0. And you can find a 5.0 in good shape most of the time in a large number of cars that are now junked that will work just fine for cheap. I got mine w/ transmission and everything I would need for the engine/trans to work all for $500. Very nice compared to $3,000+ for just an engine. But then again the 3k one would be turn key and little to no work.
Last edited by syfhler; 03-31-2009 at 02:07 AM.
03-31-2009, 01:18 PM
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No rebuild work at all. well, at first. It runs fine and when i finish the car completely then i'll pull it back out and rebuild probably to a 347. the trans is an AOD and it shifts just fine also. I got mine out of a lincoln continental so I'm sure that's why i only paid $500 as opposed to a higher price for something out of a fox body. It's the same engine and trans but you can find a 5.0 HO in a fox and not a lincoln. Ford used that engine and it's transmissions in a lot of cars on the 3 main car lines they have.
03-31-2009, 02:49 PM
#10
Yukon Cornelius
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No rebuild work at all. well, at first. It runs fine and when i finish the car completely then i'll pull it back out and rebuild probably to a 347. the trans is an AOD and it shifts just fine also. I got mine out of a lincoln continental so I'm sure that's why i only paid $500 as opposed to a higher price for something out of a fox body. It's the same engine and trans but you can find a 5.0 HO in a fox and not a lincoln. Ford used that engine and it's transmissions in a lot of cars on the 3 main car lines they have.
not true Lincoln Mark7's have the 5.0HO and the AOD 