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Aluminum 5.4L block in a Mustang GT?

Old 06-11-2008, 10:59 AM
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Default RE: Aluminum 5.4L block in a Mustang GT?

Yes PLstang, that looks like the M-6010-GT block.
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Old 06-11-2008, 01:45 PM
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Lol. Are you gonna pitch in with the dough Leo?
i wish i had that kind of money [8D]
how much lighter is the Ford gt one? I wonder if the mounts are the same as the iron gt500 block
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Old 06-11-2008, 04:16 PM
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It's 110lbs. making it 100lbs. lighter than the 5.4L cast iron block. The mounts... dunno.
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Old 06-11-2008, 04:44 PM
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The mounts can't be the same on the GT40.
Either way, if you don't use the Cobra crossmember, you're in for custom mounts.
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Old 03-10-2010, 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Boozshey
Wow, very insightful... Thanks...
lol that's hilarious!



Going through old threads checking out what past members have tried to do to their S197s..

came up upon a built 5.4 motor on Ebay..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Impro...item563a4102cd

sounds like a lot of work, but damn.. 20 pounds of booooost?!?!!?
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