Blew my engine, engine swap time.

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09-04-2008, 12:47 PM

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98GTstang

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Well i went and looked at that motor today. I was told the car was totaled out by a interior fire, but the motor wasnt hurt. Looking at the motor... the intake manifold and fuel rails are burnt to a crisp. Valve covers are somewhat burned but not bad, but they do need replaced. How can i find out if my valve covers off my 98 will fit on this new motor?

Nevermind i found a 99 GT engine for $900 bucks with 72k miles, im gonna go take a look at it right now.

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09-04-2008, 02:35 PM

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03stangfan

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Originally Posted by sxynerd

I don't think that would be really cost effective. You gain less than 10hp from the bump in compression. Also, I don't see him finding a quality used short block. If he wanted to run F/I later he would have to limit himself greatly on boost making it less than desirable and possibly dangerous. If he find himself a nice low mileage PI engine, he can gain back many miles of life into his car with Hp, reliability and future modification possibility with a more reliable start. My example is I had 122k miles on my NPI. My PI engine only had 30k on it and now I have a s/c on it making 436rwhp. NA I made 265rwhp with very little mods and good tune.

I could see it "IF" he had a head/valve problem and his short block was still good AND he wanted to use spray.

Not trying the thead jack, but do you forged internals or are you still on the stock block? Also what blower and psi are you running to have been able to get you to 436 rwhp? Sounds like a fun project that I myself might like to try out.