RyanK

Ok so me and my dad talked and were thinking why work on a motor that has 120K+ miles on it when we could just buy a racing built short block with 345hp for about 3k then put it all in for about 5k and hopefully make my goal of 400hp n/a thats exactly what i think we are going to do finally figured it out Im pretty happy

03GeeTee

How is a shortblock going to add 85 hp?

ct_white_stang

Different set of heads and nice set of cams will get you almost there.

RyanK

No short block im talking about a crate motor? and the motor is like 345hp @ 5400rpm and its like 4.5k

black35th

What crate motor are you talking about, do you have a link?

03GeeTee

oh, ok I guess you meant to the whole motor

H0SS302

its 345 at the flywheel.. not at the wheels. Hell a full bolt on car is generally around 320~ at the fly.

I would save the money on the crate motor.. those things are for lazy ppl who have no clue about anything IMO.

devongarver

Well, i think crate motors have their place, they are great for project cars that start out with no drive-train. But i think hoss is right in this case to an extent, but i wont go as far as calling you lazy, i just think a full build from a short block and a nice H/C/I setup would yeild the results you are looking for. Either way, i agree that it may be a wise choice to yank the motor you have in there and start fresh, but by all means, build a new motor first, then swap them so you have no down time. Just my 2cents.

Timspony

Crate motor! save save save...

RyanK

Well i was talking with me my dad and a guy who has an 11 second drag truck thats n/a and he was like i would junk that 4.6 and go to a 302 boss or a cobra motor or crate and then choose what i really want to do with this car, drag,street, so i'm probably going to be buying a cobra motor cause thats what im really looking at then ill build that up way above my expectations