Built or Replaced Motor: Who Has Done It

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01-25-2008, 08:10 PM

mlawdawg

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Built or Replaced Motor: Who Has Done It

Who has a built short or long block or a replacement engine in their new style stangs? Looking for performance numbers and costs. Thx

01-25-2008, 08:34 PM

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ive done the 302 stroker all forged internals and cobra crank, new flywheel and clutch to go with it. all the parts + tune and install was 7grand. the one time on just a plain on base tune with bolt ons it pushed right at 350ish rwhp. thats udp's, cai, long tube headers and a h pipe with cats for emission purposes.

01-25-2008, 08:47 PM

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Who did your work? I'm in MI so have some good resoirces (Paul's High Performance, Livernois, Alternative Auto etc). I'm going s/c'd and want to withstand the booost and have displacement to run with some modded Gt 500s (that's what I'm weighing really, going GT 500 or modding mine). Thx

01-25-2008, 08:49 PM

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I am in the process of a 5.4 cobra conversion. The motor and 6 speed trans came from a totaled GT500 Cobra with 37 miles on it.

01-25-2008, 08:52 PM

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i live in texas and had my work done by pat at psi motorsports, he definately knows what he is doing. I saw him recently run a built gt at 700rwhp using a turbo, it ran 9's all day long.

01-25-2008, 08:55 PM

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Wow! That's awesome. Why did he not show up for the shootout they had not too long ago in Mustangs and Fast Ford's. He could have taken 2nd.

01-25-2008, 08:58 PM

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I've been searching for a deal on such but as yet have not found one. But even then the cost will be steep. I'm trying to weigh trading mine and shelling out 25k for a GT 500 vs building the heck out of min ewith suspension, brakes, engine etc so it will run like a BOH.

01-25-2008, 09:00 PM

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BTW nice stripes. Painted or stickers?

01-25-2008, 09:12 PM

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I've been searching for a deal on such but as yet have not found one. But even then the cost will be steep. I'm trying to weigh trading mine and shelling out 25k for a GT 500 vs building the heck out of min ewith suspension, brakes, engine etc so it will run like a BOH.

Yeah this was one of those once in a life time deals. Was having a 302 built when the shop owner (Richard at Strictly Performance) called me up late one night and said he had a deal. We had to jump on it sight unseen and it was a risk but as it turns out it was a good one.

Drove the car tonight for the first time. Breaking the engine in over the weekend a little. Goes back to the shop Monday for more tuning and work.