99 cobra block

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tomustang said:

it's a later block (windsor, aka WAP) XR3Z

the teksid's are F6LZ

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i knew it, too good to be true

oh well....

if you all didnt know, karkraft sells brand new ones:

http://karkraft.com/short_blocks.htm

for a much higher price

 

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-=NightHawk=- said:

i knew it, too good to be true

oh well....

if you all didnt know, karkraft sells brand new ones:

http://karkraft.com/short_blocks.htm

for a much higher price

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they have been trying to sell that teksid block for awhile now they recommend you to tear it apart and check the clearances

IMO i'd still jump on that WAP block

 

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tomustang said:

they have been trying to sell that teksid block for awhile now they recommend you to tear it apart and check the clearances

IMO i'd still jump on that WAP block

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really, just cuz its a 4v cobra for ~600?

id really like to, however its a bit early, i cant justify the purchase right now
college is teh lose from a monetary perspective that is

if ur interested in it and want to look at it i can pm it to you if youd like

 

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Thats a horrible deal on a WAP cobra block you can find a lot better.

 

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From what I have heard and from common sense, iron is stronger than aluminum and there is no exception for engine blocks. I remember reading a while ago about how the LS1 was a big step because it was a switch from the iron block of the LT1 to the aluminum block and concerns about the strength of the block. Another example is how the steel frame of the C6 wasstiffer than the aluminum frame of the Z06 and they had to make the frame wider to compensate for this weakness.

The Teskid block was strong, or at least from what I have heard, because it was cast by Italians and not by Ford itself. It was a little thicker than the 99+ Cobra blocks, so it was heavier by something like 60lbs but it didn't need teh ribbing on the side.

http://svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=213074

 

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5.0's 4 ever said:

Thats a horrible deal on a WAP cobra block you can find a lot better.

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i can't even find any around here

 

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tomustang said:

i can't even find any around here

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QFT

 

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tomustang said:

i can't even find any around here

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If you lived down in FL I would sell you my complete 99 cobra engine with teksid block for only a couple hundred dollars more, it does have a rod knock once warmed up, thus the reason why its so cheap. I can't find anyone local to me who wants to buy it.

 

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5.0's 4 ever said:

If you lived down in FL I would sell you my complete 99 cobra engine with teksid block for only a couple hundred dollars more, it does have a rod knock once warmed up, thus the reason why its so cheap. I can't find anyone local to me who wants to buy it.

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You are temping me but it's too late now I decided to rebuild

 

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99 cobras are teksid blocks. dickson tennessee. just down the street from me.

 

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i was recently informed that my 05 5.4 block is not really that strong...

it is only good for 1250 hp. i only have a margin of 800+ hp when i am finished.

 

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billfisher said:

i was recently informed that my 05 5.4 block is not really that strong...

it is only good for 1250 hp. i only have a margin of 800+ hp when i am finished.

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yeah that blows =/

 

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billfisher said:

i was recently informed that my 05 5.4 block is not really that strong...

it is only good for 1250 hp. i only have a margin of 800+ hp when i am finished.

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tell me youre kidding! lol

 

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what about the explorer 2v 4.6's? I know that they were aluminum and made during the same era. And I would assume that the were made in much greater volumes than cobras. Are they the same casting as the cobra blocks? I couldn't see the point in Ford having two different aluminum blocks of the same displacement made at the same time.

 

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You know, the Teksid Aluminum block is easy to find if you know where to look. They were not just in Cobras. There was a Mass produced Lincoln made from 1993 - 1998 that only had the Teksid block in it. You can find them for like $300.00.

 

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the Mark 8 wasnt mass produced

 

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In the 6 years the Mark VIII was made, there was over 100,000 of them produced, all of them had the Teksid block. I once at another board totaled all of the 96 - 98 Cobras and 93 - 98 Mark VIIIs production numbers. There is 154,811 Teksid blocks out there plus however many 99 Cobras that had the Teksid block. It was not all that long ago a person on Modular Depot was selling 15 of those Teksid blocks. That does happen once in awhile.

 

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now total the available blocks, about (closest) 16 junk yards have no mark 8's, no 96-98 cobras, you'd be lucky to find a v6 mustang around here, even cjponyparts.com doesnt have a teksid or even a WAP laying around