tomustang 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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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
they have been trying to sell that teksid block for awhile now-=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
they recommend you to tear it apart and check the clearancesIMO i'd still jump on that WAP block
tomustang said:they have been trying to sell that teksid block for awhile now
IMO i'd still jump on that WAP block
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
ponysarepretty
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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
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
tomustang said:i can't even find any around here
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.
but it's too late now I decided to rebuild
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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.
it is only good for 1250 hp. i only have a margin of 800+ hp when i am finished.
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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.
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.
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
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