he said the rings were bad, its got quite a few miles on it, and ive seen him around town beating the piss out of it
all i know for sure is it smokes, its cheap and i want it
I would spend the extra 600-800 and get a forged built shortblock.... in the end if you decide to go for big power youll be glad you did. you shouldnt need a new ECU.. guys put the PI heads on those cars all the time.
I found mine by a local guy for around 2400 (shortblock) with the stock crank and forged rods/pistons. I think MMR sells theres for about the same. A replacement shortblock is 1600.
There are about half a dozen reputable companies that can supply you with one, with different prices and different stages of build. Just check out the last issue of MM&FF Ford. They've got most of them listed.