Crate Engine???

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Fireman255

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I am thinking about a new engine. Is a crate engine a good way to go? As I am not up to a complete rebuild my self. Where can I get a good quality (looks sounds good) engine that is ready to drop in to my 66' with a 289 and new C-4 tranny? Also should I go 302 or bigger?

Is the edelbrock crate worth the price..... if so which one should I get??

Thanks guys

 

65up2d8

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Take this with a grain of salt, as I cannot profess as to any experience with any of these vendors, but from what I've been able to ascertain through some research, I would suggest checking out the following vendors (price varies; choose according to budget and quality of parts comprising the engine in question):

Ford Racing Performance Parts
Coast High Performance
Southern Automotive
Sean Hyland Motorsports
Roush Racing

 

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nds03

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i think edelbrock only makes chevy 350's. i would go with ford racing if i wanted a crate engine

 

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D.S.S. ia another company many people have been satisfied with.

 

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1969mach1351

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I have a Ford crate engine and I have had no troubles. I think Ford is pricy though. I'd go a different route if I did it again. But you get what you pay for.

 

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66HertzClone

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I bought one from these guys, they were great to work with and flexible about having me send some parts to be installed.

http://www.keithcraft.com/

 

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1966conv

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I'm looking at the Keith Craft crate motors also. Several people have been happy with them.

 

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66HertzClone

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Here is a link to a couple of photos of the completed engine.

http://www.dodgestang.com/DSC00705.JPG

http://www.dodgestang.com/DSC00707.JPG

 

hungrymonkey

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there is a guy up in portland who owns or works at all ford performance. you might want to hit them up.

He posts in th NW forum.

I have seen a few people in the nw that say they do good work.

 

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lookout4me

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go one jegs and look at the world engines they are cheap in price but big in quailty.

 

70vert

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dey be bowtie engines

if you want to have a chevy engine in your ford be my guest, but it's kind of like the pope wearing a yarmulke (yammakah) instead of his pointy hat.

The ford engines they have just seem to be a collection of the fordracing.com engines.

lookout4me said:

go one jegs and look at the world engines they are cheap in price but big in quailty.

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LMan

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lookout4me said:

go one jegs and look at the world engines they are cheap in price but big in quailty.

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personal experience?

 

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I also have a Ford Racing crate, GT-40 5.0. It runs great and has lots of power. I thought it was a pretty good deal at $3k with all the misc. parts (oil pan, balancer, fly wheel, etc.). No complaints here.