ford discontinued 5.0 short block?

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ratrapp

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i called my local ford dealer to order a new 5.0 short block.he said it was $1100 my cost plus the old engine.i said i'll take it.he called back and they've been discontinued but he's going to try to find me one at another dealership .checked summit($1300 plus $90 s&h)and the website says no longer available plus a few other motorsports parts.whats going on here?i hate to buy an interenet motor(seen too many go bad and poor customer service)plus the closest rebuilder i use is booked full because he builds alot of dirt track motors.what the hell am i going to do know?

 

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Production blocks have been out of production for quite some time. We've been living off of the surplus.

 

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Are you sure? With an estimated shipping date of tomorrow, it seems like they have them in stock.

http://store.summitracing.com/defau...w=1&N=0&part=FMS-M-6009-B50&Ntk=KeywordSearch

 

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kslushy said:

Are you sure? With an estimated shipping date of tomorrow, it seems like they have them in stock.

http://store.summitracing.com/defau...w=1&N=0&part=FMS-M-6009-B50&Ntk=KeywordSearch

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Having an item in stock and producing an item are two different things. There are still new 302 blocks to be had but they're not being produced anymore. Once all the new blocks are gone, then they're gone.

 

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the first part # says it's in stock but the revised # says n/a.i haven't called them yet to verify it suck s that it'll cost me almost $300 more and i''ll have to wait on it because of truck shipping.my current block needs to be bored at least .040 and line bored also.i don't want a 331 or 347 because i don't have enough head or cam to take advantage ot the extra cubes plus i just bought a new 50oz sfi balancer and new ford flywheel and most all strokers use 28oz weights.

 

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Daggar said:

Having an item in stock and producing an item are two different things. There are still new 302 blocks to be had but they're not being produced anymore. Once all the new blocks are gone, then they're gone.

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Completely agreed. However the poster specifically asked where he could find a frpp stock shortblock, not whether it was in production or not.

 

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Why don't you get a bare sportsman block then?....im drunk disregard the psot.