Ford Racing Crate Engines

armand67Fstback · Sep 15, 2008

I am have been looking into Crate engines and came across a ford racing 347 crate engine that uses a BOSS block and forged internals. It retails for about $8,600, it looks fairly complete and just needs a carb and a front sump oil pan to run in a classic Mustang.

I wanted to get some feedback from people here if they thought this was a good engine for the price? I am not sure what a complete engine goes for but it does seem expensive to me.

Have people on here had good experiences with these Ford Racing Crate engines?

Let me know, thank you for your feedback.

StangDreamin' · Sep 16, 2008

Check out THIS THREAD for Dan's Factory Five Roadster powered by an FRPP 347 and seeing mostly road course duty. Don't know if it has the BOSS block or not; but he could give you his thoughts on the quality of Ford Racing crate engines in general.

$8600 is "out there"; but if I had the money (and FRPP put out a "crate" 351C) I'd go for it!

chepsk8 · Sep 16, 2008

My motor is just thier 345 HP 5.0, but I could not be happier! Just bolted on my stuff, dropped it in, set the timing & carb, and have not messed with it since.

Beating the crappola out of it too!

Good stuff. If the price is right, snag it.

Only area I had some fun was the headers mating to the heads, and there is more meat on the aluminum heads by the head bolts.

blown65 · Sep 16, 2008

armand67Fstback said:
I am have been looking into Crate engines and came across a ford racing 347 crate engine that uses a BOSS block and forged internals. It retails for about $8,600, it looks fairly complete and just needs a carb and a front sump oil pan to run in a classic Mustang.

I wanted to get some feedback from people here if they thought this was a good engine for the price? I am not sure what a complete engine goes for but it does seem expensive to me.

Have people on here had good experiences with these Ford Racing Crate engines?

Let me know, thank you for your feedback.

Prob not too bad of a price considering your paying extra for that block. IMO you probably don't need a block of that caliber unless your going to be pushing it hard a lot at the road course or drag strip.

As for the 345hp engine, that being in a cobra is one thing, but being in a much heavier 67 stang (assuming thats what you have) would be low of hp for me. Great for a DD type though. I guess it boils down to what your use of the car is.

armand67Fstback · Sep 16, 2008

blown65 said:
Prob not too bad of a price considering your paying extra for that block. IMO you probably don't need a block of that caliber unless your going to be pushing it hard a lot at the road course or drag strip.

As for the 345hp engine, that being in a cobra is one thing, but being in a much heavier 67 stang (assuming thats what you have) would be low of hp for me. Great for a DD type though. I guess it boils down to what your use of the car is.

The car I am looking into motors for is a 67 Fastback. I like the 347, but would prefer a 331. I thought I read somewhere that they would be offering a 331. I will wait and see what my budget allows. As you know there are unexpected expenses that pop up when restoring a classic Mustang.:SNSign:

blown65 · Sep 17, 2008

If your just starting, for the same money I'd look into a 393 stroker. In the 67 they fit nicely.

hipo_p51 · Sep 19, 2008

armand67Fstback said:
The car I am looking into motors for is a 67 Fastback. I like the 347, but would prefer a 331. I thought I read somewhere that they would be offering a 331. I will wait and see what my budget allows. As you know there are unexpected expenses that pop up when restoring a classic Mustang.:SNSign:

unexpected expenses

my 6000$ budget turned into 10K in a blink of an eye.

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