I'm thinking I want an aluminum block for my GT to lighten the front end. My concern is in some of the posts I've read while searching this forum about the Aluminum blocks causing increased under-hood temps and iron blocks making more horsepower.... Car is a 96 GT and I want to stick with the non-PI heads for weight and cost savings, and the Kenne Bell 1.7 seems to respond well to those heads anyways. So the block is my main focus right now.
Should I buy a new iron 4.6 block or find a Teksid block for my blower application?
I'm swapping k-member and a-arms in the front, and am even thinking about 14 inch brakes so I can dump the hydra-boost and go manual steering & brakes. I want as much weight out of the front of the car as possible so if the weight savings of the block will acheive more than the HP gain of the iron block I'll still go with the Teksid block. Any hard numbers and facts are always appreciated. Especially any tips on identifying a Teksid block if I didn't see what car it came out of...
Should I buy a new iron 4.6 block or find a Teksid block for my blower application?
I'm swapping k-member and a-arms in the front, and am even thinking about 14 inch brakes so I can dump the hydra-boost and go manual steering & brakes. I want as much weight out of the front of the car as possible so if the weight savings of the block will acheive more than the HP gain of the iron block I'll still go with the Teksid block. Any hard numbers and facts are always appreciated. Especially any tips on identifying a Teksid block if I didn't see what car it came out of...