Hey everyone. I've come up with a plan for my car-related future. This spring/summer, I'm going to do the PI headswap with Patriot Performance Stage II heads, Comp Cams or ModMax camshafts, and just a stock '01 GT intake manifold (for now). All told, around $2000. Eventually, I'd like to add a ported/polished Bullitt intake manifold. I want more performance out of my car ('98 GT) but I don't have a whole lot of money, seeing as I'm only 18. So the PI headswap will hold me over for a couple of years. This is where the second part of my plan comes in. In a few years after this, when I have more money and hopefully a college degree, I'm going to do one of two things: either buy a newer ('99+) V8 'Stang, which will hopefully be much cheaper then, with a good body and a trashed engine, or use my '98 and do an engine swap. No matter which of the two cars I use, I'm going to buy a VT Engines 4.6-5.0 Cobra Billet Stroker Shortblock, Stage II Ford Racing FR500 cylinder heads, Comp Cams or ModMax camshafts, and a ported/polished Cobra intake manifold (NOT paying $2800 for the FR500 manifold). All told on this one, about $8000. I like this idea: a stroked, ported and polished, cammed 4V. This thing should be a killer engine. I'll see when I get there. This is what I'm going to do. Let me know what you think. Thanks for reading my ramblings.
--Adam
--Adam