Shots firedThis is Texas folks. Every family here has a truck, if not two or three, unlike New Jersey where ppl rent trucks when they buy a refrigerator. .
LMAO!! !First swap that truck should see is the paint. If you going to go with a LS engine, then the current color should stay.............it fits.
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This isLOL, You must be talking about North Jersey... There is quite the dividing line from the Prius driving population in the north to the "agricultural" south. While I don't have multiple trucks, 3 farm tractors and one Powerstroke Ford Truck should change your mind?
This is my next restoration project:
1959 Massey Ferguson 85
23 houses on my block, about 20 of them have pick up trucks.
North jersey towards new York they don't have pick ups, nor do they have foxes or even cars at all, central to south jersey is totally different.
The ls1 is 300hp, that's not really worth the trouble of going to a GM engine.
The rest of the engines you name aren't really that desirable, that's why they are cheaper.
Ls6's, 2's and 3's are what people want, they are the 400+hp engines. They also cost a premium.
If 300hp is good enough, just a use dohc 4.6, came in like 10 different cars, can usually be had dirt cheap. Modular swap guys use them all the time.
I'd go for the cheapest iron block LS based engine I could find. If money was less of an object, I'd get an LS3 and never look back.
edit: does it have to be a manual? If your Fox is a manual, why not keep this an auto? Much cheaper to do I'd imagine.
See, now you are talking about modding the engine too. This all adds up.
By the time you are done you could just buy an 03 cobra engine change the pulley make more power, easier and still have a ford engine.
You could always do a lightning/Harley 5.4, same thing, swap the pulley and go. Might even be better because that engine is worth about $2500 less than a cobra engine.
Make no mistake, I like ls engines, I really wanted to buy a first gen cts v for a while. The ls2 and ls6 with exhaust and a cam makes low 400's through a 6 speed. They really do respond well to cams, but still doesn't make swapping the engine budget orientated.
Still, if you crunch the numbers, there is always a better or equivalent ford solution for the same or less money.
I've yet to see a single argument from anyone (in general) who has pondered the idea of going gm in a ford that has made any real financial sense.
I do have an 04' cobra motor with 57k on it at the shop we've been talking about selling lol. It has no blower though
Shame there are so many miles between us
don't understand the LS hatred?! Doesn't bother me. That's what hotrodding is all about.
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