An m112 is dirt cheap, like $300Now that would be something to consider, but buying a blower for it might hurt.. my wallet.
Yep, too bad it's not just a few hour drive..
An m112 is dirt cheap, like $300
What about just a budget 351w? Maybe some new forged pistons on the stock rods and crank, and a basic used hci (gt40, tfs, edie, whatever you can find). the truck should already be mostly setup for it, you'd have to change the firing order in the ecu from the 302 (or im sure truck pcms can be found cheap) but should be at least around the same power as an ls with as much room to grow, without all the fab work and custom parts to make it fit.
LS motor ALL DAY LONG!
Oh wait... Has this been covered?
Im teetering on the edge of going coyote in my cobra because of this. I've got a friend that wants to buy my 5.3 pretty bad and it's wearing at me.Oh no man. I found a GT motor/harness/ECM in Pasadena for $3k. The truck ones are even cheaper.
Obviously it's dependent on location but you can find nice stuff for about half or less of what's you're estimating. I've had 2 5.7s, 4 5.3s And a 6.0 to compare.I'm a little skeptical about that price point for a 400hp LS especially with trans.
I like gm ls2's and ls6's. One day i'll probably own a car with one, but they aren't cheap.
Cheapest one on ebay is at $3600 and it's still has 5 days to go and penty of bids. Probably goto around $5000.
I don't even think you could find the 325hp ls4 with a trans for $2500.
Even if you do actually find one at the price it's an anomaly and you still have to deal with what else it takes to make it work.
Im teetering on the edge of going coyote in my cobra because of this. I've got a friend that wants to buy my 5.3 pretty bad and it's wearing at me.
Prices are getting better. $ to HP is still heavily toward the LS but the cool factor is there
The problem with a coyote swap at your level (read: boost) is that if you really want to make a big number, the blocks start shi tting themselves around 800. A lot of the guys building big HP coyotes around me have been sleeving the blocks which is $$$$$. @Sharad does the SF have a sleeved block? I know you said it's around 700whp, what do you know about going higher?Im teetering on the edge of going coyote in my cobra because of this. I've got a friend that wants to buy my 5.3 pretty bad and it's wearing at me.
Prices are getting better. $ to HP is still heavily toward the LS but the cool factor is there
I guess I need to buy a diesel truck and a big trailer to make trips up north for hotrod parts because they are around 700 here for a clapped out one.
Even ebay has them at around $300.
All they are used for is cores so someone can get it ported without pulling their car apart. Send the core to steg, pull yours off, sell it to someone at $300.
Ported rebuilt SC's sell on svt performance for about $800. I was going to go that route, just didn't feel at my power level it was worth the trouble for 25rwhp, not sure i'd notice it.
tanner, I didn't only use ebay to check for pricing, I also used the junkyard site car-parts.com then sorted by distance.
I didn't find any really cheap Ls2's, ls6's and certainly not Ls3's (they appear to be 6-10k engines). The cheapest I could find were 5.3's (and they weren't that cheap), not sure that matters though, that engine isn't worth a swap into a ford. The cheapest were the 5.7 ls6's, and that was 3 grand and up with no trans.
Even Silverado engines were $4000+
Junkyards also tend to keep the computers too, not sure about the harness'.
Not saying they are never cheap, but I don't think someone is going to wake up tomorrow, decide to do an ls swap and immediately grab one complete with trans for $2500. You probably need to find someone that doesn't know how to work the internet.
The problem with a coyote swap at your level (read: boost) is that if you really want to make a big number, the blocks start shi tting themselves around 800. A lot of the guys building big HP coyotes around me have been sleeving the blocks which is $$$$$. @Sharad does the SF have a sleeved block? I know you said it's around 700whp, what do you know about going higher?
Maybe, just maybe it is because this is a Mustang site. If a person wants LS Loving just hop over to LS1tech.com and get all of the feel good LS warm and fuzzies you want. Just sayin................don't understand the LS hatred?! Doesn't bother me. That's what hotrodding is all about.
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