Okay hears my pitty story….my 03 mach 1, which had a petite 29,000 miles under it’s belt, developed a knock in the engine…it’s a connecting rod….and it appears as if it’s going to cost me about $2000 when it’s all said and done to just have the bottom end rebuilt with stock components
So this is what I was thinking….MMR makes a variety of 4 valve short block I can just about afford…. between $3000-$2500…I’m currently working my way through college and money is hard to come by, however, I’m not willing to sacrifice quality and I might as well have a strong platform for future upgrades…forged internals are a must for the power I plan on making a couple of years down the road…The only thing is the MMR blocks I can afford are all iron so I would be gaining some weight ditching my aluminum block
So my questions are:
Is MMR (modularmustangracing.com) the best company to go with for a short block???
-How much more does a iron block weigh over the mach’s stock aluminum block???
-For right now I have to use my stock heads, cams, and intake so would I see a initial power increase if I went to a 5.0 or a 5.4 over the 4.6???
-What would be the most cost efficient way to get more power out of a higher cubic inch engine like a 5.0 or 5.4 if I do go with one in my mach????
Thanks for reading and I really appreciate any suggestions
So this is what I was thinking….MMR makes a variety of 4 valve short block I can just about afford…. between $3000-$2500…I’m currently working my way through college and money is hard to come by, however, I’m not willing to sacrifice quality and I might as well have a strong platform for future upgrades…forged internals are a must for the power I plan on making a couple of years down the road…The only thing is the MMR blocks I can afford are all iron so I would be gaining some weight ditching my aluminum block
So my questions are:
Is MMR (modularmustangracing.com) the best company to go with for a short block???
-How much more does a iron block weigh over the mach’s stock aluminum block???
-For right now I have to use my stock heads, cams, and intake so would I see a initial power increase if I went to a 5.0 or a 5.4 over the 4.6???
-What would be the most cost efficient way to get more power out of a higher cubic inch engine like a 5.0 or 5.4 if I do go with one in my mach????
Thanks for reading and I really appreciate any suggestions