Yeah we'll never see another Ford engine built in the numbers that the 302 was built in, but if they sell a few million of these engines, then there's at least a few million engines waiting for swaps
As for the GT500 engine fitting under the hood, not a chance in hell. Remember the project car MM&FF did, "Frightning"? It had a Lightning 5.4 with the Eaton blower...i'm sure the GT500 blower is probably a little more low profile, but still Frightning had something like a 4 inch cowl hood and still needed a big hole cut out to let the blower peek through.
Haha, I actually wasn't even thinking about the LS, but you raise a good point. I think the LS will be the last great engine swap engine. It's hard to argue with the LS. Simplicity of a SBF, compact like a SBF, parts are as cheap or even cheaper than a SBF (depending on what you want to do with it), and you have the option to do a lightweight aluminum block or a tough as nails iron block cheap and right from the factory.
I still bleed Ford blue, but I can understand the appeal of the LS.
On a similar note, I wonder if Mustang guys will be swapping engines in S197s 20 years from now...
Actually, I did read that, I can't remember off the top of my head what it made, but it was something straight up retarded if I remember right. Into the 4 digit range, right? Didn't they THINK it was a 5.3L, but then found out it was a 4.8L after they tore it down AFTERWORDS?
I have to say though, I don't put a lot of stock into how much power an engine "survives" while on an engine dyno. Dynos always have MORE than perfect environment conditions, don't simulate drivetrain shock, and don't even come close to stressing the engine like a few passes down the track would. I have a MM&FF around somewhere where they pushed a turbo stock block 302 past 600hp, and an Engine Masters where they pushed a 331 with a 2-bolt 289 block to 750ish on the spray, both on engine dynos. Everybody knows that's suicide in "real life", but you can usually survive a glory pull like that in a dyno cell.
Na, terminator motors may be 8k and up in junkyards, but in forum classifieds they hover around $6500 without trans.
Another $1500 for the t56.
For 10g's you could build yourself an 03 cobra engine out of an aluminator.
I'm into my swap probably somewhere between 9 and 10 grand total.
Didn't really want to spend that much, but once the ball started rolling i was either going to have a finished car or a pile of junky sitting in my driveway.
The good news about a terminator engine is that it holds it's value, unlike a 347. If i were to sell the engine I'd pretty much get 100% back out of it.
A pushrod engine you take about a 50% hit.
Luckily when i sold my ford racing 347 (new in crate) there was a shortage of them and someone at my buddies shop needed an engine asap, so i got 100%.
See, SBF guys are always afraid of RPM. I know a stock block SBF isn't as "safe" in a high RPM capacity, but when you build a SBF that falls on its face after 5500 RPM, of course the LS is going to look like a god. So many street LS engines out there are driven to 6500 regularly, but maybe only %10 of the SBF community even considers going past the factory 6250 rev limit.
Meh, I could rant about that all day long. All I know is MY SBF is built to run past 6250. :evil:
Nah. Neither one was, IIRC. Might have had main girdles on them, but you know all that does is keeps it in a nice, tidy pile when it breaks.
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