um i would say look into a 5.4 swap with cam's its easy, and doesn't take to much to get it to work properly
let me see, i said with a new cam, its more displacement which for even just stock parts used, you gain hp. and you get loads of torque. its a nice way to get power for a N/A car. because just remember, there is not replacement for displacement
also a 5.4 2v built PROPERLY can have as much HP as a built 4.6 4V, with more torque. you need to read some on the 5.4 swap before you dis it..
here is a link to a place where it says the benefits of it compared to a 4.6
http://mustangboards.com/dyno-results/27326-5-5l-baseline-dyno.html
I have a stock 2000 Mustang GT with the 4.6 V8. What's the best way to get more horsepower out of the engine? My budget is $1000-$2000.
It's not urgent...I'm just looking for some ideas for a summer project. I'd like to know what you guys think. Any ideas would be appreciated.
its do-able, just find the right parts...
I can do it for about 1000 bucks minimum cost. That's assuming a nearly free engine. 2K is right at the minimum for a basic swap plus all the little odds and ends. It's 100% totally doable but you have to do a lot of the work yourself. That's not a problem since it's totally kick ass easy to swap a motor in these cars.
So yeah, YOU ARE 100% CORRECT. It's is very possible but it takes work and patience.
My swap including motor has about 6500 bones in it. That's a fully built motor, adapter plates, clutch, exhaust, cams, ported heads, fuel rails, injectors, intake, odds and ends and labor including blueprinting the motor, all machining and all parts.
Tell the haters they out to check in on our 5.4 swap thread and talk to the 10+ peeps doing it or done with it already.
FWIW, I would have originally only spent 900 bucks on mine. That's all the parts that I started with (complete motor and adapter plates and clutch) cost and I was planning on doing all the work myself. It would have come in under a grand but I wanted to be able to do boost, nitrous, and hard racing with no worries.
now see here is word that it is possible... straight from a guy that has done it, and helped a few ppl do it... if you read his is only expensive because it is built with lots of work done to it
oh and here is a nice thread you can read if you want more info..
http://mustangboards.com/modular-4-6l-tech/9238-anyone-intrested-5-4l-swaps-here-need-you-opine.html
I'm the guy he's quoting. Your own ignorance and doubts aside, all things are possible with effort. You should really read up before you shoot people down. I started my swap on a 1000 dollar budget and made it but then the week I was gonig to drop it in I decided to do a built motor and spent another 5500 bucks getting there.
Most of the people who've done the swap did it with the stock tune and later got a performance tune. It'll run just fine on a stock tune and with stock heads and cams and a PI intake on adapter plates 280/350+ is not uncommon after the tune. With a proper 5.4 specific intake(modded L intakes, custom, or HPS's new intake), longtubes and stage 2 cams you can easily pull 350rwhp/tq out of it on pump gas.
If you're going to be a jerk about disagreeing, at least have the courtesy to be correct or educate yourself by going and reading the 109 pages of that thread dude linked. It's perfectly cost effective if your goals are in line with the documented results.
Just because it's not your limited view of the way things should be it is an option, it is sick fast and cheap and easy. Get off your high horse kiddo.
BTW... a basic 5.4 swap with a tune normally yeilds 50hp/tq over a tuned NA 2v 4.6 even when hamstrung with adapter plates. Yeah...that's nothing huh.
wow this is stupid...
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