What to do with my motor?

[OneStiffGT]

I did a quick search but I really couldn't come up with any conclusions. I am almost done with suspension for now, and now it is time to do the motor. I would love to keep the current tranny, because I have a new clutch, flywheel, driveshaft as per my sig states.

I really wanted to go the 302 route but it seems like it is a lot of headache. What exactly needs to be changed to put a 302, into a 99 GT? Would it bolt up to my transmission?

Or the other choice is to try to find a aluminum 4.6L block and work on that.

I really wanna go aluminum block and aluminum heads for the sake of shaving off some weight from the front end, (will also be getting a tubular K member and an A arm).

Money is an issue, I am not ready to spend 10G's on a motor, if I was I'd just buy a crate motor and stick it in.

Sorry if this is a repeat question but as I have stated earlier I tried to search and coudln't come up with any good answers, being from overseas and being interested in german cars doesn't help me much either.

Thanks

 

[LT.SAVAGE]

Get a cobra short block and be done. Port and polish maybe cams and slap it in.

 

[OneStiffGT]

Does the Cobra's have aluminum blocks?

 

[03ghoststang]

if you want aluminum block get the Mach 1 block thats an all aluminum Block

 

[LT.SAVAGE]

Does the Cobra's have aluminum blocks?

As far as I know

 

[jivepepper]

As far as I know

Not the 03-04's and thats the one with forged interals. Also when used with 2v heads raises the compression.

 

[OneStiffGT]

Where would I be able to find information to read up on blocks, heads and etc...?