[Mr. Red Pony]

Originally Posted by walt1120 those were the cobra R's though

Yup. I want an FR500 and a Cobra Jet. They have a part number rather than a VIN.

[focus0frenzy1]

Originally Posted by mustangmike! why suspension and brakes ? tranny ok, just find a T5 WC in a junkyard your looking at buying a GT to swap over, when in the end, your probably better off swapping over the body panels to the GT lol get a forged 4.2, H/C/I, among some other shit, and pay about the same to have more power than a stock GT and comparable to a mach1 ... throw some boost on and look at the mach1 in your mirror.

With more power you need better brakes to stop you and better suspension.
what year f150's had the 4.2? what other cars have them?

[focus0frenzy1]

Originally Posted by walt1120 either buy a v8 car or swap a v8 in. if you want a v8 dont waste time building your v6. a 3.8 will never be a v8 and never sound like one. my suggestion to you is buy a cobra or swap in a 4v motor or even a 5.4 4v motor. do whatever you want because its your car, and you live life once so make what you want to have. judging by your posts, screw building the v6 and get a v8. i think youll be alot happier later.

well my question is, is the v6 really worth building? Since i have the car already paid off i dont want to buy another car. I want to improve what i have now. Thats either buildingthe 6 or putting a v8 in. Im looking to see whats the smartest way to create the most amount of power and torque while spending the least amount of money
Why do people do 4.2 swaps when they still have to change out everything that they would do when doing a v8 swap.

[GreenMustang00]

4.2 is same block as a 3.8

[focus0frenzy1]

Originally Posted by 6ER THEN I 8ER well if you want to rip your car apart to do an engine,trans, and rear swap feel free. however there are much cheaper ways to achieve what you want

tell me more?

[focus0frenzy1]

Originally Posted by GreenMustang00 4.2 is same block as a 3.8

still need that and a new ecu. I can do smaller stuff myself but i couldnt build an engine or top of the engine

[GreenMustang00]

[9986paulk]

You could safely get 350 rwhp out of your V6 for a while with a single turbo setup. You're still going to want a beter rear end, or at least have a detroit tru-trac put in with gears. Your T-5 won't hold up that long, depending on how you drive it I guess. Getting a junkyard tranny wouldn't be a good idea when you want to make something powerful.

You could also go the route of heads/cam/intake/supercharger, but why when it's so much easier to get more power/better power band with a turbo?

I'm going to be doing a 2v 4.6 swap later on, but for now I'm working on finishing my TT setup for the V6 in the car now. Of course, I'm not just going to put a stock 2v in, that wouldn't be any fun. But I do have to throw a ton of money out on other stuff...probably $2500 for a transmission to hold so me power, $700 to somewhat build an 8.8, another couple hundred on new struts and alignment, and then probably $3500 need to go into the 4.6 for rotating assembly and cams. Then subframe connectors at least. THese are just some basic things you should have when you want to make power.

And just so you know, the stock 2v 4.6 in only good to maybe 400 at the wheels too. So only 60 or so more than the 3.8. It really depends how far you want to go with it.

[6ixer]

And the 4.6s sound WAY BETTER LOL.

[focus0frenzy1]

what is a good manual tranny for the 3.9?
what turbo set up should i do? is the turbo the better bang for the buck?
what needs to be modified for a turbo?
what mods should i first

[Mr. Red Pony]

Originally Posted by focus0frenzy1 what is a good manual tranny for the 3.9? what turbo set up should i do? is the turbo the better bang for the buck? what needs to be modified for a turbo? what mods should i first

-TR-3650
-Single T4/not entirely
-Manifolds, exhaust, install an inter-cooler, and forged internals.
-Build a good engine, trans, and rear end, then start working on stuff to keep the power-flow to the ground.

[focus0frenzy1]

Originally Posted by Mr. Red Pony -TR-3650 -Single T4/not entirely -Manifolds, exhaust, install an inter-cooler, and forged internals. -Build a good engine, trans, and rear end, then start working on stuff to keep the power-flow to the ground.

how much would that all cost.
whats the t4 tranny? is it from another car or what? where would i find one?

[Mr. Red Pony]

T4 is a flange size on a turbo. If you want a good manual though, start looking into a built tr3650 or a built t5. It will be expensive for sure buyer the powertrain (you doing all the work) will put you easily at 5k. Lots more if you can't built an engine trans and rearend.

[mustangmike!]

250 shot of NO2 less than 1000 bucks

[Mr. Red Pony]

Is that before or after head gaskets?

[GreenMustang00]

Originally Posted by Mr. Red Pony Is that before or after head gaskets?

I didn't even get to spray before I blew my head gaskets Haha

[Mr. Red Pony]

Lol. Ya. I was talking to ssms and they said 150 is the limit on there 10sec v6. They said anything more and the heads start lifting even with head studs.