[lwhitetrash88l]

wheres a good place to buy a remanufactured engine block?

[Mike Johnson]

I would just find a block and take it to a machine shop. No matter what it will have to be bored or honed out to whatever pistons you use.

[lwhitetrash88l]

either that or what would i have to do to the block of my engine in order for it to be the equivalent or buying a reman? see what my plans for it are....i wanna put a bigger and better crank in it, bore and stroke the heads along with port and polish, pistons, rings etc. 99-04 upper and lower split port air intake manifolds, u/d pulley set, and eventually maybe supercharge? i also wanna do other stuff to the drive train and what not but right now my main focus is on the engine itself. any suggestions?

[moond0ggie]

You could buy a 3.8/4.2 at the wrecking yard & build it over time, in your garage, acquiring the parts as finances allow.
When it's finished, do the engine swap in a weekend, then sell your old running engine to offset the costs.

[GreenFaleen]

chris torres is building engines for godd prices talk to him

[Onemanzu]

torres is near you too... he might be able to help you

[lwhitetrash88l]

oh yeah? where does torres live?

[Onemanzu]

he lives in a suburb north of miami

[lwhitetrash88l]

oh no shit sweet

[shadow5403]

Originally Posted by lwhitetrash88l either that or what would i have to do to the block of my engine in order for it to be the equivalent or buying a reman? see what my plans for it are....i wanna put a bigger and better crank in it, bore and stroke the heads along with port and polish, pistons, rings etc. 99-04 upper and lower split port air intake manifolds, u/d pulley set, and eventually maybe supercharge? i also wanna do other stuff to the drive train and what not but right now my main focus is on the engine itself. any suggestions?

I was unaware you can get the heads bored and stroked out

[stephen]

These guys give a pretty clear idea of what you can do.

Super Six Motorsports

It's quite expensive as you can see.

[lwhitetrash88l]

Originally Posted by shadow5403 I was unaware you can get the heads bored and stroked out

lol touche'

[stephen]

If I were going to build a performance engine, and didn't intend to race the car, I would do what Chris is doing. He's starting with a 99+ engine, which has the split port intake, and installing new forged internals and having the top end ported out. I would stick with a 3.8L crank but you can use a 4.2L if you want. Then just leave it normally aspirated. If later you want more power you could add intake boost.

[shadow5403]

Originally Posted by stephen If I were going to build a performance engine, and didn't intend to race the car, I would do what Chris is doing. He's starting with a 99+ engine, which has the split port intake, and installing new forged internals and having the top end ported out. I would stick with a 3.8L crank but you can use a 4.2L if you want. Then just leave it normally aspirated. If later you want more power you could add intake boost.

This may jsu tbe my thinking, but if yur gonna have the engine out and work everything else up....you might as well stroke it to 4.2/4.3

[Avaric3]

Originally Posted by shadow5403 This may jsu tbe my thinking, but if yur gonna have the engine out and work everything else up....you might as well stroke it to 4.2/4.3

i like your thinkin

no point in putting in a reman engine than a year from now taking it out again for a stroker build. just save yourself the headache and money and do it while you have the perfect opprtunity

[itschristorres8]

i didnt notice you were in florida
I'am in Ft lauderdale area

if you wana do what brandon did buy a cheapo 99-04 3.8 motor to be sent to me or if its local you can bring it to me. i'll send it to get bored, honed and cleaned then work on it from there

[stephen]

Originally Posted by Avaric3 i like your thinkin no point in putting in a reman engine than a year from now taking it out again for a stroker build. just save yourself the headache and money and do it while you have the perfect opprtunity

I guess I don't know how much benefit there is to going from 3.8L to 4.2L.

I thought it was a relatively small change compared to porting the top end. Certainly if you plan to increase the power you should go with forged internals.
Adding a turbocharger gets more fuel/air in anyway.

Perhaps someone knows what the gains are supposed to be from various modifications.