so i finally got all my money saved up to start dropping it into my v6 and when i took it to have a tune up at a buddy of mines shop he told me that he thinks something could be wrong with one of my lifters (THIS IS THE CLICKING NOISE THAT IVE BEEN HEARING FOREVER NOW AND COULDNT FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS :[ ) but he said he could be wrong because he works mostly on 5.0s but i had like 5 different mechanics telling me the same thing............anybody know how much it will cost me to replace my lifters or anybody had the same problem......they told me its from running my car so hard :]
bad news about the v6
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just replacing the lifters will be like $100-300 in lifters
BUT assuming you cant do it yourself probably close to $1,000
BUT assuming you cant do it yourself probably close to $1,000
yep not an exhaust leak.....my whole engine shakes back and fourth......and most likely if im looking at more than 1000 then im just gonna say **** it and buy a gt.......but its on the drivers side and it sounds terrible.....whats gonna happen if i dont replace the lifters
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Yur gonna go out and spend more money on a new car rather than fix the problem?
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maybe a $1000 is all he needs to buy a gt
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one stuck/bad lifter shouldnt be more than 500 my dad just had all the lifters replaced on his tahoe for 600
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now would be a great time to just build the engine, new cam, lifters, etc. and then youll be faster and have stronger parts
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^ good idea
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yeah if you know how to do the work you could do it in a day or two of straight work
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dude, just do whats easier for you, and if thats getting a GT then go with it, i just wouldnt suggest mentioning anything about a GT in the v6 forums, go to the modular mustang forums and ask them from advice
yea v6 guys get a lil angry about these things lol but getting a gt is easier but i would love to mod my v6 some more but its just my engine has a lil over 64k on it and my tranny is starting to show wear (im guessing my tranny) but i would much rather have a v8
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a lifter at 64k seems fishy, I beat the hell outta my stang and never had a problem, you ever change your spark plugs? spark knock sounds close to a lifter
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i hear ya bro lol v8s are pretty fun, i mean i dont have anything against v6s and im not sayin v8s are better, but i own both a v6 and a v8 and my v8 is just way more fun to drive...but yeah alls ur gonna find in the 6er forums is v8 hate which i guess is understandable to a point, but i think all nice cars should be appreciated regardless of their engine, make, model and so on...im gonna mod out my v6 but im not gonna spend near as much money on it as my v8 (mostly because my v8 is a classic and the value will keep going up) but yeah if u got a chance to get a GT id go for it, but its all personal preference, lots of people would rather have a v6, so good for them, but dont let people talk you out of doing somethin u wanna do
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awww **** thats what id be workin on lol
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