Hey gang...so the story goes for some reason, oil got past the pistons and wrecked my engine. So now i have a 2003 SVT with a crapped out engine. I looked at buying a used one but they want about 2000 bucks here at the wrecker and you can buy a whole SVT off of ebay for around 4g, so that dosent make much sense. Any ideas what I can do about this? if im dropping 3-5g on a engine I may as well look at options for the 5.0. Another thing is can I down grade? I mean can i drop a dohc from another focus in there?
Blow SVt engine ideas?
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There was a whole wrecked svt w/ good engine trans and a bunch of other good parts on ebay for 1600 a few days ago. If I would have had 1600 I would of bought it. You can find the engines on ebay for under 1k. Do you need the whole engine or just the block?
The mechanic said for cost/speed it would be be better just to swap the engine out complete. The rebuilds were more expensive than the used/salvage ones. Ive been watching ebay but never saw that one you mentioned for 1600...but ya, i figured hell for that price may as well just buy the whole care and part it out, but that opens up a new realm of BS inc storage and garbage like that. I thought about the 5.0 conversion but I have no clue about costs for these. 5.0 mustang engines are pretty cheap, so the thought intrigued me.
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hahah i knowe how it its man..mine svt took a crap too haha for some odd reason it just started misfiring and then -silence-...so i just chose to rebuild it with aftermarket pistons and rods...and little turbo..I didnt wanna buy a used engine couse you never know was it mantained right or is it bout to go boom too so thats my 2 cents
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I say get you another SVT to drive daily, and make this one into a track slut. have a DD, and make the one you have now super rigid and gnarly for a weekend warrior (that is finances willing)
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