05-05-2005, 10:47 PM
PDenbigh Wrote:They can be considered, sure - but a stock XR engine isn't going to be wonderful for thsi project. Espically not knowing the maintainace history. If maintained properly they are pretty durable and have a lot of power potential - however too long b/t oil changes, a few overheats, slightly off timing, any of which can drastically reduce the life of this engine.
Take $800, it would be much easier to swap in a good used t-bird V-8 than to get the inline 4 to equal potential. A turbo engine inherantly gets abused sometime in its life (and I predict more so than the T-bird V8, no stats to back that up though).
800?? I got us a 95 302 w/ 115k miles for 200obo
He will even throw in a FTI custom N/A cam for just a tad more. Get a carb intake and a holly 4bb, sucker will make close to 400hp. Drop in a 100hp dry shot, all total $500 for 500hp.--chad