How's it going Shaun?

 

Doing good Phil. Just busy with work stuff. Luckily I wil lbe on vacation in 2 days. How are you doing?

 

Ah doin good... Working in Hvac now lol.. It's going alright.. Looking to try and get my CDL here soon.. I miss working with semis.. hvac isn't really my cup if tea.. I'm working in the new homes putting in the hard pipes and running gas line, setting fire places etc

 

Sounds good Phil.

 

I am working on getting a SN95, going to take the ****ty 3.8 out and get a new K-member and drop my 306 in there that I had for my ranger

 

Sounds like that could be fun.

 

ya know the 3.8 is a pretty damn good block to build on... theyre capable of 700 hp and still be reliable.. if built right can even handle 35psi of boost...

 

The 4.2 is based on the 3.8.

 

that it is... truck versions of the 4.2 has quite a few differences than the cars version which makes swapping those parts into the car 3.8 a pita... but the crank will drop right into the 3.8

As much as i hate the 4.0 they came out with for 2005.. ill give it credit in one area... they can be pushed to output 550 hp without an engine rebuild.. New injectors.. 15psi capable supercharger.. and a good tune and youll have yourself a 10sec street capable car outputting 550 hp. 4.0 was also based loosely on the 3.8... but theres so many differences the parts cant be interchanged...

the new 3.7 is a debored 3.8... its pretty much the same block but biggest difference... unlike the 3.8 being a pushrod motor.. the 3.7 is a DOHC.. and its also an all aluminum engine as well.. the only thing i dont like ford did was they limited its hp to 305.. its capable of way more but ford gave it a very sucky conservative tune...

 

I don't like it b.c it's missing 2 cyls lol...

 

I had the 4.2 in the last two trucks. It was ok. I prefer the V8.

 

they were underpowered for truck use... but they were meant to be an eco motor anyways,,,

 

That they were Shawn. I do miss the old 4.9 I had in my first truck.

 

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Well time for me to start packing it in for the day. Have a good one guys.