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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 04:25 PM
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4.2L V6 Upgrade

I've been wanting to upgrade the Engine In my '99 F-150 For a while now. Within a few months will have about $4,000 to spend on new engine. Any Recommendation and include difficulty ratings as I have limited amounts of free time and it's my only vehicle.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2005 | 08:56 PM
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Welcome to FTE .

I'd suggest a cold air kit, exhaust, maybe a chip...

swapping engines is a difficult task, and in your situation I would carefully size up your goals. With these newer trucks, its pretty difficult to find info, because it hasn't been done yet.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 11:14 PM
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OK I found a new GM 350 for about $2000 and I think thats what I'm gonna go with. Do you guys have any transmission suggestions. Preferably automatic, since I'm not really wanting to have to chop into my truck to make it a manual.
 
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Old Mar 15, 2005 | 11:18 PM
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Its going to cost you an insane amount of money to put a non factory engine in.
 
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Supercharge it, cheaper than the 350 swap, sounds cool and you should be able to do it.
 
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