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Mar 6, 2007 | 02:58 PM

squeals

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302 rebuild question

over the summer i am wanting to rebuild my motor and i want to kinda beef it up a little bit... not so much for pulling, but more for power in general... i have a 1995 f150 2wd with a 5.0L and i was wondering of some ideas of what to do with a budget of around a grand to 1500... and my lifters are already startin to click so those will have to be replaced...
i have a garage that i can work in and a shop nearby that replanes heads and bores and all that stuff too so that could be in the options...
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Jesse

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Mar 7, 2007 | 09:28 AM

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for that money, i would get a cam and lifter set, have the e7 heads worked over and get some good quality headers, and redo the exhaust from there back.

whats the mileage on the motor?

Mar 7, 2007 | 04:15 PM

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just about 115k
but im goin to college this summer and am gonna need a reliable vehicle to drive around indianapolis and i live about 2 hours from there...

Mar 8, 2007 | 11:30 AM

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I would build a stroker

Mar 9, 2007 | 04:48 PM

squeals

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how much would it cost to build a stroker though? ive only got a certain amount to work with and that involves a new crank and all that good stuff
basically a new everything

Mar 10, 2007 | 09:17 AM

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I guess if you are on a budget with a 302, forget the stroker. A 351 is another story. The only thing additional on one of those is the crank and pistons, but you will be buying pistons any way. A 351 stroker (393) only adds about 2-300 to the build.

Mar 11, 2007 | 10:45 AM

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I suggest a reman engine, with aftermarket cam, hearders, and exhaust, that will wake up the truck with out hurting the budget too much. Thats what I did on mine, see my gallery for pics

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Mar 11, 2007 | 06:14 PM

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wait... just read your post again and caught it... so are you sayin get a cheap crate motor? or what? im not good at this terminology and i kinda want to rebuild this more for a learning experience more than anything

Mar 11, 2007 | 10:53 PM

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I went to Advance Auto Parts and ordered a remanufactured engine, It is remanufactured not rebuilt (theres a difference). It came with the block, heads, and timing chain set. I took my engine out swapped the intake, tinware, and accessories, ect over to the new engine, swapped in a new cam, and put it back in the truck. The motor was remanufactured by recon.

This will help explain the difference between rebuilt and remanufactured
http://www.reconengines.com/../enginecomp.html

Mar 12, 2007 | 12:15 AM

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What kind of prices did you pay for that engine matt? What kind of cam did you put in?

Mar 14, 2007 | 08:37 PM

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I paid about 850 for the engine, It came with the roller cam and lifters (HO fireing order) and came with the GT-40 heads. I called Crane Cams and they custom made a cam for this set up and speed density computer. Cam was about 300. The headers were 300. New dual exhaust was 150.