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Originally Posted by mcdover
No, you do not remember correctly. A GT500 crate motor is $16k and I'm not paying anywhere near that.
Here's what I wanting to do: Pull my existing 5.4L 3v with the whipple and replace it with a GT500 5.4L 4v with a Whipple 3.4 or maybe turbo.
I remember Rafa had over $30K in his motor build up and was looking at 650-700rwhp. Even if I bought the crate engine directly from FRPP for their price AND added the aftermarket S/C, I would still be in for far less than $30K AND have more HP potential. Tell me where my thinking is flawed.
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I only remember rafa getting 550 and the trans would not hold it. Even at 550, he had to have 700+ at the crank, don't forget rafa had a 4x4, he was losing 150+ thru the trans and x-fer case.
It would be cheaper to just get forged internals, a trans upgrade and converter, and fuel system upgrades. Then you can crank up your whipple to 15 lbs. You can probably do all that for less than 10K