GT500 motor in an F150?
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Get with Ford Racing on the control pack. And please do it so you can help me in the future. 
http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts...KeyField=10537
http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts...KeyField=10537
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http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts...tKeyField=9560
This takes all of the guessing out of it...what pistons, compression, cams, etc. I heard this engine is good for 1,000 hp. Just put a big enough blower on it and spin it fast!
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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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06-13-2009, 09:56 PM
It might be easier to just use the GT 500 shortblock and put your heads on it than to try and get the complete motor to work in the truck. The gt 500 motor is only 500 hp at the crank and that can easily be done with a 3v and a supercharger. At least with the 500 internals you can push the boost up to 15.
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06-13-2009, 10:07 PM
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.
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.
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
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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.
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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It might be easier to just use the GT 500 shortblock and put your heads on it than to try and get the complete motor to work in the truck. The gt 500 motor is only 500 hp at the crank and that can easily be done with a 3v and a supercharger. At least with the 500 internals you can push the boost up to 15.
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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
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
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06-13-2009, 10:20 PM
The 3v 5.4 will make a ton of power, as long as your internals will take it. Our biggest stumbling block is the trans in stock form with the stock converter, as rafa found out. I'm just guessing here, but I would think 500-525 at the wheels is about the limit for the stock trans. I don't know how much the built 4r75 will hold, rafa never came back to tell us.