thats a 97-98 4.2

 

oh ok. i dont see why he would make a built 4.2 though?

 

thats a vaild point. my only thinking is if hes gonna turbo or he may be a mustang guy since its a bored and stroked 3.8 essex essentially.

 

even then, why not get a 4.6 or even a 5.4? it should make more power, and why not if your going to spend the money on a built motor. although it could have been a money issue im just going to leave it here.

his truck looks good anyway!

 

haha yea well until he fills us in we wont know. but its good to be different haha

and yea it does just needs to be dusted off

 

it must have taken him along time to find parts for the built 4.2!


j/k

 

Money was partly an issue, but I also want to be able to put out an impressive number on power then say it's a v6. I'm going to do a turbo or m112 but haven't decided yet. Whichever it is I'll push 18-20 pounds of boost and 400+ horsepower. I like to be different and would like to see the expression on some v8s when they find out they got beat by a v6.

 

Lol, surprisingly it didn't take long to decide on which parts I wanted to go with. I also had several choices on companies that I wanted to use and what I really wanted to do with the motor as well.

 

know what you mean. keep us updated on it

 

I definately will. It'll be a little while till I do forced induction but I'll be doing things between then and now. Plus I only have almost 100 miles on the motor after the rebuild so it's still early in the break-in.

 

i would definitely go turbo! woud be better for the higher power band of a V6 and it would make more power with less boost.

 

I like the meaty 97-98 bumper Im gonna get a painable grill and ditch the chrome one and have my bumper powder coated black then add fog lights and tint them

 

That's what I'm leaning for, but at the same time I'm thinking that if I go the supercharger route that a whipple or a kenne bell would be pretty sweet perched on top of there.

 

Yeah but I think you will have to have a intake manifold custom made for the v6. Which would cost alot.