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HELLO FRIENDS,

I'm new to this forum. My 4.6L Triton with 180k miles allegedly has lost compression in cylinder #8 and the best advice i feel that I have recieved is to "run it the engine to the ground" vs. spending an estimated $900 for a head job on an engine with such high mileage. Amazingly the engine still runs "EXCELLENT" except for a "very slight" regular vibration / offbalanced type of feeling while driving.

I was initially going to do a like for like swap with with a Jasper 4.6L for $2600 which I feel is very reasonable but I've decided to keep the truck for at least several more years so I thought it would be alot of fun to upgrade to a 5.4 Supercharged Lightning engine which Jasper quotes for about $4k or" a 475hp 460ci engine from cmengines.com for about the same $4k.

My questions at least for now are: :

what are the extra part's/labor I'll need and what is a ballpark I shouldexpect to pay for the additional non matching parts and labor of the higher horsepower engine vs. a like for like 4.6L swap.

Also, I'm all ears for the reasons I should avoid the larger engine upgrade vs. "like to like" 4.6L swap?

I dont have a budget in mind really but I'm looking to keep my costs under $6k total for the engine swap including labor and any additional parts and labor associated with this project. This is a daily driver but I'm looking at this endevaour as much as a hobby as anything else. My plans are admittedly "over the top" and include a substantial suspension lift (3" body lifty only had been done so far), functional ram air hood, and as much as I can afford over the next 18 months or so with a budget of about $1000-$1500 per month for this "hobby/project". Also0 what other upgrades would make the most sense as far as most bang for the buck mechanically and asthetically? MY questions to the community is what additional costs aside the engine should I expect?

Also, can anyone tell me where to look for performance brakes that are more robust than the factory ones? I seem to go through brakes once every 3-4 months on any and every car I've ever owned.

I'm scouring ebay, craigslist etc for custom :unique" f-150 parts for this project so if anyone has any for sale please email me tand let me know what youve got. I guess what I'm really trying to accomplish is a "SHOW TRUCK" or at beast trhe best I can get with a $20k'sh budget over the next 12-18 months one project at a time.

Thanks in advance for the feedback.

 

the best upgrade you can do is give me about 500 a month. haha. messing with ya.

id have to know more about the bigger engine. id go with the lightning engine myself just because i think they have some serious potential. just yesterday i was talking to the son of the dad who has built the fastest three lightnings in this state.

with your budget you have some serious potential. i think its bulletproof suspension that makes the biggest out of the box lift you can buy (12 or 14"). you could take that truck to an offroad shop and get one nasty straight axle swap with the works.

 

If you're wanting to make a show truck, get the 460, and put a blower on it sticking through the hood. (If it would even be possible to swap the 460 in) Go "muscle car" with your F150.
That would be a beast of a truck.