$15000 because he did it 3x. im doing a similar build myself and its coming out around $4700. other wise, your statment is not 100% accurate with the price and ET...

i dunno about you but i dread red lights, or racing of any kind with my 4.6...

 

HI!... I huess it would only be considered RICE if you had a green neon light inside of it flashing with your sterio bass! LOL!

 

what about red? my trucks red!! that count towards rice tho?

 

HI!... Well I've been doing some serious thinking on this project and when the rolling chassis is done, I think I'm going to start FRESH and start another built 5.4 from scratch. Going to go with a custom billet crank, billet "I" beam rods and custom forged pistons, all put into a new FORD NVH 5.4 block. The short block should be good for 1500-2000H.P. Since I'm turning this into a drag truck I might as well crank the boost up as well and see what she'll do. HMMMM 25LBS of boost................

 

HI!... Any neon light is rice IMO.

 

lol just f'n with ya. although, a black light and some white paint might be neat? lol..


aww neal has to revamp his 5.4?

why dont YOU build the motor instead of someone bending you over 3x?

 

HI!... These days I only get the shortblock built by a machine shop. The rest I do myself. Just don't have time or the patience anymore. I'm going to be getting it done at a place a few hours from here near TORONTO. They build all kinds of high power modular engines. A few of the LIGHTNING/COBRA guys here in town have had 650RWH.P + engines built there with no problems.

 

I'll assume the cobra 4.6 forged crank is a direct fit for the 4.6 in our trucks?

Can you run a 5.4L crank in the 4.6 without clearancing? Or what clearancing is necessary? Different rods with same deck height?

You'd think the STS turbo kits would have serious lag, but in practice they don't. Watch some of the vids, they spin up real quick.

 

HI!... Yes the COBRA 8 bolt forged steel crank will fit in a truck 4.6 block.

The 5.4 crank will not fit in a 4.6 block as far as I know. They don't make rods to fit that application. The 5.4 block has a taller deck height than the 4.6 to accomadate the longer stroke and longer rod. Well I've talked to people that have run the STS style kits and there is considerable LAG compared to the typical turbo set-ups.

 

what they usually charge for building the bottom end? ya can pm me if u have a price.

 

HI!... Don't know. Have not got that far yet. Concentrating on the rolling chassis right now. Probably won't get to the engine until this summer.

 

.... TaRd??
fine ill build my shortblock myself when i find specs. F-it, troyer says it probably wont stay together, i cry inside with fear but im gonna do it.

 

From Wikipedia:

Contrary to popular belief, the Modular engine did not get its name from its design or sharing of certain parts among the engine family. Instead, the name was derived from a manufacturing plant protocol, "Modular", where the plant and its tooling could be changed out in a matter of hours to manufacture different versions of the engine family.

So just because our engines are "Modular" may not mean that you can use a crankshaft from a 4.6 in a 5.4.

 

YOU'RE 33 YEARS OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never knew!! WOW! I feel stupid.

 

HI!... Why do you feel stupid? Did you think I was younger or older? LOL!