long story short my engine blew up. looking at a budget around 4000.00 and i found some lightning long blocks for around 3400. I have a 2001 supercrew with a magna charger on it. I was wondering if i did a lightning long block... will my sc fit? will the tuning on it be alot different? or should i go with a navigator engine with the 4 valves? and would my sc fit? Please let me know.

 

btw i wanted to mention this is not another one of those "dreamer ideas" the funds are ready to go I just wanted help to get pointed in the right direction. Thanks!

 

Start pulling the parts off of your engine and bolt them up to the L long block. A tweak of the tune would help because of the lower Compression ratio of the Lightning. 8.5:1 vs 9.2:1

Regards

Jean Marc Chartier

 

so would a lightning long block be the best way to go?

 

For the cash you have to spend yes. The L long block has slightly stronger interenals. How did your stock block last? If it were me I would find a cheap 5.4 Long block and build that. But that will cost you more than 4k.

Regards

Jean Marc Chartier

 

2001
Engine
Ford Truck F150 RDY,XLT,5.4L,AOD,4WD ,AC 54,000 A 65113G $1450 Al's Auto Parts, Inc. USA-PA(Trevose) E-mail 1-888-396-2199

2002
Engine
Ford Truck F150 RDY,ROLLOVER,XLT,4.6 SOHC,AT,FWD 73,000 A 73429M $1150 Al's Auto Parts, Inc. USA-PA(Trevose) E-mail 1-888-396-2199

2001
Engine
Ford Truck F150 4.6,GOOD ENGINE ED 1/21/08 69,514 A 071026 $1700 Stoystown Auto Wreckers USA-PA(Stoystown) E-mail 1-800-358-8770

 

Corvettguy. That's the way I go when I picuk a fairly new car cheap that has a blow engine in it. Depening on the make I have certain Salvage yards I work with for the engines. Heck if I need to get it on the road quick, pay the salvage yard guy little extra to put it in. I remeber I did that with this caddy once. but it was trans I needed and a guy in my own backyard had a low milage one got it installed for under 1000. Had that thing on the road in no time. Good luck DSD hope you find one.

 

i found one for 2700.00 that is rebuilt. and it has a $450 core and comes with a 1 year warranty and free shipping! Are rebulits a good way to go?

 

Depends on how good the rebuilder is. Some of them around here are crap. Ask a lot of questions about what they call a rebuilt engine.

 

http://www.karkraft.com/

 

http://www.bestrebuiltengines.com/

here is the place i found. the guy claims he gets his longblocks the same place as ford...

 

anyone heard of them?

 

FJE is a Ford Authorized Distributor of the Ford Remanufactured powertrain assemblies and Motorcraft powertrain assemblies.

http://www.fred-jones.com/

Don't know if they sell direct, however. But I am sure they can tell you who they supply.