In Every Great Difficulty Lies Opportunity?
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10-28-2009, 05:09 AM
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In Every Great Difficulty Lies Opportunity?
Long story short - I crashed the '03 Supercrew, and insurance isn't paying a dime to rebuild it.
Moving on - this is my new project. And I want the truck to be 10x better than it was when I bring it back from the dead.
There are no huge problems with the engine, but since it's a project now - why not beef it up? It's the 4.6 V8, already with a K&N, and tuned...
Do I spend the money to supercharge it? Swap a Lightning/Cobra motor into it? Or go with smaller mods? What do you guys think?
Moving on - this is my new project. And I want the truck to be 10x better than it was when I bring it back from the dead.
There are no huge problems with the engine, but since it's a project now - why not beef it up? It's the 4.6 V8, already with a K&N, and tuned...
Do I spend the money to supercharge it? Swap a Lightning/Cobra motor into it? Or go with smaller mods? What do you guys think?
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10-28-2009, 07:36 AM
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I'll take some pictures when it stops raining.
The first step is to get the frame straightened, which should be done by next week. Once that's done I can start ordering the body parts I need (bumper, grille, lower valance, a fender or two, headlights, etc.) and a few other things like a radiator and whatnot. I'll need an alignment and some new tires. I need to have some work done by a body shop on the bed of the truck. Then I can start really putting it back together.
In all actuality it's going to take a lot of time and a lot more money than I have to get this thing back on the road. But once it is back on the road, I'll be looking for the biggest horsepower gain for the smallest amount of money, put simply.
The first step is to get the frame straightened, which should be done by next week. Once that's done I can start ordering the body parts I need (bumper, grille, lower valance, a fender or two, headlights, etc.) and a few other things like a radiator and whatnot. I'll need an alignment and some new tires. I need to have some work done by a body shop on the bed of the truck. Then I can start really putting it back together.
In all actuality it's going to take a lot of time and a lot more money than I have to get this thing back on the road. But once it is back on the road, I'll be looking for the biggest horsepower gain for the smallest amount of money, put simply.
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