345HP Ford Crate Engine

[95mustanggt]

My 95 GT has 130,000 km on it and in place of just bolting on heads etc, I was thinking about a new engine altogether. I priced out the 345HP crate engine from Ford. By the time I add intake manifold, fuel system, etc I'm at $7,500 in parts (keep in mind these are Canadian dollars and I'm in Canada).

Has anyone got any experience with this 345HP crate engine? There are not really any speed shops around me, but I could try to find a shop in Vancouver BC. Shipping up from the USA would cost a lot in freight and duty. Thoughts on a custome engine?

I'm only looking for modest HP. The 350 point will work. I just don't want a blower, only NA.

[bmxmon]

I think you could build your own cheaper. Get your block machined, stick new heads/cam/intake on there and you'd be set. Perhaps some forged pistons too. I guess I dont know how much injectors run, but I'd assume you would have to upgrade to some larger units over stock. Lots of info on the board, search around. The head sticky has lots of good info in that too. Im sure some of the more late-model knowledgable guys will chime in.

note: 7500 cnd=6470 us according to yahoo.

[Rev]

I think the Edelbrock crate street 302 CI engine has 367 hp. I also think my own 302 CI street engine has 350-375 hp (see user's rides). Somewhere in that 350-375 range is a reasonable range for a a street engine. Check Coast High Performance, Roush, Schmidt, and others to see what you might expect for the $$$.

Rev

[95mustanggt]

Originally Posted by bmxmon

note: 7500 cnd=6470 us according to yahoo.

Ya, I'm hurt by the exchange rate and then I have to watch duty. While I haven't priced out the heads yet, I was told to expect almost $2500 for a set.

I didn't know Edelbrock had a crate engine. 367 HP would be lots. I'll have to look into it. Thanks!

[bmxmon]

Ah, I got ya, I was thinking a couple hundred at the machine shop, around 1300 for heads, 150 for the cam and 300-400 for an intake (im not real familiar with efi intake prices though) Perhaps a crate engine is the best way to go, I think that would kick-ass just ordering 350hp. Best of luck.

[Rev]

Originally Posted by 95mustanggt

I didn't know Edelbrock had a crate engine. 367 HP would be lots. I'll have to look into it. Thanks!

It may just be just a heads/cam/intake kit that I'm thinking of rather than an actual long block crate engine.

Rev

[95mustanggt]

Originally Posted by Rev

It may just be just a heads/cam/intake kit that I'm thinking of rather than an actual long block crate engine.

Rev

Yup, I could only find Chev crate engines, just the Ford kits.

[bmxmon]

Is is cheaper for you to have someone buy the stuff for you in the US then have it shipped to you? Perhaps if you have a buddy down here he/she could do it for you, or maybe there is even a business or something that does just that. Any ways around the Duty tax? I cant say im real knowledgable about international shipping...I do know though that alot of Canadians come down to where I live and buy their things here, cheaper I guess than up there. Some of them are awfully strange...