All in all, I think its good that subjects and objections can be brought into focus on a message board and not have artillery fire start up...
As far as your concerns Unit, they are not without merit, but in my opinion you've exagerrated them a little bit...
I checked out the thread you mentioned, and other than the stupid "ricer" comment, I really didn't see anything altogether offensive....
As far as the price of parts: I sell parts part-time on my Saturdays and in my experience parts for the modular (especially the non-engine parts) are just about the same price as comparable stuff for the fox bodies. But I do notice a constant 2-7 percent retail increase for anything that's on a 98 or above. I think a lot of this is companies knowing that these years is where most of the "new" money is coming from... so they bump up the prices a bit...
As far as parts such as intakes and heads:
In general (retail), the prices for these parts have dropped dramatically in the last 24 months as more companies start supporting the 4.6 platform... and although I still see about a typical 2-5% increase in price in general for the modular parts over the good ol' 5.0, if you look on the net hard enough, you can find some deals nowadays. (Wish I was in the market for heads now. You don't want to know how much I paid for my FRPP setup almost 2 years ago)
[After some checking, SDWheeler has got one HECK of a deal going on for the heads\intake upgrade...
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Overall, there are still more choices for a 5.0 owner, but the 4.6 market is growing by leaps and bounds.....
Now as far as information passed out on the 5.0 on our various forums, well as long as there are no flame wars and people play nice, I'm fine. To be honest, if you want info on the 5.0, I wouldn't be reading in the mod madness forum anyway....feel free to defend the 5 litre, but just try to remember we're all mustangers here. And as far as bad info pertaining to the 4.6, if I know its incorrect, I'll post a correction. But to be honest, that is the nature of the beast on any message board, not just here... I would ignore the inconsistencies and move on....
As far as your 87 GT is concerned, it sounds like a hot little number, do you have any timeslips\dyno runs in it? How about the 2001?
Once again, thanks for the mature response Unit.
I appreciate it....