1998 Mustang Cobra Engine Work Question?

[98mustangcobra]

oh i am not driving it. it has been sitting sence i took it to get it looked at. No it has not been ripped apart but 3 different places have told me the same thing witch is a cracked rod. Why could it be anything else?

[Jeff Chambers]

Just wondering how they diagnosed it as a cracked rod. I'd be awfully hard pressed to diagnose a cracked rod without having done an internal inspection. A cracked rod is pretty much going to do what it needs to do until it breaks. What are the symptoms?

[98mustangcobra]

all i know is that once it hits 2000 RPM's you hear a tap tap tap noise of metal. Not good. That a good sign to not drive it till its fixed. They just told me that it was a broken or cracked rod. Do you have any ideas? Thanks and have a great day.

[DeltaMustang65]

I have to agree with Jeff. Are you taking the car to a REPUTABLE shop? It sounds like they're just trying to bleed you dry.

[98mustangcobra]

Yes it is a shop for Newer high performance Mustangs and camaro's

[blue00gt]

Originally Posted by 98mustangcobra

Yes it is a shop for Newer high performance Mustangs and camaro's

Do you have a local Mustang message board where you could search for info about the shop, or do you know any folks with motors they have built? If they don't have a proven track record building modulars then you could be setting yourself up to pay way too much and possibly have problems. Sometimes it's better to just buy a built shortblock from a reputable place that builds and sells them all day.
It sounds like you aren't planning on forced induction initially so you should be fine with your stock injectors and just getting a tune. Even with all the bolt-ons you're not going to make a whole lot of power N/A unless you want to spent a ton of money on headwork, custom cams, and you'd also need to run extremely high compression that's not going to be friendly for pump gas.
Bang for the buck you'd be much better off just getting a built shortblock, blower or turbo kit and the supporting fuel mods and then adding boost or bolt-ons as you go if you get bored of your power level.

[goodyear1984]

ur gonna have to sit down and think of what u wanna buy u can't just go and slap a bunch of parts and think ur gona have 700hp every things got to work with each other....ive never herd of a cracked rod ,i dout that it would just break..ive herd about thoes things spinning bearings.i just dont beleve its cracked