Who would you buy a shortblock from?

[2000wrx]

Just wondering, if you were building a Cobra with 10 power in mind who would you buy a forged short block from?

I am just thinking out loud here. If I want to go 10's in a daily drivable Cobra I would need a lot of boost. So a forged SB is in order. I know of only a few "popular" builders...

CHP 5.1L 3999.99
DSS 4.6L 3500.00ish
SHM 4.6L 4000.00 5.0L 5000.00

Who am I missing, or am I going down the wrong road completely?

 

[CY98Cobra]

everything i have heard about shm is awful. dont go that route. i would go vt engines. doug has one of their shortblocks. i've heard nothing but good about their engines. they can also do a 5.4l due to the sleeves they use. you should check them out.

 

[2000wrx]

looks good,

So what should I expect to pay for a very clean condition 96-98 Cobra? I am budgeting 12-14K for the purchase of the car, though the less I spend the more I can mod

hmmm forged Cobra, uber boost.. and that sound yummmm

 

[slow98svt]

Actually you just need pistons and rods with some good rings and a few other minor things, the block itself can take tons of power and it already has a forged crank.

 

[blk96SVT]

www.vtengines.com that is where I will be getting my SB from whenever the time comes or the funds

 

[CY98Cobra]

i paid 12,000 for mine with 58k. slow98gt is right, the block/crank in the cobra's is great.

 

[doubletrouble]

MMR has some pretty sick engines at reasonable prices. Check them out at www.modularmustangracing.com I'm pretty shure this is who Murillo went through to get the shortblock for my 97.

 

[CY98Cobra]

not trying to hijack, doubletrouble, did you paint your taillight bezels yourself? if so, what paint did you use and how did you do it? you can pm me so i dont interrupt the thread.

 

[2000wrx]

yea but if your going to tear it down and replace anything makes sence to get a nasty new shortblock and more cubes to boot.

I could see doing a bolt on Cobra and an S/c then stepping up to a bigger better short block in the future.

What kinda of times are people running with S/C'd bolt-on Cobras?

 

[NXGHOST]

VTengines

 

[CY98Cobra]

if your wanting to up cubes and have the money, get a new shortblock. if you dont want to spend a fortune or dont want the extra displacement just get forged rods/pistons.

 

[XR8TED285]

h.c.i motorsports
al pappito
mod. performance
or vt

maybe expensive but you get what you payfor i have seen plenty of 350 rwhp n/a cars from h.c.i and alot of 550+ blown cars

Al p. builds the nastiest of n/a motors

Mod perf. well the have the fastest n/a car in the world

 

[doubletrouble]

not trying to hijack, doubletrouble, did you paint your taillight bezels yourself? if so, what paint did you use and how did you do it? you can pm me so i dont interrupt the thread.

I actually did not. I bought the car like that and they are the Saleen taillight bezels.

 

[doubletrouble]

Whoops. Just read about the PM part. Sorry 2000WRX didn't mean to jack yo thread.

 

[LAXbronco65]

HCI....... that where im gonna get mine when the time comes.