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Old 10-03-2009, 12:17 AM
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this guy is selling me one off an 08 shelby with the trany for about $3,700 installed and running
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go for it
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Originally Posted by shyguy89
this guy is selling me one off an 08 shelby with the trany for about $3,700 installed and running
fk do it, thats cheap... ask him whats wrong with it
Old 10-03-2009, 12:23 AM
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its off a wrecked car has less than 10k miles on it, its a complete engine with the supercharger
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Manual tranny though? That's gonna be a pain to fabricate. Hell yeah but definatly tune, full exhaust and get new s/c pullies and what not.
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not to sure but auto or manual its still good
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Originally Posted by bossman15
Hell if you can pull one from the shelby do that...power tuned 5.4 supercharged will definatly do the trick, but I would suggest running a kenne bell s/c kit instead of the stock (eaton?) Kit. I guess your pretty much doing a lightning recreation on the new body style which is pretty cool I guess.
Whipple makes a 3.4L for the same price as KB's setup. OP: If I were you'd i'd find a totaled gt500 and pull the motor from that or am 03-04 cobra since the bottom ends are forged and whipple it or twin turbo. You could swap in a diesel and put a huge turbo on it also...I saw a thing somewhere a few months back about dragging diesel trucks and the 1/4 mile times they got were sometimes down in the 12's, then they'd drive home and get killer mpg...just a thought...I'd also suggest a smaller set of wheels and bigger meats out back so you get the most out of your rwhp. What trans you looking at buying? What 1/4 mile times are you looking for also?
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im looking to try to hit low 12s or high 11s
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It's all cool! What about the wiring? And the emissions? Will you be able to make all that work?
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Where are you located? If you don't have too tough of emissions testing you could get by with hi-flow cats and long tube headers. The mustang crowd that I'm in also, people are getting 550rwhp with CAI and pulley swaps. With a custom exhaust, the CAI swap and pulley changes you'd have a killer setup. http://www.lethalperformance.com/, http://www.evoperform.com/shop/, and http://blowbyracing.com/ are some great places to get started modding that motor!


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