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Old 11-23-2014, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Jackedup00
My personal opinion is get a junkyard motor with pi heads on it for about $200. Completely rebuild and beef it up and when you're done with it swap it in. Hopefully your engine has enough life left to last until the build is finished
My engine has plenty left in it. It hasn't given us any problems thus far. Knock on wood lol. But I'd rather swap the heads into my motor cause I'd make more power that way.
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Originally Posted by Cmanjr

My engine has plenty left in it. It hasn't given us any problems thus far. Knock on wood lol. But I'd rather swap the heads into my motor cause I'd make more power that way.
Well either way the smart thing to do is run on a fresh rebuild. Your motor will probably be nearing the 200k mark when you do this and that's going to add more stress to it than its had for the past 200k.
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Originally Posted by Jackedup00
Well either way the smart thing to do is run on a fresh rebuild. Your motor will probably be nearing the 200k mark when you do this and that's going to add more stress to it than its had for the past 200k.
I'll figure out what I'm gonna do when the time comes. Not too worried about it right now. I also would like to have another vehicle to drive when work is being done on it which I currently don't have.
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Originally Posted by Cmanjr

I'll figure out what I'm gonna do when the time comes. Not too worried about it right now. I also would like to have another vehicle to drive when work is being done on it which I currently don't have.
That's another reason I'm buying a 250,so I can do whatever the hell I want with the 10th gen and still hhave a ride. A badass ride at that lol.
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Originally Posted by Jackedup00
That's another reason I'm buying a 250,so I can do whatever the hell I want with the 10th gen and still hhave a ride. A badass ride at that lol.
Once I get a job so I can start saving money and if I can talk my dad into helping me buy a Jeep Wrangler YJ then I'll have a second vehicle
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Welding on some 6an fittings for the tranny.

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Did you buy a different cooler?

Whats different than that one and the one you are selling?
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Originally Posted by MyFX4Project
Did you buy a different cooler? Whats different than that one and the one you are selling?
I didn't want to clamp on my connections for the hose so I'm using AN fittings. The outlets were also 5/16 so I drilled them out to 3/8
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Originally Posted by ibd2328

I didn't want to clamp on my connections for the hose so I'm using AN fittings. The outlets were also 5/16 so I drilled them out to 3/8
Ahh. Id ****** the other one but i dont really need it.
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Originally Posted by Jackedup00
My personal opinion is get a junkyard motor with pi heads on it for about $200. Completely rebuild and beef it up and when you're done with it swap it in. Hopefully your engine has enough life left to last until the build is finished
Wont make near as much power as a NPI swapped 5.4. Been there done that.


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