im debating on whether to rebuild my 289 and do performance mods such as heads intake and stuff like that, or to buy a smeding performance 347 stroker.
the 347 stroker is longblock style with heads, intake, the works. it costs about 5500 dollars, how much would it cost to rebuild an engine (machining, blancing, first rate engine rebuild)
why not a FRPP crate engine? Cant beat the price, and its made by the OEMs, so the cost for the quality will be awesome. With the reasonable cost and easy availability of strokers, unless you have the original engine, theres no big reason to do the 289 if youre looking for more performance. http://www.fordracingparts.com/crate...smallblock.asp
You mit want to try this link, but their ebay store gives you a better idear of the cost. By the way I do work there the pic is an engine waiting to be shipped sorry its so blurry my camra sucks. by the way all the cobra stuff are upgrades. We buid these 347s for less than you can rebuild your 289. I just noticed your location you can even come down and take a tour of the shop and watch an engine on the dyno. we are only about 30 or 40 minutes from you in stanfield, NC
Do you want to really learn what it takes to make an engine produce good reliable power, or do you just want to buy an engine that has reported good power?
I'm not a fan of stroking a 289 block due to the short cylinder wall skirts. So (IMO) you should start with a 302 block if you want to build your own engine. You could do a decent build for about $4K. Cast crank, and hypereutics, good I beam rods.
If you've never built an engine before, I'd suggest building this one yourself. This way you will know what it takes and can talk intelligently with engine builders in the future.
There are some really good books out there. My all time favorite for covering the basics is still "How to rebuild your small block Ford". I got this book back in the '70s. Another decent book is "How to Build Big Inch Ford Small Blocks".
There have also been a couple of pretty good magazine articles as of late on "400HP" small block Fords, that give some really good engine building tips.
You can go out and buy a full long block engine rated at 450HP, put it in your car and only obtain 250HP. It really depends on your personal knowledge and skill level.
When it comes to engines... Knowledge really is Power!
Good luck,
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It cost me $3,500 to build my own from a 1968 289. The block was a 302 block from 1968 that Ford used cause they ran out of 289 blocks so, it has the long skirts.
hypereutics pistons with 9.5:1 Compression, Comp Cam's XE262H (493 / 500 lift with 268 duration), Edelbrock Performer RPM heads, Comp Cam lifters and push-rods, Crane Roller Rockers, high volume oil pump, high volume water pump, High Volume Fuel pump, Chromed 7 qt oil pan, Ford Racing Chromed Cast alum valve covers, Edelbrock RPM intake, Edlebrock 650 AVS Carb, Headmen ceramic coated shorty headers, 28 oz Harmonic balancer, 28 oz flexplate, MSD all in one distributor, MSD 9 mm wires and a Fluidyne Aluminum radiator.
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Do you want to really learn what it takes to make an engine produce good reliable power, or do you just want to buy an engine that has reported good power?
I'm not a fan of stroking a 289 block due to the short cylinder wall skirts. So (IMO) you should start with a 302 block if you want to build your own engine. You could do a decent build for about $4K. Cast crank, and hypereutics, good I beam rods.
If you've never built an engine before, I'd suggest building this one yourself. This way you will know what it takes and can talk intelligently with engine builders in the future.
There are some really good books out there. My all time favorite for covering the basics is still "How to rebuild your small block Ford". I got this book back in the '70s. Another decent book is "How to Build Big Inch Ford Small Blocks".
There have also been a couple of pretty good magazine articles as of late on "400HP" small block Fords, that give some really good engine building tips.
You can go out and buy a full long block engine rated at 450HP, put it in your car and only obtain 250HP. It really depends on your personal knowledge and skill level.
When it comes to engines... Knowledge really is Power!
You mit want to try this link, but their ebay store gives you a better idear of the cost. By the way I do work there the pic is an engine waiting to be shipped sorry its so blurry my camra sucks. by the way all the cobra stuff are upgrades. We buid these 347s for less than you can rebuild your 289. I just noticed your location you can even come down and take a tour of the shop and watch an engine on the dyno. we are only about 30 or 40 minutes from you in stanfield, NC
that sounds pretty awsome, i might just have to get my dad to run me up there to check out yalls shop. The smeding performance 347 was bout 5500 and it didnt come with a lot of the stuff shown on your engine
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