[lesane]

I have been away from this forum for a long time (while in Iraq, and various other places WITHOUT my car ...) but I'm back with a BIG issue. I need some help, and suggestions. I have a '98 GT with just over 90,000 forced induction miles, and tonight my non-PI stock motor is no longer with us. I want to do a complete engine swap ( 5.0, 4.6PI, 5.4, cobra) and possibly still use a good portion of my accessories ( 6 month old custom FMIC, Vortech S/C, $1,400 worth of tuning software/hardware). Im looking for suggestions on what I should do. Please help me out! Just to let you know, I'm a Marine and I'm married so I'm clearly on a budget, lol! I'm looking to keep it fairly cheap, but I want the car to perform! I drive it hard and want to try to keep it forced induction. A relatively simple swap is ideal as well. I am very knowledgeable, but I dont want to really do any fabrication, or rewiring. What options do I have? And for a little sympathy, I JUST got this car back ONE week ago from getting new a new wing, hood, and paint! I did an oil change, radiator flush, tune up, cleaned my air filter, and gave it a good wash/wax, and minutes later said goodbye to my engine! Bad night for me altogether, so ANY help will be GREATLY APPRECIATED! THANKS IN ADVANCE

[grn 00 gt]

What about a low mileage used PI engine swapped in for now then slowly build a forged motor yourself and put it in later when you have it complete.

I am married myself with 3 kids, so I know about all about the budget.

I got 40,000 supercharged miles on my 2000 GT which has 112,000 miles total now.

See if you can find a low mile 99-00 engine, they seem to last longer with a blower from what I have seen. Just make sure the tune is spot on or you will be doing the swap again soon.

[02GTpony]

Well if you want to go up to a 5.3 stroker motor Modular Mustang Racing offers an aluminum one that can hold quite a bit of horse power. Hope that helps they also provide alot of other high performance options if you want something more easy on the wallet.

[84turbo]

if your looking for a inexpensive buildup and your block is usable have it cleaned and bored then built with some stout parts like crower rods, wiesco pistons, or whatever you prefer.
find some pi heads have them cleaned and ported
assemble all that with the stuff you allready have you should see a big difference and a platform you can still build on.
also if you ever thought of putting long tube headers on nows the time because they are near imposible to get on with engine in place.
Good luck with whatever you dicide to do and "Semperfi Marine"