I'm looking for a rough estimate on costs to rebuild the donor motor for the FFR.

What am I looking at if the following holds true?


Polish crank journals
Bore/hone block .010 over
rings
cam bearings
main bearings
rod bearings
gaskets
(other incidentals i missed)


Longterm (1-2 years after the car is on the road), I want to build up something really potent with an R302 block. (High RPM, High compression.. the whole 9 yards). I'm trying to decide if it's better for me to rebuild this or to pick up a low mileage shortblock, move the heads and EFI stuff over and disassemble the spent block as a learning experience.

 

prolly around $1600 in labor and whatever the cost of parts will be. all together your looking at around $3000

 

No man lol 3k is aloT!!! for an est. Id say around 1200 that is if you doi the short block. pm me on prices I can get some shit perdy cheap.

 

im referring if you goto a shop and have a mechanic pul the block and bore it then rebuild it then reinstall. $3000 easily

trust me, i have done it 2 times now.

 

If I were you, I'd get a nice GT40 long block. It will end up saving you money and you will have a nice, reliable motor for years to come. Try contacting Scott about getting one of these.

 

If I was gonna spend 3k, it would be on the R block, and other assorted bits and pieces.


The point here is: Something sufficient for 1-2 years. < 10000 miles total expected life.

 

In that case I think you'd be better off sourcing a used motor instead of rebuilding the one you have. I'm betting you can find a low mileage Explorer 302 fairly cheap. My feeling is if you are going to spend the time and money to rebuild a motor, you may as well do it right and get exactly what you want. Why would you spend all that money to rebuild it to stock specs when you could just find another used motor for probably less?

 

that's what I don't know. if the bores are good and it doesn't need machine work, it can't be that much for bearings and rings. And I'd assume that honing the bores isn't gonna break the bank either.

 

I guess it just depends on how quickly you want a properly running motor. If it were me, I'd try to get my hands on that Exploder motor and sell the current motor in the Mustang. Later on down the road you could sell the Exploder heads and motor for decent money so long as they are in good shape. Remember you could get a 302 in an Exploder up to '98...I would think those late model 302's will be more and more in demand in the future. Just a thought.