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look around theres heaps cheaper places than marks, i know of at least one

sw1 wrote:look around theres heaps cheaper places than marks, i know of at least one

But do they fabricate or only sell off the self imported stuff. Places like the Rod Shop will fabricate but prices are pretty much the same.

for an mk conversion

dellow automotive kit : $980.00

rodshop : $680.00 and less complications that includes engine mounts

engine : $1200.00 (5.0L vt)ready to run mates rates

Engineers report : $255.00+GST

misc : $300.00

The rest of the gear needed for the engineers report is as follows:

Catalitic converters

carbon canister

and he has to perform a noise test

J Top wrote:I have done 2 350 chev into Patrol's with Marks adaptors and in both of
them the carrier for the thrust bearing was off line causing thrust bearing drag and clutch slip.It does'nt help that the bearing carrier and the cross in the adaptor have a rough finish giving a lumpy slid.
I'm about to start my 3rd conversion,the bell housing will be alined before I start and the cross and bearing carrier polished smooth.
J Top
ps when contacted about this Marks said "we have sold 100s of these and you are the only one to have this problem" yeah right.

Then why buy marks the third time around?

AussieCJ7 wrote:What do you think a good EFI 302 would be worth, if your saying the ford would have been cheaper I prefer the ford anyway just havent looked into the cost side of things

I was thinking of the EFI 302 out of a later F100 mainly for the torque and the fact they are less popular due to lower HP but it would still suit my needs

Idealy I would like the 302 with something like the T18a for the granny low what other options did the ford trucks have for engine gearbox ?

EB XR8's can be picked up around 3k for a complete car undamaged if you look. There was one on carpoint the other day in great condition for $3500 and a repoed one for about $2500.

In wrecked cars I've seen the non-XR EFI V8's (Fairmont and Fairlane) go for as low as about $1200 for the whole vehicle.

Just not as popular for transplants, not necessarily any worse. The fords kept the EFI 302 a lot longer than the Holdens kept the EFI 304 because it was a better engine. Look at the last spec XR8 302's to the best of the 5 litre SS's.

In the end, for the horsepower wars they had to make the change.

Ford did toss up supercharging the 302 instead of using the newer 5.4. It was a pretty close call.


If you're going to import a US engine, import the US spec Ford 5.4 Supercharged V8