Has anyone on the forum used www.cmengines.com for the 302 or 347?. I have been looking at them for a while, seam to have a good price. It's Carolina Machine Engines. I know that a crate engine is the way I'm going. It's cheaper in the long run, my opinion. The other is Blueprint Engines by Marshal.
Year One now offers crate engines, I think I would buy from them before some unknown place, even if it is more money, theres usually a reason.
You gets what ya payes for.Wind the wee out of a bargain stroker and you may not have a bargain before too long.Marshalls been around for a long time though,if you want to go bargain,they would be a descent choice.
One thing to keep in mind is if you have a problem, How hard is it going to be to get the engine back to the builder. Nice to keep it kind of local.
yea, i'd go with someone local. or atleast a name brand website. the extra $ would be worth the peace of mind at the very least
There are no local machine shops that have a rep. My opinion!. I found a guy that builds engines but I haven't talked to him yet about a good machine shop. I'm thinking of checking in to the machine shop in Tampa. The guy that owns it is the new builder on horsepower TV. I have to do some research to find which one. I will check out yearone for crate engines. some of those places lean toward chevy more than ford.
at $1800 bucks this doesnt look like a bad deal off jegs http://www.jegs.com/p/Blueprint+Engines/857483/10002/-1/10763 most "dressed" crate engines are set up for fox bodies anyway so with getting a bare long block you might be doing your self a favor
Thats a good start, will my intake, timing cover,and oil pan fit on that newer 5.0. also std. flow water pump and my tci flywheel ?.
Only the fly wheel won't, the balance is different from the older motors to the newer ones, all other parts will work.
youll also need a harmonic balencer for the same reason that you'll need a new flywheel the engine in my car is a 91 t-bird motor with 96 ford explorer heads but it was easily converted to mechanical fuel pump, front sump pan, 4bbl intake, all that "old school" stuff. bolts right on. getting a good block and heads put together, like whats offered here, is the most important and challengine part.
That one advertises that the 5.0 block is .040 or .060 over, mine is .040, and I thought that was about the max you could go over. Can you go .060 over on the 5.0s?
Cme CME is actually about 20 miles from my house. I had them rebuild the 302 in my 1975 Comet GT. I took them the block and they did everything for $750. car runs like champ. All their engines come with a warranty. I have used them before and have never had any problems with their engines.
Another good source might be Keith Craft Racing Engines in Arkadelphia, Ark. The old Kuntz & Craft Ford motors were known for some pretty awesome HP numbers. I'm pretty sure they selll crate engines and they also CNC port and assemble their own AFR heads. One benefit from getting an engine from a custom shop is being able to order it with the correct balance configuration for your application. Mavman 72 is correct,"You gets what ya payes for".
I know in the book how to build a small block ford the two things I remember is don't go over 40 thou. and don't use a high volume oil pump. I know wall thickness is the reason for the bore, but I can't remember why std. oil pump. a lot of after market engine builders say std. oil pump on fords. and thanks fricke9205 I thought there would be someone on here that was in the know about cme. They seem to be very proud of there product.
