Reply to "Aluminum block"

You can also sleeve out your existing block. Any way you look at it, that is still cheaper than a $5000 aluminum block.

The main advantage to the aluminum is it is about 100# lighter.

If you were building a competative race car that should be a consideration but on a street car that is just fancy eye candy.

Also, I would prefer to keep the stock stroke and bore configuration. To me it keeps the engine in the "sporty reving" category rather than the "spin the tires anytime" category like a big old Thunderbird that makes a lot of noise and smoke but doesn't go anywhere.

Many of the Ford 427 blocks are being sleeved in all 8 to keep the engine stock bore.

If you want to pay for an all aluminum Shelby block with his logo all over the place that is your perogative but a Pantera is like a Cobra in that sense, you don't need more torque in the car, you can't get it to hook up with stock displacement. Why do you need more?

Are you just going to make videos for the 15 year old on the block that go "wow, look at all that smoke and how the car goes in circles"?