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Here's a question for the experts:
So my original, stock 2.5L in my '98 E0 is getting mighty old and wheezy-sounding at around 130,000 miles, and has significant performance loss. At first I thought to have my abused old 2.5L rebuilt, but when I tried to have my MSDS headers installed a year or so ago, the exhaust guys told me the 13-year-old original bolts holding the stock headers on are so rusted that they'd have to break them off and install new ones. I'm guessing rebuilding would be an overly expensive venture that would yield less HP in the long run than just upgrading to a 3L, correct?
I've been hearing that the built 3.0L Taurus/Escape engines that are pre-modified to bolt right into all the SVT's native hardware over at 3L Duratec Performance are much less expensive, more powerful (by about 20HP), and far more available than a stock SVT 2.5L, and usually only have about 40k on them.
It should be noted that, although I could allow the current old engine to wheez along until 200k mark, I'm largely trying to restore/increase performance and hope to eventually turbo with a Nautilus T3/T4 turbo.
So I guess my main questions are:
-Are the above-montioned engines recommended by you experts? Should I go with one of these? Or have my 2.5 rebuilt? Keep in mind that I live in Honolulu, Hawaii with no access to any place that's going to know how to mod a CSVT engine, nor do I have any automotive engine skills myself; I kind of need a drop-in replacement, and want a performance upgrade too. Is there anything bad about these engines I should know about?
-Seeing as I do plan to turbo later, maybe aroud 9 or 10psi, should I order 42lb injectors and have them installed with the 3L if I were to get one? Or wait till later? Would 19lb SVT injectors work with a turbo in a 3L without blowing something?
So my original, stock 2.5L in my '98 E0 is getting mighty old and wheezy-sounding at around 130,000 miles, and has significant performance loss. At first I thought to have my abused old 2.5L rebuilt, but when I tried to have my MSDS headers installed a year or so ago, the exhaust guys told me the 13-year-old original bolts holding the stock headers on are so rusted that they'd have to break them off and install new ones. I'm guessing rebuilding would be an overly expensive venture that would yield less HP in the long run than just upgrading to a 3L, correct?
I've been hearing that the built 3.0L Taurus/Escape engines that are pre-modified to bolt right into all the SVT's native hardware over at 3L Duratec Performance are much less expensive, more powerful (by about 20HP), and far more available than a stock SVT 2.5L, and usually only have about 40k on them.
It should be noted that, although I could allow the current old engine to wheez along until 200k mark, I'm largely trying to restore/increase performance and hope to eventually turbo with a Nautilus T3/T4 turbo.
So I guess my main questions are:
-Are the above-montioned engines recommended by you experts? Should I go with one of these? Or have my 2.5 rebuilt? Keep in mind that I live in Honolulu, Hawaii with no access to any place that's going to know how to mod a CSVT engine, nor do I have any automotive engine skills myself; I kind of need a drop-in replacement, and want a performance upgrade too. Is there anything bad about these engines I should know about?
-Seeing as I do plan to turbo later, maybe aroud 9 or 10psi, should I order 42lb injectors and have them installed with the 3L if I were to get one? Or wait till later? Would 19lb SVT injectors work with a turbo in a 3L without blowing something?