Originally posted by Rice_Smokin_SVT:
The 3.0L costs an arm and a leg to get put in. It's cheaper in the end to get a S/C.
My SC cost me $3,1XX including battery relocation, try to get that deal again. Installed by myself. Installation would have cost me an hourly rate for a minimum of 12 hours (per Vortech install sheet, ya, right, more like 20 hours) at $65 per hour = $780-$1300
Total of $3880-$4100My 3 liter cost less than $800 rebuilt ($525 delivered full engine assembly, $125 for gaskets rings and mains are another $125 which I didn't need), installed by myself. Ford gets in the neighborhood of 12 hours for the engine transplant. $66 per hour = $792 plus tax, 4 hours to swap over your old engine parts if you rebuild the 3 liter short block yourself = $264, 6 hours to disassemble and reassemble 3 liter if they do it = $396
Total = $1963 installed and rebuilt at a Ford dealership.It adds up the other way around.. Add some knowhow in there and save a bundle on each, but the parts are still much cheaper than the SC way. Not as much HP as the SC though...
