Trolled around but haven't seen anything mentioned about the above being done. My experience with a newer 5.0 (w/MAF) was that head work (3 angle job, mild porting/matching) and partial balancing netted at least 1/2 sec better 0-60 (was done at 30k mi.). That translated into lotsa ponies. Nothing else was changed and the EEC handled everything better. Very cheaply done, too. I was wondering if porting/polishing/balancing etc would be beneficial to a 2.5? I know the extrude honing helped...is it worth it to take it further? I have 41k on the motor and am between trading it or keeping it for a few yrs. at least. A teardown would seem like a good idea if I'm going to keep it for a few yrs, and as long as it's apart, anything else b'sides a new water pump?....sorry if I ramble. I would prefer to keep this car and wouldn't mind having it torn down first, all things considered. Anyone ever toyed with increasing displacement or compression ratio (on stock block)? Seems like an SVT V6 is a candidate, perhaps....everything I thought of is still a lot cheaper that t/c or s/c and better for a motor w/41k on the clock already methinks.

98 CSVT, basic mod's, my slowest car yet but still faster than the wife's Talon Tsi AWD. Not by much, though. Now if I could get the back wheels to do something....