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Old 07-26-2016, 12:40 AM
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You gonna part it out or throw a new motor in it? If I could find a good 4.6is motor I would definitely be doing the swap but I don't see any, especially locally. But yes I will sell it for pretty cheap. The black leather/alcantera interior... I will miss it, that is all I can say
I bought my 4.6 engine for $5k shipped from California. The cost of the swap was around $4,700.

For $10k and some patience you can buy another 4.6is.

Now,the cost of a well running 4.4 is about a grand. I've heard of people salvaging the 4.6 heads and cams to turm the 4.4 into a 4.6. You save about $4k that way. This guy went the opposite way and used the 4.4 heads on a 4.6 block:
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