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Hey,your best bet would be to buy evrything used with low miles.That way you would save alot of money.I only paid 350 for a set of pi heads and cams with only 3,000 miles on them and only $100 for the intake.But you will also have to spend another $200 for head gaskets,intake gaskets,exhaust gaskets and head bolts.Just search stangnet and modular depots classifieds.There are tons of cool people on here that i trust to buy stuff from.I have a set of pi cams if you would be interested in buying them,and no you will still need to buy the headers for your year.The manifolds are no different.
 
im not the one actually buying the stuff, i have a 5 liter beater. My friend has an 03GT and he is about to do a 4valve swap. I know someone else that want to buy his PI stuff. But my friend wants 1200 for the PI and i told him thats a lil pricey. but he insist on it.
 
first off whats up with this google man thing. I am sorta new here but this is the first time I have seen it. Just wondering...anyways Is it the whole engine or just heads and intake? If it's just heads and intake (which thats what I am assuming) then yes he is very high when you can go and buy a complete engine for $1500 with under 50,000 miles on the ticker.
 
rudeone707 said:
im not the one actually buying the stuff, i have a 5 liter beater. My friend has an 03GT and he is about to do a 4valve swap. I know someone else that want to buy his PI stuff. But my friend wants 1200 for the PI and i told him thats a lil pricey. but he insist on it.

Tell your friend that he is crazy. Tell him that everyday. $1200 for used PI stuff is nuts when you can buy the complete kit BRAND NEW from Parkway Ford for $1320 delivered. If I am willing to spend $1200 for used parts, you can bet your azz I'll pay another $120 for the brand new parts. Your friend is crazy.
 
Tell your buddy he's got to come down at least $600.00 if he wants anyone to even look at his stuff. It wouldn’t even matter they were brand new take offs from a 2004 with zero miles on them, the only thing usable when you take the old stuff of the car is the heads, intake and dipstick tube. All the head bolts and gaskets have to be bought new when replacing them, so he's actually about $80.00 higher than a new set. $1320.00 for a complete new kit from Parkway, or $1200.00 for his, plus another $200.00 for new gaskets and bolts.....no frigging way.
 
Stanglover96 said:
If I'm not mistaken you have to get the PI computer also to tune the setup.
You're mistaken... While any car could use a tune for more performance you don't need one. Hell for the price your friend wants to sell his stuff for you could get P & P'ed heads, whatever he's on give me some.
 
pi swap

if your looking to do the pi swap your probably better of just buying a newer pi engine. i just did the pi swap in my 97 gt and i would never do it again! the power was great, but with the time and all the headaches with dropping motor and doing swap your better off just getting a new or used engine. if you were not to do it yourself, most shops usually charge between 18-22 hours at $37 an hour your looking at some seroius money on top of the kit. also if you change the heads on your pre PI, it raises the compression and makes it very unfriendly to supercharge,nitrous,etc. save yourself the time, money, and trouble and just get an engine. thats just my opinion and anyone else who has done the swap themselves. but for more info on the swap check out
www.enthusedproduction.com/headswap/
 
I was just talking about the google man at the bottom of all of the threads. The SN is Related Links and then it says underneath The Google Man. I think he is just there for support.
Anyways......
Like I said before He is way over priced. Tell him I will give him $400 for all of it. Top dollar I will go. I am probably going to buy a complete PI engine cause they are so cheap and plentiful.
 
VetteEater said:
I was just talking about the google man at the bottom of all of the threads. The SN is Related Links and then it says underneath The Google Man. I think he is just there for support.
The Google Man is helping pay the bills and keep this place free.

As far as the price of the PI stuff, KarkKraft was selling used heads cams and intake for $375. Anything over $500 would be out of line.