Dog gone you Burns you've got me thinking about rebuilding the whole motor now.
The car will never, ever be for sale, except possibly to my oldest niece who will be of driving age in a few years.
I bought the car after coming back from deployment and will never, ever sell it.
I'd like to rebuild my own engine simply because I know how the engine was run and taken care of. A junkyard motor would be alright but I wouldn't trust anything with more than 60k miles, especially if it came out of a Mustang. Not everyone takes care of what they have. Too many stangs have been ragged on and beat up.
If rebuilding I would do all of the disassembly and reassembly as I could, using a machine shop to bore the cylinders, machine the bottom end, balance the crank, etc.
I'm not looking to put a supercharger on the car so I don't need any crazy forged internals. If anything, I'd go for N/A with more aggressive cams, ported heads, and a tune. The car is a DD and needs to stay reliable above anything else. My budget is flexible depending on what is necessary and desirable but I'm not going to throw money at it for no apparent reason.
Can anyone recommend an ethical and reliable machine shop here in the Atlanta area? I used Will's Automotive Machine Shop in Chamblee, GA to resurface my flywheel when I did the clutch job. Their reviews and ratings online are all five star... which could be good service or shill reviewers. Caveat emptor.