Originally Posted by
visa_broke
I've been looking at american engines but bit out of my comfort zone with them so far, I see the dodge 5.3/5.7 engines in breakers all the time and have asked on prices ($100 for a bare engine if I pull it plus tax)
Not seen a dodge magnum engine in there yet which is one that I was interested in getting for an engine swap. I might do a bit more research into american v8's.
the newer dodge engines can be had relatively cheap compared to the new coyote ford, if u have a friend in america where u can strip a car, dodge challengers and chargers are plentiful salvage and cheap (iaai and copart usa), get a salvage complete car, way way cheaper in the long run, thats why i bought a complete f150, i paid $3018 including fees, an engine package would have cost me near 10k, as it happened the engine was unusable, but it got me a complete loom, ecu and loads of other bits, easily 3k's worth of parts, got another engine cheap as i didn't need the full running package, i picked up a spare gearbox as well, just in case, and i need a core to rebuild and beef up for the next project