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[QUOTE]Originally posted by 93PONY: [QB] The simple truth is the $$$ that it'll take to get a GT up to snuff with an 03/04 Cobra would be just about enough to buy a used Cobra outright. Plus, the Cobra will retain it's value much better then a GT ever will. It really comes down to what you want. Do you want an N/A GT that moves pretty damn good for what it's got, or do you want a factory boosted Cobra with all the creature comforts? As for mail-order motors.... I know the cost of parts to build a stroker modular. With the price X2C & others sell their shortblocks the ONLY way they can make any money on the deal is to do 2 things. First is sell a LOT of motors. This means an assembly line type build....bust out as many as you can as fast as you can. Second is buy the cheapest parts you can get away with. With that in mind, nobody is perfect....every shop will make a mistake from time to time. Obviously attention to detail goes a LONG way in catching any errors. What would you do if you found that during assembly your mail-order motor had an oil ring roll-over? Your motor would burn excessive amounts of oil. You'd have to first call up & convince them that they made a mistake......AFTER you had a qualified mechanic pull down the motor to find out exactly what went wrong (which is not free). You'd then be forced to either 1. ship your motor back to the builder, or 2. have a local shop fix the problem, pay the local shop, then fight to get some $$$ back from the original builder. I've been working at HCI for a year now....in that time we've built about 25 motors. Out of those 25 motors, 5 car came in with hurt fully forged motors with very low miles from either other local shops, or mail order. All 5 had 'issues' during the build that were not caught. That's 20% of the motors we've built this last year. Those customers paid a much higher price in the end. If you lived down the street from a company like X2C, CHP, DSS, etc, hell, why not buy one of thier motors. If someting goes wrong you can drive the car right into their shop & have it checked out. Your best bet for quality is to go with a local shop that backs up their work & has a record that proves it. The higher up-front cost goes a LONG way if anything ever goes wrong. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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