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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WildWillyWalker" data-source="post: 1048607" data-attributes="member: 10273">I've been trying to find deals on Teksid blocks, Cobra cranks, 4v heads, etc. I've already purchased a 99 Cobra shortblock from work which has a cracked pistonfor $250. I'm just hoping the Teksid block and crank are good. I'll scrap the rods and pistons.Two weekends ago myself and onelow2v took a trip two hours away to Philly to pick up an 01 Continental engine for $150 which he had previously listed as... $300 or something like that. This included the transmission and frame. Brownie was a sport to go with me because I don't have a truck so I had no way of bringing the engine back. What sucked was that I found out it was not an 01 Continental. It had the early Continental style intake and spark plug wires. From what I've read online, the heads should be identical to 96-98 Cobra heads up until 00 when they had the same as the 99-01 c heads. However, I'm only going by what I read online since Sean Hyland Motorsports and Johnny Lightning never got back to me. And no one else could give me a straight answer (MMR, etc.). <a href="http://www.modularfords.com/f164/01-cobra-motor-vs-01-continental-85810/" target="_blank">http://www.modularfords.com/f164/01-cobra-motor-vs-01-continental-85810/</a>Anyway, we got to this guy's house and the Continental is back halved and the whole subframe was on the ground, but the strut was stuck on the one fender that was still attached to the car. As soon as we were there, he said he'd give me everything for $100. With some more torching and a chain hooked up to an S10, it came out. The engine hoist wasn't strong enough so we had to separate the engine and the subframe. Let's just say we left about two hours later, but with a ton of scrap AND the two cats from the car. Here's a breakdown of the cost so far and the next post will include pictures.Engine/Subframe/2 Cats/Struts/errrrthang - -$100Breakfast for myself and Brownie - $20 (-$120)Gas - $50 (-$170)Dinner for myself and Brownie - $40 (-$210)Two cats - $90 ($-120)So I'm in the hole $120 and I have a bunch to scrap yet including quite a bit of aluminum.If anyone can confirm that the heads are the same as the Cobras, that'd be great. I haven't checked for any part numbers on the heads yet. Probably be a smart thing to do....</blockquote>