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Message: <blockquote data-quote="decipha" data-source="post: 1241817" data-attributes="member: 19128">if your doing a 4 valve the most cost effective route would be to score a mark 8 engine, you can snatch the ecu with it as well, 98 would be most ideal with coil on plugheaders don't make much of a difference on the cobra engines, nor do cams, the only way your going to get any power out of it is if you put a blower or a turbo on it, i prefer turbo's, on3 kits can be had rather cheap and are of decent quality, it would be a simple bolt on most likelynow keep in mind the aluminum teksid blocks are only good for about 650rwhp, the mains just rip out the bottom, I've had it happen many times.if you go with an iron block be sure you drill the block for the 4 valve coolant passages, i personally prefer the windsors over the romeo's just cuz of the main design but its not really a big deal in the grand scheme of thingsexpect the 4 valve engine to make about 250rwhp unless you do some porting, modifying, and what notif you search around you can usually find the m112 setups going for a reasonable price, would be worthwhile for the time beingdo yourself a favor and get large enough injectors and maf now so you won't have to re tune it later down the line when you throw boost at herany competent tuner can do a boost prerequisite in the calibration</blockquote>