Quote Originally Posted by streetglideok View Post
May want to look at either a Jasper engine, or a FoMoCo reman.

Personal experience, I spent the big $$$ for a Jasper, it went 2k the first go, was replaced, went 50 miles, was replaced again under warranty, third engine made it out of the garage, was then told they didn't care about the warranty and I was on my own.
Seems like everyone else has great luck with them.

As for used 5.4's, seems that used trucks are a bit cheaper here (NE) because they use salt on the roads so cars rust early here. You could find a cheap used truck, I could verify it runs good and bring it out to Colo on my weekend returns home. Just a thought.