A “crate engine” is just that: an engine that comes in a wooden box, delivered to your door, ready to be dropped into the vehicle of your choosing. The good old days’ solution of building your own engine is falling out of favor, increasingly replaced by the ease and cost-effectiveness of buying a complete, ready-to-run powerplant. The appeal is obvious: proven power levels, dependability, and often a warranty. There are hundreds of choices in the crate-engine market, and even the automakers are in on the game. Ford, GM, and Mopar have stock and modified production engines available for sale, as well as new performance versions of prior designs, like the small-block Chevrolet that dates back to 1955. Here, we’ve compiled a selection of OE offerings, sorted by their most important stats: power and price. Click the graphic to enlarge.
After Market, Beyond Reason
OE engines too tame? Aftermarket catalogs are bursting with mills combining unreal output with equally shocking civility. Lingenfelter’s baddest is a 1000-hp supercharged 427 cubic-incher for $34,995. It’s a drop-in package for any car that originally came with an LS engine. If packaging isn’t a concern, then Moran Motorsports has a 2000-hp, 555-cube big-block-Chevy–based crate for you. It’s not cheap: Getting one on the road will cost about $38,000. But if you had a more reliable way to run in the sixes at more than 200 mph and then cruise all day, you could set your price, too.
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