Lol, no i dont want shear cubes. I have no need for a 500 hp engine. I need this car to able to go from my town to the town that i work in without just ripping my wallet in 1/2. HOWEVER, I would like to have a motor that I can count on, be respected for, and not be blown out of the water with. If i can do this with the 4.2 id like to because the engine swap for this truck sounds complicated. But if i really need to go with the bigger motor then i guess i have no choice . Hooray for new age hotrods. everything has to be complicated now. WTF.

So on another note, if i were to go snag the 5.4L v8, then i'd have to track down another 97 F-150 that came with the 5.4L for the computer? or Please help me understand. Couldn't I just pull the whole engine/computer/tranny from a truck that has the 5.4L v8?