While General Motors’ LS engines tend to be the popular choice today for engine-swap projects, there remain large numbers of Blue Oval loyalists who look for Ford-built crate engines for their particular brand of giddy-up.

Ford Performance offers an array of crate motors for your engine-swapping pleasure, and they’re grouped into families, including Modular engines, Boss 302 engines, Boss 351 big block street engines, Race engines, and EcoBoost engines. 

For those of you looking for a more complete drop-in and dyno-tested Ford Performance package, one of these great Ford crate engines may provide exactly what you’re looking for. And be sure to check out our video covering how to properly break in your new crate engine.

Ford Performance Parts 5.0L Aluminator XS Crate Engine

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Price:* $14,999

Specs

Assembly: Long block
Displacement: 302 cubic inches
Compression: 11.0:1
Power: 500+ horsepower/torque is TBD

What You Get

You get a robust engine hand-assembled for making a whole bunch of Ford power. It comes fully dressed with everything from the Cobra Jet-tuned intake, throttle body and fuel injectors, down to the performance camshaft, oil and water pump, oil pan, and more.

Ford Performance Parts 5.0L Coyote Aluminator SC Crate Engine

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Price:* $9,699

Specs

Assembly: Long block
Displacement: 302 cubic inches
Compression: 9.5:1
Power: Unavailable

What You Get

This 32-valve DOHC V8 utilizes advanced features like Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing (Ti-VCT) and unlike the factory engine, the “Aluminator” is built with low-compression forged pistons and H-beam connecting rods to meet the demands of forced induction. You’ll need to add a powertrain control module (PCM), a wiring harness, alternator, and exhaust manifolds. Also, the 9.5:1 compression ratio requires custom tuning for optimum performance.

Ford Performance Parts Boss 345 HP Crate Engine

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Price:* $6,999.97

Specs

Assembly: Long block
Displacement: 302 cubic inches
Compression: 11.0:1
Power: 345 horsepower/400 ft.-lbs. of torque

What You Get

This Ford Performance Boss 345-horsepower crate engine features race-quality components at entry-level pricing. It can be used with manual transmissions, and utilizes forged internal parts. The crate engine provides excellent value and a solid foundation for pretty much any performance combination, including forced induction.

Ford Performance Parts 363 500HP Boss Crate Engine

 

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Price:* $8,439.97

Specs

Assembly: Long block
Displacement: 363 cubic inches
Compression: 10.1:1
Power: 500 horsepower/450 ft.-lbs. of torque

What You Get

Ford Performance Parts has taken their popular 302-based stroker engines and built them into these 363 cubic-inch, 500-horsepower Boss crate engines. They did so by maxing out 347 stroker engine blocks with a 4.125-inch bore. They’re designed to work both on the street and the strip with a strong torque curve throughout the rpm range.

Ford Performance Parts 347 350 HP Sealed Crate Engine

 

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Price:* $8,249.97

Specs

Assembly: Long block
Displacement: 347 cubic inches
Compression: 10.5:1
Power: 350 horsepower/400 ft.-lbs. of torque

What You Get

Based on the Boss 302 block, this Ford Performance engine is built to professional racing standards for asphalt and circle track applications, with performance parts like forged cranks, rods, and pistons with floating pins.

Ford Performance Parts 3.5L EcoBoost Crate Engine

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Price:* $9,400

Specs

Assembly: Long block
Displacement: 3.5L
Compression: 10.0:1
Power: 365 horsepower/420 ft.-lbs. of torque

What You Get

An all-aluminum powerplant featuring dual overhead camshafts with variable timing, 6-bolt press-fit main bearing caps with piston cooling jets, and dual water-cooled turbochargers in a Ford-powered package that represents the innovative engine designs that are pushing the auto industry forward. Ford engineers designed the high-pressure direct fuel injection system similar to diesels allowing 10:1 compression with the use of regular unleaded fuel, with no risk of detonation. All told, this engine produces 365 horsepower at 5,000 rpm, a whopping 420 ft.-lbs. of torque at 2,500 rpm, and maintains 90 percent of its torque from 1,700 to 5,000 rpm. Engine kits include: starter; alternator; front accessory drive and belt; air cleaner assembly and ducting, and the flexplate/flywheel.

Ford Performance Parts D347 SR7 Spec Circle Track Engine Kit

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Price:* $6,349.97

Specs

Assembly: Long block
Displacement: 302 cubic inches

What You Get

The opportunity to build your own purpose-built circle track Ford spec engine with Ford Performance’s D347SR7 Spec Circle Track engine kit. Your kit starts with the Boss 302 race block as your foundation and includes all of the unique Ford parts required. The block is not finish-honed. The valve seats are installed and unfinished, and the rotating assembly needs to be balanced. But with the right parts and finishing work, you’ll get an engine that will deliver reliable, consistent circle track performance to win your heats and feature races to build that checkered flag collection.

*Prices as of 12/5/2016.