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So, I'm brand new here and pretty new to mustangs in general. Pretty much I build ricers and old IDI diesels for fun. Thought mustangs would be a nice new hobby. Just posted in you welcome wagon with pics of my car, hope you like them. So far, I've removed the horrible purple tint and all the damn stickers, cleaned up the damage to the passenger rear as best I could and primed that section for paint. The car will get completely stripped in the next year or so and totally change colors so I'm not to worried about it.
I bought my 86 GT with plans of installing a 4.6 DOHC. Not going to happen. Had a motor from a Lincoln that would have worked out well but it just looks like to much of a project. I'm sure others will disagree and say "Oh its just a weekend project, my brothers cousins uncles best friend did it with a crescent wrench and chewing gum" Either way I am trying do go another route.
I bought a 2000 Explorer motor and am in the process of pulling it apart to send it to the machine shop. Right now the motor in the mustand is an original 86 mustang with a little bit of work done to it.
Currently: MSD Distributor and all that
Short tube headers (That leak like crazy)
Chinese crap HPipe with out the Emission equipment installed
Flowmaster exhaust
some off brand intake tube
Shiny new radiator and hoses
Think that is it. It does drive nice though
Goal: Machine Explorer Block .30 Over and install all new oil galleys, freeze plugs, hot tank, etc
Port and Polish GT40p Heads, ReDeck the gasket surface, Bronze Valve Guides
3 angle intake
5 angle exhaust (not sure why but that seems to be what is recommended)
Using the MSD Ignition off the old block
BBK Ceramic Long tube Headers
Matching HPipe
Keeping the Flowmaster off the old setup
Pulling the Waterpump Housing off the old motor
Pulling the oil pan and pickup line off the old motor
For Engine internals I am going cheap but hey it looks like it will work and while I'm trying to do this correctly I'm not a millionaire.
347 Stroker Kit from RPMmachine.
Scat 9000 Crank (3.400")
I Beam Connecting Rods (5.400")
Flat Top 11.0:1 Pistons (Hypereutectic)
With Rings, bearings and external balancing its 1188$
http://www.rpmmachine.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=2806
Cam Edelbrock 350-221 Rollin' Thunder
289/302 Duration .520/.520 Lift Hydraulic Roller
244$
http://www.jegs.com/i/Edelbrock/350/2221/10002/-1
I am having a hard time finding and picking the correct valves and springs to install. Any help with that would be awesome
For the Intake I will use the GT40p upper and lowers from the explorer but they are going to the machine shop to get cleaned up with the block and heads.
I am also wanting to use the throttle body from the explorer. I found how to convert the linkage from the push to the pull type so it will fit with the mustang throttle cable.
Another question is will this setup work with Speed Density or do I have to convert to MAF. If I have to convert to MAF (which I hope to do one day anyways) what do I need to do? I've seen lots of posts in many forums that say to convert to MAF but not many that say how.
On day it would be nice to switch from the t5 to the T56 but that is a long way down the road.
Pretty much I am looking for advice on the SD or MAF, the right Valves and Springs, whether this setup will work or if when I go to fire it up it will explode in my face, and what am I forgetting or missing.
Caveates: I'm not interested in any type of Forced Induction
I already have the motor and the heads, so recommending trickflow or AFR heads is not productive
I work in oil and gas and spend almost all my time in states other than my own so I have very little time to work on the car. I am not going to make overnight progress on this. It will be a slow but steady process. I am building the engine on a stand right now (actually I'm taking it apart right now) and once it is complete I will pull the old motor and install the new one. Hopefully that portion will be a quick process.
Thanks in advance everybody. Looks like this is going to be fun.
I bought my 86 GT with plans of installing a 4.6 DOHC. Not going to happen. Had a motor from a Lincoln that would have worked out well but it just looks like to much of a project. I'm sure others will disagree and say "Oh its just a weekend project, my brothers cousins uncles best friend did it with a crescent wrench and chewing gum" Either way I am trying do go another route.
I bought a 2000 Explorer motor and am in the process of pulling it apart to send it to the machine shop. Right now the motor in the mustand is an original 86 mustang with a little bit of work done to it.
Currently: MSD Distributor and all that
Short tube headers (That leak like crazy)
Chinese crap HPipe with out the Emission equipment installed
Flowmaster exhaust
some off brand intake tube
Shiny new radiator and hoses
Think that is it. It does drive nice though
Goal: Machine Explorer Block .30 Over and install all new oil galleys, freeze plugs, hot tank, etc
Port and Polish GT40p Heads, ReDeck the gasket surface, Bronze Valve Guides
3 angle intake
5 angle exhaust (not sure why but that seems to be what is recommended)
Using the MSD Ignition off the old block
BBK Ceramic Long tube Headers
Matching HPipe
Keeping the Flowmaster off the old setup
Pulling the Waterpump Housing off the old motor
Pulling the oil pan and pickup line off the old motor
For Engine internals I am going cheap but hey it looks like it will work and while I'm trying to do this correctly I'm not a millionaire.
347 Stroker Kit from RPMmachine.
Scat 9000 Crank (3.400")
I Beam Connecting Rods (5.400")
Flat Top 11.0:1 Pistons (Hypereutectic)
With Rings, bearings and external balancing its 1188$
http://www.rpmmachine.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=2806
Cam Edelbrock 350-221 Rollin' Thunder
289/302 Duration .520/.520 Lift Hydraulic Roller
244$
http://www.jegs.com/i/Edelbrock/350/2221/10002/-1
I am having a hard time finding and picking the correct valves and springs to install. Any help with that would be awesome
For the Intake I will use the GT40p upper and lowers from the explorer but they are going to the machine shop to get cleaned up with the block and heads.
I am also wanting to use the throttle body from the explorer. I found how to convert the linkage from the push to the pull type so it will fit with the mustang throttle cable.
Another question is will this setup work with Speed Density or do I have to convert to MAF. If I have to convert to MAF (which I hope to do one day anyways) what do I need to do? I've seen lots of posts in many forums that say to convert to MAF but not many that say how.
On day it would be nice to switch from the t5 to the T56 but that is a long way down the road.
Pretty much I am looking for advice on the SD or MAF, the right Valves and Springs, whether this setup will work or if when I go to fire it up it will explode in my face, and what am I forgetting or missing.
Caveates: I'm not interested in any type of Forced Induction
I already have the motor and the heads, so recommending trickflow or AFR heads is not productive
I work in oil and gas and spend almost all my time in states other than my own so I have very little time to work on the car. I am not going to make overnight progress on this. It will be a slow but steady process. I am building the engine on a stand right now (actually I'm taking it apart right now) and once it is complete I will pull the old motor and install the new one. Hopefully that portion will be a quick process.
Thanks in advance everybody. Looks like this is going to be fun.