Dude....this car is jaw-drop gorgeous. The wheels are 100% perfect. It sounds o-mazing. You must also have the patience of a saint. Subscribed. :thumbsup:
Build Thread Want To Blow 5 Years And $50k On A Foxbody? Step By Step Instructions Inside!
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Looks like it's time to get back to work!
You can't fool me!
I saw this picture 2 years ago!
Thanks guys. I appreciate it. My patience is about gone now though. I just want this engine back in so I can enjoy the car as soon as the weather breaks.
Go ahead Noobz, keep twisting that knife!
You can't fool me!
I saw this picture 2 years ago!
Go ahead Noobz, keep twisting that knife!
Progress.
I had to check the PTV clearance because the valve reliefs in the new pistons were different than the old ones. All is well. 0.300" exhaust and 0.105" intake including correction for the compressed head gasket.
I think I'm really going to like the blacked out look!
I had to check the PTV clearance because the valve reliefs in the new pistons were different than the old ones. All is well. 0.300" exhaust and 0.105" intake including correction for the compressed head gasket.
I think I'm really going to like the blacked out look!
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As neat and OCD as I am, I'm like tornado when I work. Everything is a mess until I'm all done. My garage will look like a blast site until the engine is all together and in the car.
I'm the same way, I'm excited cause my full MM Coil over kit is on a UPS truck heading to me, my garage will be trashed this weekend while I install all of it.
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Yiccchh.For those of you that were curious about how the main bearings looked. Cell phone picture, but you get the idea.
Sweet. Great read. Awesome stang.
Perfection Is in the details, and you didn't over look a single detail. Too bad about the engine, but at least it didn't tear it self apart at high rpm. Taking the heads and the entire rotating assembly (like my brothers did when the oil pump drive shaft snapped) with it.
Cheers!
Perfection Is in the details, and you didn't over look a single detail. Too bad about the engine, but at least it didn't tear it self apart at high rpm. Taking the heads and the entire rotating assembly (like my brothers did when the oil pump drive shaft snapped) with it.
Cheers!
Thanks guys.
imachine, I do try to look on the bright side that things could have been way worse. I'm just hoping that all is well now. The tune is nailed down enough that I shouldn't have any issues with washing the cylinders anymore.
Wcs1993, the housing is an aluminum one from Jegs, I believe ($60ish). I cut the neck down and had my welder weld the 16AN fitting on the top. I think CSR makes AN housings, but they were nearly $200.
imachine, I do try to look on the bright side that things could have been way worse. I'm just hoping that all is well now. The tune is nailed down enough that I shouldn't have any issues with washing the cylinders anymore.
Wcs1993, the housing is an aluminum one from Jegs, I believe ($60ish). I cut the neck down and had my welder weld the 16AN fitting on the top. I think CSR makes AN housings, but they were nearly $200.
Oh, as for updates go... I'm just waiting on the new twin disc to be shipped out. In the meantime, I found a Cartech two-piece upper intake manifold. I've always been fond of them, and not many people have boxed uppers. It should move my powerband up a little to keep things tame at the lower rpms on the street. It will also make the engine bay look a little cleaner. My plan is to have the lettering on the top machined off and then get it hydrodipped along with the valve covers. I'm darkening everything up in the engine bay, so I may go with a subtle carbon fiber look. We shall see!
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Wow man, I just signed in for the first time in years to comment on your thread! Awesome rebuild of an already awesome car! She's a serious brute now!
