Hello again Stangnet!
Well, I've pulled my first engine HOORAY and now I'm at a crossroads trying to plan out the build etc and would like opinions from well seasoned vets before I start throwing money down a hole. (HAAHA... I bought a foxbody... already in the hole you say! )
We're refreshing the wife's motor and trans and while it's out we've decided to go ahead and give it a bit more umpff than stock while keeping it relatively mild. (She's a granny type driver and doesn't care for the "Go Fast" shift knob )
So the tentative plan thus far is as follows...
Budget:
Relatively cheap build
Car:
1989 Vert 5.0 HO
AOD Trans (Not switching to T5. Out of the question)
Goals:
(A) Mildly lopy idle (I understand the trade off)
(B) Streetable daily
Roadmap:
(A) Tear the engine completely down to bare block and re-ring / new bearings / block cleaning, machining etc (Nothing fancy on the machine work)
(B) E303 cam (open to suggestions)
(C) GT-40(or P) heads with matching intake (junkyard exploder)
(D) Better valve springs, pushrods, head bolts
(E) 1.6 Rollers
(F) Aftermarket shorties with offroad H down to flowmaster 40s and out the tails.
(G) Alum driveshaft to what I believe to be stock 3.27 in the rear. (Haven't split the pumpkin yet to find out for sure)
So with the abundance of information floating all over the net and what seems like an endless supply of opinions... I figured I'd ask people who have more knowledge and experience than I do in this area first.
My 'murky' areas are:
(1) The stall converter and what I would want to get.
(2) Is the heads / cam / rocker combo a good fit for the goals or is there a better approach
(3) Any other information I might be missing or not aware of that I should be thinking about
(4) Suggestions / Comments / PItfalls / Advice etc that could help guide us along.
Thanks in advance!
Well, I've pulled my first engine HOORAY and now I'm at a crossroads trying to plan out the build etc and would like opinions from well seasoned vets before I start throwing money down a hole. (HAAHA... I bought a foxbody... already in the hole you say! )
We're refreshing the wife's motor and trans and while it's out we've decided to go ahead and give it a bit more umpff than stock while keeping it relatively mild. (She's a granny type driver and doesn't care for the "Go Fast" shift knob )
So the tentative plan thus far is as follows...
Budget:
Relatively cheap build
Car:
1989 Vert 5.0 HO
AOD Trans (Not switching to T5. Out of the question)
Goals:
(A) Mildly lopy idle (I understand the trade off)
(B) Streetable daily
Roadmap:
(A) Tear the engine completely down to bare block and re-ring / new bearings / block cleaning, machining etc (Nothing fancy on the machine work)
(B) E303 cam (open to suggestions)
(C) GT-40(or P) heads with matching intake (junkyard exploder)
(D) Better valve springs, pushrods, head bolts
(E) 1.6 Rollers
(F) Aftermarket shorties with offroad H down to flowmaster 40s and out the tails.
(G) Alum driveshaft to what I believe to be stock 3.27 in the rear. (Haven't split the pumpkin yet to find out for sure)
So with the abundance of information floating all over the net and what seems like an endless supply of opinions... I figured I'd ask people who have more knowledge and experience than I do in this area first.
My 'murky' areas are:
(1) The stall converter and what I would want to get.
(2) Is the heads / cam / rocker combo a good fit for the goals or is there a better approach
(3) Any other information I might be missing or not aware of that I should be thinking about
(4) Suggestions / Comments / PItfalls / Advice etc that could help guide us along.
Thanks in advance!