Nice, link to the pistons you are going to use?
Its some of the same stuff that Woody at Ford Strokers put into there engines. The quality looks great using good hardware too. The I-Beam rods use ARP 2000 bolts standard.RPM stuff looks like really great pricing. I think I'll get my flywheel from them.
I agree but... You can just buy one if you call themDamn. Almost wish they sold those in a set of 9 just to put one on my desk at work.
That would make much more sense than what I saidI agree but... You can just buy one if you call them. If you messed up one by dropping a valve or something similar you could just call and get a replacement.
Thank you!You can use the same calipers, but you need to either modify the GT pad bracket, or buy the cobra brackets. The slot that the rotor passes through is wider for the thicker rotor
you could also swap the 38mm SN95 calipers for the taurus 43mm calipers too...
Well, I’m glad I could take the “ One small step for man” so that the rest of mankind would know “just to buy the adapter”.I figured out the balancer and the flexplate wanted for this build, and they are on the way now. Of course with any build its all the small things that start to add up including my slow collection of ARP bolts. I traded off the old engine for more toys and parts, but left me with needing some of the small stuff like harmonic balancer bolt, cam bolt, thruster plate and bolts, etc. Just slowly working through the parts for this build.
I did purchase the 6R80 that only had 53K on it. From further research just like all Ford transmissions there are small differences between the years and the model these transmissions were installed in. They dont recommend the early models from 2009-2010, but do recommend the 2011-2013. In 2014 they changed the front pump and some of the internals for the stop/start feature that are not desirable. Also, you want to get one from an F150 due to them having extra clutches installed in them over the mustang version. This means the best one to get is from a 2011-2013 F150, which I got a 2013 F150 model. There are some small items again that will be needed like a new crossmember, shifter lever, transmission cooler adapter fittings, etc that all can be purchased from PBH (Power By the Hour)
Next was the adapter plate to mate the engine and transmission together. I was going to make my own, but found another supplier of the plate that's made of 3/8 thick steel. I just need to purchase the necessary hardware to mount the adapter plate and for the transmission. Went ahead and grabbed it, so it should be here this week as well.
Lastly, this item I was worried about due to the issues Mike ran into with his car. Since the adapter is adding a 3/8 gap between the engine and the transmission this is of course going to mess with the torque converter mounting and the snout that rides in the flexplate. I decided to give FTI a call to see if they have done this type of build before, which they then put me on hold asked around saying no but... If you are willing to test out the converter for us we can make one for you. They of course need some measurements of the adapter plate, torque converter snout diameter, and converter spacing for the feet. I decided to go with there triple disc as it gives the most flexibility of lock-up in every gear, and can handle 1000hp, which wont be anywhere near that on this build. For the price already paying for this might as well put the best in there.
Lots of pretty pennies of $1200 so drop a zero, but for the combo that I'm building and ability to handle anything now or in the future gives me peace of mindWell, I’m glad I could take the “ One small step for man” so that the rest of mankind would know “just to buy the adapter”.
Ill bet that triple clutch converter set you back a pretty penny,...What,...about 12,000 of them?
There are 1000 pennies in one hundred dollars..Lots of pretty pennies of $1200 so drop a zero, but for the combo that I'm building and ability to handle anything now or in the future gives me peace of mind
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