Are you planning on filling the block, and reusing the stock pistons? Youll need to have the bores honed on a machine after that sht cures...there is some slight cylinder wall distortion as a result of the hydraulic expansion from the concrete.
PS...that 4 door Mav was the ugly phase for PRO-Stock....All that changed in 1978.
Nope.
I have a bore gauge and I'm going to take some detailed measurements and see how much it is, but this block is getting run as is. I am going to have the mains torqued and once it's poured torque the head until it cures. And probably the motor mounts since they are on the sides of the block.
If I were having the block bored, I would pour it first. Otherwise this junk is getting run. Once this is running and I see how far it's going and if I'm having fun, I might build a more ALL-OUT motor...2.5 or bigger stroker, filled block, aftermarket rods, solid cam.
If it blows up too soon and isn't fun, I give up and turn to the dark side. I'll just put a junkyard 5.3 in it and never have maintenance again.
Well, if the NHRA hadn't changed the rules and forced Roush to run the 4-door car, it'd have never been ugly... The 2-door Maverick they started with was sexy.
Don't do a 5.3, do a 4.8 and throw boost at it until you puke. Not until it pukes, that might not ever happen, those bastards have been known to make 1000 horsepower from enough boost to make a Duramax cry uncle as long as the air/fuel ratio and timing are kept where they should be.
Regular 2 car garage. I've got 3 roll around toolboxes in it...2 are my brothers, lol. I'll get you some pics, so you're INFORMED. I finally figured out that Windows 10 disabled SMBv1 and my old NAS is well, OLD. SO I am accessing my photo collection now.
It's ok we can use that turbo to feed a larger turbo. I see no issue with supplying all the boost
I have a heavily modified m90 you can have. Pay shipping.
Feed the m90 with the turbo.
Just in case you missed it, I’ve decided to write a “ stupid story” with your last statement as the main inspiration.A boosted engine needs forged pistons, so I am reusing the stock ones. BUT putting them on a set of resized/polished rods with ARP hardware. Great idea 1.
When you give an engine ALL THE BOOST the ring seal is important. If the cylinder walls flex you lose seal and power. So you fill the water jacket with Hard Block or concrete. And then you machine the cylinder in case there is any hydraulic creep of the cement when it hardens. Nope, I'm got my super accurate () chinesium Amazonian bore gauge and will measure with a high degree of inaccuracy if there's any change in the bore when the concrete hardens. Great idea 2.
But I did spring for a Bo-Port stage 3 ported head. I'll be getting a Bo-Port stage 3 cam and already have the beehive spring upgrade for the cam. I've got a HX35 turbo and recently got the dual scroll header, but it's a T4 flange. So I am going to have to use an adapter. I'll keep the T4 flange so when I realize the HX35 won't supply ALL the boost, I can step up to something huger!
I'm sure I'll do more things with the right intention the wrong way.
Just in case you missed it, I’ve decided to write a “ stupid story” with your last statement as the main inspiration.
I always took a stock ring and twisted it around and used it to clean the ring lands.
Let me get some pictures of the monstrosity, the snout did end up getting damaged so I had to improvise by making a quick collar sleeve for it. you could easily replace it cheap. The case was cut apart and epoxied to make the inlet as large as possible, if you followed my build thread this thing was feeding a 5.0 before I moved up to a m112 off a jaguar. oh and I have a slew of pulleys for it you can just have.Color me intrigued. I've seen over on TurboFord where that guy was actually using an M90. And then I went here and read til my eyes bled and my brain hurts:
https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=174690
Seems to be a good way to go if you can handle the math, logging and testing. My effort will be a drag car, but I am kinda dreading the fact that it will be a turd of about 140 hp until it spools which may be at 4000+ rpm. I wouldn't mind tagging and driving the thing but what a dog on the street it would be. BUT a blower fed by a turbo.....got pictures of that thing and what you did to it?
And what it would cost to ship to 38018? What's another box to stack in or on top of the Mustang.
Look nowI missed it.
Yeah, I actually finished cleaning the ring lands with the old rings. They clean better than the tool designed to do this.
I realize I'm no Jon Huber, or even @CarMichael Angelo but if the thing will run 10's once or twice I'll be happy. When I pop the hood and the dood with the LS F body that just got whipped walks by and says, how much NOS are you spraying on the SBF, the look on his face will be worth all the money and effort building this. You just got beat by a 2.3 liter 4 cylinder son.
AND if he skull drags my ass....well, hell boy, I only gots me a tiny 4 cylinder in this heap.
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