My car is alive again!!!

stangboy · Jun 14, 2004

Well, I finially got her started last night. It was 11:30 when we finished so I haven't put a timing light on it or anything but she's running. So far I have a vacuum leak and I'm pretty sure I have a an exhaust leak on both sides because 2 header bolts on each side refused to go in straight so I left them out for now just so I could finished putting the rest of the stuff back together. The reason why I said "I'm pretty sure" is because I have open headers until this evening when I get my x-pipe made.

The car is still at my friend's shop because I didn't want to wake up my neighborhood last night with the open headers. So I'm gonna go pick it up right after work and shoot over to the exhaust shop to get the exhaust done.

I'm proud of myself. This was my first engine build-up. I had never put a motor together before. I'd seen it done many times but I never did it myself until now. Its a really good feeling. Once I work out all the bugs I'll feel even better about it. Of course i didn't do all this alone. I had the help of my good friends. Thanks Brad, James, Brach, Jared, Darryl, Sherman and you too Mitch for moral support. lol Sorry I don't have any pic of the build process but I didn't have access to a camera. So when I get access to a camera I'll take a pic of under the hood.

94TURBO5 O · Jun 14, 2004

Good 2 go man, glad to hear you got it running again. Its a great feeling to hear it start and run and then it sux b/c if you finish late you wake up everybody.

Killercanary · Jun 14, 2004

Good to hear! What did you do about the PTV clearance issue?

WhiteDevil · Jun 14, 2004

Yeah i was thinking the same things, and also if you can build your motor you can put a freakin Xpipe on by yourself, comon now.

Venom351R · Jun 14, 2004

Congrats on getting it running again, now get it tunned right and let her have it

stangboy · Jun 14, 2004

Killercanary said:
Good to hear! What did you do about the PTV clearance issue?

My master mechanic friend came and helped me notch the pistons. They came out pretty nice too....I was surprised. We triple checked before and after. Everything turned out good. So I finished assembly.

WhiteDevil - My x-pipe is being customized. I bought the x crossover part on ebay about a month ago for $40 and my friend that works at the muffler shop said he'd do the rest of my exhaust for $50....AND he's welding in my subframe connectors...no extra charge.

5.0_GT_kid · Jun 14, 2004

Good job Stangboy

WhiteDevil · Jun 14, 2004

stangboy said:
My master mechanic friend came and helped me notch the pistons. They came out pretty nice too....I was surprised. We triple checked before and after. Everything turned out good. So I finished assembly.

WhiteDevil - My x-pipe is being customized. I bought the x crossover part on ebay about a month ago for $40 and my friend that works at the muffler shop said he'd do the rest of my exhaust for $50....AND he's welding in my subframe connectors...no extra charge.

Ok cool i cant wait to hear some dyno numbers.

stangboy · Jun 14, 2004

Yeah, hopefully I'll have some dyno numbers before or by the end of the summer. that will depend on my money situation. This build broke the bank.

5.0_GT_kid · Jun 14, 2004

I just noticed you have a white car. I'm buying a white 94 GT myself too! You definetly need to post up some pics bro

stangboy · Jun 14, 2004

Look in this post. I posted a pic there.
http://forums.stangnet.net/showthread.php?t=472047

mytight95 · Jun 14, 2004

if you notched the valve reliefs at home etc. did you have them rebalanced or do it yourself with a scale or what. I know if not your gonna have vibration problems.

jason

5.0_GT_kid · Jun 14, 2004

stangboy said:
Look in this post. I posted a pic there.
http://forums.stangnet.net/showthread.php?t=472047

Ok cool I didn't even realize you had posted there. Your Avatar thing didn't show up and it threw me off. Good looking car though

SuperStang83 · Jun 14, 2004

Good lookin car man!

stangboy · Jun 15, 2004

mytight95 said:
if you notched the valve reliefs at home etc. did you have them rebalanced or do it yourself with a scale or what. I know if not your gonna have vibration problems.

jason

No, i didn't rebalance the pistons but the motor runs smoother than it did when it was stock. That Powerforce balancer is niiiiiiice. My motor has NEVER run this smooth.

BTW, I got my exhaust done. Damn that x-pipe sounds good!!! The only exhaust problem I have is the major exhaust leak in the front where the headers meet the heads on both sides. I'm gonna fight to get those other header bolts in this evening.

Now here's the other problem I'm having. I THINK my ignition switch went out last night. Either the ignition switch or the starter. The car doesn't start using the key. I have to push-start it. I'm leaning more towards the ignition switch because when you turn the key back for the accessories none of the accessories or the clock works but they work in the forward("ON") position. But the car does nothing when you try to turn the key to start it. With the key in the ON position all the dummy lights come on but when you turn the key to start the car everything on the dash goes dead.

I know I probably should have started another post for this issue but I'll see how many responses I get here.

My car is alive again!!!

stangboy

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