My next project , a 428 build!

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Just got it back ,freshly honed ,and balanced and ready to build except my rings wont be here untill Thursday!

 

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My rings made it in today !
Got the cam in ,double roller chain is on , pistons in ,heads torqued but the intake is just setting in place because I need the distributor to set the intake.
I need the distributor ,cobra oil pan ,cobra valve covers and a high volume melling oil pump . The water pump is supposed to be here tonight . Also need hooked headers ,all the very expensive stuff!

 

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I had to set that crank by my self ,that SOB is heavy ,one wrong move and and a finger or toe would not be happy. The crank chained to the cam turned easily by hand ,even with the pistons in it turned easily with a ratchet . It will be a little while before I can afford the last goodies and be able to start it .

 

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Now I am in the zone! Auto Zone!

 

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Feeling a little blue today , Ford blue!

 

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Nice, love the windage tray and the forged pistons
Now you're cookin with gas
I have an almost identical 56 mainline 2 door post
with a '70 429 in it and a C6 (for now)

 

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The intake bolted down ,new push rods are in and rocker shafts bolted on and somewhat adjusted . Water pump bolted on and i found the correct 428 pullies . Just need those expensive pieces to finish it off ,may have to sell a kidney !

 

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It's always amazed me how long the front crankshaft is coming out of the front of the timing cover. The closest thing that I'll have to a 428 is my '68 390.
I have the cast iron heads, but my brain is doing cost analysis of the cost of aluminum vs how many mpgs more could I could get with them.
Driving a big block vs small block, '67 or '68 Mustang, you can really tell the weight difference.
Pic below of my short block. I've kept up with the special pulleys and brackets.
Also, the 2nd pic is of a guy in California that fuel injected his 428 FE with some aftermarket pieces and a 1998 FoMoCo pcm and modified harness. It's pretty cool.


This thing is badazz!

 

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I thought my CJ oil pan was beat up but its almost perfect , guess I will bolt it on until I can afford the cobra aluminum pan .

 

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Put the oil pan on ,its just to keep out dirt for now . I hsd an old set of Mickey Thompson valve covers ,they cleaned up decent enough to keep dirt out . I am about as far as I can go for a while now . Next week some time I am going to try to build a new start up stand for it ,but this one will be set up to change motor mounts .

 

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New cobra oil pan is on the way ,also ordered the suction tube made for the oil pan .

 

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I ordered my oil pan yesterday from Branda ,this morning I get a call asking if I wanted 1 or two? I had clicked two by accident ,it was Carl asking if I had messed up my order ,and yes I did ! Most shops would probably just sent both out but Branda has a bit more integrity! I haven't ordered from branda from the last car i built many years ago and it was Carl I dealt with then ,its good to see that some of the same same people are still at it !

 

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Dug out a bell housing ,flex plate ,backing plate and starter ,dont know if a flex plate will work with a manual bell housing but I guess I will find out. I have a standard fly wheel here some where just have to find it .
Oil pan and distributor are supposed to be here Friday and then I will build a new start up stand ,it will probably sit on it for quite a while!

 

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Well what do you know? I turn around and there it is!
I will have to blast it ,and looks like someone slipped the clutch ,a lot! It will be good enough to fire it up !

 

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It has arrived ,the allspark ,nothing can stop us now ! We'll, there is that pesky money thing!

 

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Got my oil pump ,and I bought a new rear main seal because I didn't like the way the two upright seals went in ,my oil pan is supposed to be here tomorrow so I will change out the seal today .

 

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Cooobra! Cobra! I like it
Is that sucker big enought to suck ?

 

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The natural finish cobra valve covers are gone I guess but they have the black finish still so I will probably be ordering a set.
Hooked headers or Doug's headers? Dougs are stainless and a lot more complete kit ,the hooker headers just dont look right to me ! Will probably go with the dougs .there is about a $100 difference in pricing with the dougs more.

 

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I'd go with stainless for the extra $100.

 

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