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Progress Thread Project 302

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Davedacarpainter said:
That engine needs some green on it I think.......
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And out of curiosity where would you put green?
 

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And out of curiosity where would you put green?
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Lol, I’m painting my car a green color the fellas here might not fully agree with. I throw that comment on anyone not sure of a color to pick.

My engine will actually have a small amount of green though, just for grins sake it might be the timing chain cover.

The rest of the engine will be a medium to light grey.
 
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Davedacarpainter said:
Lol, I’m painting my car a green color the fellas here might not fully agree with. I throw that comment on anyone not sure of a color to pick.

My engine will actually have a small amount of green though, just for grins sake it might be the timing chain cover.

The rest of the engine will be a medium to light grey.
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If I did any green it would look like Christmas under my hood lol
 
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Green is the money he spending on it.
Its looking good. I missed it if ya said it but what yr is that block?
 
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2Blue2 said:
Green is the money he spending on it.
Its looking good. I missed it if ya said it but what yr is that block?
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The block is out of a 1990 f150.
 

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But was still roller ready?
 
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If I remember correctly, after 88 all trucks were roller ready.
 

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well my 90 block is not a roller block.....
 

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Eyeballing an 86 block but have concerns, roller being one of them and can I swap 77 front dress effectively on to it.(crank pulley mostly)
 

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94-97 351 from my google search were roller blocks, it was discussed back in 06 here : https://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/351w-roller-block.605746/
Carry on.
 
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well my 90 block is not a roller block.....
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What did your block come out of?
 

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Marine engine but is stamped as a truck block, I can get the number off it when I get home.
 
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Marine engine but is stamped as a truck block, I can get the number off it when I get home.
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and its not roller ready? seems strange
 
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2Blue2 said:
Eyeballing an 86 block but have concerns, roller being one of them and can I swap 77 front dress effectively on to it.(crank pulley mostly)
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As far as I now everything should be able to fit from older years. If you use a timing cover with dipstick you will want to plug the dipstick hole in the side of the block.
 
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Okay so when I took the new (to me) heads apart I got these little brown disks. Any idea what those are for? And should I use them with the new springs?
Which brings up another question, the old springs were different sizes from exh. To int. And yet the new set from trickflow are all the same size, is this correct?
 

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Don't take this the wrong way but you need to buy a book on what your doing, the members here are very knowledgeable and willing to help but you can't all ways wait for an answer.
just say'n.
 
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Don't take this the wrong way but you need to buy a book on what your doing, the members here are very knowledgeable and willing to help but you can't all ways wait for an answer.
just say'n.
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All good got time on my hands waiting for new hardware, and an answer from tf.
 

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I'm just a book kinda guy, I got an assembly manual for my car. Shows everything, I'm thick headed so I have to go over things two or three times for it to sink in.
sometimes more.
sometimes I never get it
 
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If it's the Trick flow spirng kit you bought for the GT40p heads... then yes, the springs are all the same size, it's the retainer that is different between the intake and exhaust. But make sure you did get right ones... when I was installing them on my reman gt40p heads... I found out I got all (can't remember which now) all intake or all exhaust retainers... which will make that valve spring retainer the wrong height for the (again either intake or exhaust can't remeber which). so I had to call them up and have them send me the right ones I needed... I guess I was the lucky one that got that screwed up set.
 
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I did check the retainers and they are different.
 
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