Project Thread: -Its about time-

WhiteFox90 · May 3, 2009

I have a 1990 Mustang GT. I've had the car for about three years now and i finally decided to rebuild it. It has always run ok...but i've had a few problems here and there like everyone.

After pulling it out and taking it apart, I realized I couldn't have done this at a better time. The rings were almost gone and it had been going for so long that it had a noticeable lip that you could feel on the inside of each cylinder. Since, I have had it bored(really had to anyways) to a 306, and have been gathering parts. As of right now I have almost everything to put it back together but haven't had time yet. But I believe i'm starting the first of this week.

I'm a pic whore so expect lots of pics!

Oh yeah...im a young buck only 18..so no jokes!

Taking the hood off

fan, radiator and belt off

Shorty headers are a B##CH

all belt driven acsessories off

almost ready to pull

yanked and tranny removed...VERY dirty..also..look at the water that drained out of it

heads and lower intake removed

pistons, rods, main caps, and cam removed

Bare Block

Block back from the machine shop, bored, honed, and cleaned

WhiteFox90 · May 3, 2009

This is of the cleaning I did...Years of oil and grime are hard to get off it was alot of work!

Before anything..Right after i pulled the motor

During cleaning....took some paint off too

After some paint..she looks almost good as new!

I got a newer tranny off my cousin....mine was losing the synchros in 2nd gear....but here is a pic of my old tranny and the one he gave me with my old bellhousing cleaned up..also my painted headers

and my heads

Went ahead yesterday and bought ALOT of parts and stuff....

oil pan gasket

valve cover gaskets

header gaskets

motor mounts...wanted to go with the urethane ones but i am just gunna get them down the road

rotor cap and button...gunna get an msd distibutor later though when i have the cash

spark plugs

water pump

clutch

And here i some of my internal parts and big stuff:

My stock heads..had them surfaced and i got bigger valve springs

newly turned flywheel

e-303 cam

cobra 1.7 rockers

thought i had a pic of my pistons and rods but i guess i forgot....also stuff i forgot to take pics of but i have....new timing chain and gear...bearings, rings, crank......umm....valve covers(soon to be polished

)...oil pan....maybe som other stuff....hope you likee teh motor

stay tuned

rednotch88 · May 3, 2009

looks very nice,try and do something with all the wires under the hood.sweet project im subscribing.

check out my progress thread.

hsean · May 3, 2009

great job thus far

S&B · May 3, 2009

looking good, now is the easiest time to hide 60% of the wires under the hood, you can run them under your front fenders, search around you will see a ton of how to's

keep up the good work over there

Beasty306GT · May 3, 2009

Lookin good man...

WhiteFox90 · May 3, 2009

thanks...im doing most of the work myself too....the shop my car is in is a family friends... hes renting it out to me...hes gone most of the time so i do alot of my own stuff or have my cousin there sometimes....

i believe im going to go work on it tomorrow and start putting the bottom end together....expect pics!

anybody have a link to a wire hiding thread?...

WhiteFox90 · May 3, 2009

anybody?

94gtfreak · May 3, 2009

There was a really good one on here by RiceSlayer302. But it's no longer on here, which really sux becuase he did a hell of a job on it.

LiquidGT · May 3, 2009

Nice build, it looks like you know what you're doing.

I wouldn't even bother getting a MSD distributor, the stocker is the best one around you can save your $$$ for something else.

If you got those motor mounts new at the parts store, take them back and get a set of convertible mounts. The vert mounts are smaller, stronger, and they supposedly lower the engine by 1/2" or so. They were even cheaper than the hardtop mounts when I bought mine; in 92 or 93 the hardtop foxes got vert mounts from the factory.

89stang1 · May 3, 2009

way to rock it out its gettin there and when its done wit some of those upgrades she'll have a lot more punch!!

WhiteFox90 · May 3, 2009

LiquidGT said:
Nice build, it looks like you know what you're doing.

I wouldn't even bother getting a MSD distributor, the stocker is the best one around you can save your $$$ for something else.

If you got those motor mounts new at the parts store, take them back and get a set of convertible mounts. The vert mounts are smaller, stronger, and they supposedly lower the engine by 1/2" or so. They were even cheaper than the hardtop mounts when I bought mine; in 92 or 93 the hardtop foxes got vert mounts from the factory.

good to know ill check into it!

anybody have a link to a wire hiding thread?

91ghp5.0 · May 4, 2009

Look up Sonic Cherry on the web. He's on here as "mansonozz" (spelling?), and he has a small wire hide guide on his website.

FrankenStang · May 4, 2009

91ghp5.0 said:
Look up Sonic Cherry on the web. He's on here as "mansonozz" (spelling?), and he has a small wire hide guide on his website.

soniccherry.com | Supercharged '92 Mustang 'vert

Mustang5L5 · May 4, 2009

Nice job. Unsure if i could have handled this at 18 but you seem to know what you are doing!

FrankenStang · May 4, 2009

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WhiteFox90 · May 4, 2009

Mustang5L5 said:
Nice job. Unsure if i could have handled this at 18 but you seem to know what you are doing!

thanks!..i've been around cars all my life and have learned by eye and ear....i always love a chance to dig into a motor...just never had the chance to do my own....

oh yeah..i've been checking your progress thread its goin great!...when you gunna have that thing finished?

~FrankenStang~ said:
Thread added to http://forums.stangnet.com/761371-official-progress-threads-thread.html

thanks frankie!

WhiteFox90 · May 5, 2009

Took some new pics of some parts and what i got done today. Painted and cleaned the block, oil pan, and front plate. Then installed the main bearings, crank, and main caps...then torqued them down. After that, I put all the rings on the pistons. Also put the rockers on the heads...

AND put the new pilot bearing in the crank..which was a complete PITA!! :mad:

...the old bearing wouldnt come out..i tried everything...even a slide hammer...finally i broke out the air chisel and chiseled that B**CH in two :lol: