Budget + Boost = Boom^3 / Rebuild#2= Long thread
Sweet!gonna wait to pull the heads till there ready to go off to the machine shop. but the motor was damn clean on the inside. no build up. just oil. onl problem is one intake bolt snapped in the head. and of course it was the last one. we tried heating it up and i cant get it out. so im just going to have the machine shop deal with it becasue i dont want to mess the head up.
gonna wait to pull the heads till there ready to go off to the machine shop. but the motor was damn clean on the inside. no build up. just oil. onl problem is one intake bolt snapped in the head. and of course it was the last one. we tried heating it up and i cant get it out. so im just going to have the machine shop deal with it becasue i dont want to mess the head up.
Stock Mustang rods and pistons (pre-1993) are forged to begin with. The Explorer pistons are hypereutectic, which don't hold up well under a power adder. Not sure if the Explorer rods are forged or what they are. Was your buddies short block originally out of a Mustang? 514 RWHP is on the ragged edge of breaking the block itself. Sounds like fun though, haha.
Sweet!
Sux about the snapped bolt though.
So are you gonna use the stock crank? Are you over boring the block?
Whats under the cover in the back :O
Just an FYI Ryan, i have pics of how BBK Unequals look on P heads in my progress thread. Might want to check them out!
the car being down for a month is not a big deal to me. i have the ranger to drive. i work alot. so i not have much time to enjoy it anyway. i rarely would drive it to work. or at night. so it would just be sitting even if it was running right now.
i have everything i need minus gaskets. bearings, and front and rear main to put the bottom end together. its out and its getting done this way. right now. i want a 393 for it someday. till then a mild 302 with some boost is more then enough for me. "BUDGET BUILD" and im keeping it that way. i have spent at most 350 on everything i have so far. and since everything else im buying i get through jegs through a freind i get it as his cost so even cheaper.
if it was me (and hopefully soon it will be) f the 393 go 427 or nothing! your lucky to have a hook up! i wish i still worked for jegs! i worked at the one on braod st by 270. good luck on your build and post pics pics pics! i bet you can expect 300ish and 320ish at the wheels. my old motor did and it was simular to your build. peace
john
swap to a t5! best thing i ever did to my 92! its easy!
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