The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

Adieu · Aug 21, 2020

2Blue2 said:
Nice Clean shop, fairly clean engine, Things are looking bright for ESP.
Nice score!

There's four bays in that BMW shop that get cleaned daily, mine, and the co-worker I bought the engine from. I'm going to keep the 4.6 there, and work on it when things are slow, after hours, and on my Saturdays off.

2Blue2 · Aug 21, 2020

Come on, an old hand like you can have that engine buttoned up in a weekend.

Adieu · Aug 21, 2020

2Blue2 said:
Come on, an old hand like you can have that engine buttoned up in a weekend.

Old hand needs parts. The old head bolts were TTY and are now scrap metal. There's the gasket set needed, the other valve covers I want. The powder coating and cerakoting I want to do to certain parts... The plan has shaped up, I just need to shop for all the parts. The carbureted version, as cool as it is, probably isn't happening, something just as gorgeous and with more potential has been dreamed up.

Adieu · Aug 25, 2020

I know that @2Blue2 is probably beside himself waiting on some kind of update, so...

Today I took the time to do some cleaning on the engine, soaked the bolts in rust remover, and mocked it up to see what was missing.

Everything is in pretty damned good shape, I'm not going to bother even pulling the main caps at this point, it turns over smooth as glass and the cylinder bores still look new with no ridge. I've got to make a trip to the boneyard for the valve covers I want in place of the ones it has now, and pick up a few odds and ends from a totally different car (I found out today that the FWD Lincoln Continental had a front-sump pan and that it's driver's side exhaust manifold tucks VERY tight to the block compared to all of the other 4V manifolds and headers, both of which should make fitting this big bastard easier).

Those bolts will make for one hell of a puzzle...

LILCBRA · Aug 25, 2020

If it fitz it zipz!

Adieu · Aug 25, 2020

Oh, and a heads up if anyone else ends up wanting to do this swap... there is a company making adapter plates to fit the front-sump equipped FWD Lincoln Continental version of this engine (which nobody uses for swaps due to it having a unique bellhousing bolt pattern) to 289/302/351W bellhousings.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-...0001&campid=5335821607&icep_item=303564869415

2Blue2 · Aug 26, 2020

you got a lot of bolts but not a lot of nuts...

Adieu · Aug 26, 2020

2Blue2 said:
you got a lot of bolts but not a lot of nuts...

General karthief · Aug 26, 2020

And loose screws

LILCBRA · Aug 26, 2020

I'll take Deez nuts and show myself out.

Adieu · Aug 27, 2020

LILCBRA said:
I'll take Deez nuts and show myself out.

That should be the avatar to match your CT!

LILCBRA · Aug 27, 2020

Done.

2Blue2 · Aug 27, 2020

LOL

You guys crack me up lol
I might be needing to feel the breeze myself

Adieu · Aug 27, 2020

I had my mind made up to order a '96-98 Cobra intake, sandblast it, powder coat it in chrome or gloss black, and find someone to custom-make a red Cobra plaque for it in place of the factory blue...

Then I got the factory Mark VIII intake in my hands, and my imagination ran wild.

It's such a thing of beauty that I dare not replace it, only enhance it.

Now the question becomes, to a chrome powder coat it, ending up with something like this:

Or do I match it to the valve covers (which will be this color, by the way: https://thepowdercoatstore.com/collections/powder-coating-powder/products/blood-red-powder-coat)

and end up with something like this:

(well, sort of like this, I'm going to run the later model valve covers and COPs to hide the wiring an ignition system)

I'm thinking the chrome will look better, especially if I run the fuel rails I'm thinking I'm going to run:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-...0001&campid=5335821607&icep_item=162114484487

Choices... choices... choices...

Adieu · Aug 27, 2020

2Blue2 said:
LOL

You guys crack me up lol
I might be needing to feel the breeze myself

Don't be hatin' cuz your avatar doesn't match your CT.

IICrew · Aug 28, 2020

I think those runners are works of art. Not a fan of chrome myself so I would go with red. Either would be a great choice though.

Enzio · Aug 28, 2020

Regardless, It's going to be a very cool build.

LILCBRA · Aug 28, 2020

I don't think I'd go with chrome either.

kiddiccarus · Aug 28, 2020

LILCBRA said:
I'll take Deez nuts and show myself out.

A FINE Example

Adieu · Aug 28, 2020

kiddiccarus said:
A FINE Example

The Tragic Tale of ElSuperPinto

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I wish I didn't have all of these balls in the air

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wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

I wish I didn't have all of these balls in the air

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I wish I didn't have all of these balls in the air

will be trying this sex one when I can find it

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Easy there, this ain't a dating site.

Mustang Master

Dang it. I was hoping mine would get 3 more inches

I wish I didn't have all of these balls in the air

The first widely accepted Tranny

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