ok so im starting this as my engine build thread. it prob wont be too long but here goes. Here is the list of mods the car will have once complete (some already installed) -Stock short block 105k miles -SVO GT40x Turbo Swirl Aluminum Heads -Explorer GT40 upper and lower intake -Ford Racing F303 cam -24# Injectors -75mm ProM MAF (the real kind) -70mm TB/Spacer -Adjustable Fuel pressure regulator -A/C and Smog Delete (no dummy pulleys) -Underdrive pulleys -BBK unequal shorties -BBK 2.5" O/R Hpipe -MAC mufflers (stock tail pipes) -3.73 rear gears w/ rebuilt trac-loc w/ extra clutch -Granatelli U/L control arms -Strange Engineering 10-way adjustable shocks and struts -Eibach lowering springs (blue ones) -Kenny Brown Sub-frame connectors -Ford Racing 9mm copper wires -MSD cap/rotor -ZEX Wet kit 75-100 shot -Yokohama S.Drive Tires (275/40/17 rear, 245/45/17 front)
Base line (stock motor w/ exhaust and gears) 215rwhp 274rwtq and 1/4 mile time in sig
what do you guys think she'll run or put down?
here is a few pics of the tear down
guess my timing chain is raped.. lol good thing i got a new one
im just waiting on my gasket set. should be together wednesday. hopefully and ill take a few vids
well got some work done wed. i had to run to the store and buy some bolts and other various things like new vac lines cuz my old ones were crap and spark plugs. we got the cam in, new timing chain on, timing cover/water pump on, the heads on, rockers mounted, and headers bolted up. i just need to get the explorer lower drilled and tapped for the ACT sensor.
oh and i have been painting some of the things so they dont look as sh!tty; like the upper and lower intake aluminum color, and the valve covers black. i also got a strut tower brace from mike heath (via yola) and im gonna paint it black cuz its all scraped up and red... lol
ok ive been doing some work latley. just havent updated this yet. but today we got her running and it ran really well on the first start up. my idle screw in the stock tb is frozen in there and its just a threaded rod... no head to turn lol. but it idles at like 900 just like it used to. i didnt even adjust the tps lol. i never did find a 70mm TB like i wanted.. i have the spacer tho lol but its obv not on yet. tomorrow i am putting it on the road as my alternator in my truck just sh!t out LOL.. then i am putting my cobras on and the hood and she should be good to go. here are some pics and a video. (the camera was a little close to the exhaust so it sounds like a$$ lol
-- Edited by nacanitihs on Monday 6th of April 2009 09:52:48 PM
