'98 V6 gone... 351W in!
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'98 V6 gone... 351W in!
Alright here it is....
First off, Thank you deadcarnahans for all your help!
I bought the car at age 16 from a junkyard in Alabama. My uncle, dad and I fixed it up and I drove it for years as is with the V6 in it. Well as I got older, I drove it less and less. Hated the fact that it had a "race car" paint job with nothing to back it.
Thus I planned the swap. Now 22, I found a 351W in a junkyard that was a new ford long block put into a '85 F150. Was in there for about 2 days and burned to the ground. Sucks for them but Damn.... Lucky me. After tearing it apart I was suprised to say the least. Here sits a .030" over motor that still had cross hatches in every cylinder. Hell, the bottoms of the lifters werent even scuffed.
The install.....
I wanted streetable set up.
.030" 351W block
stock internals
Edelbrock RPM heads
RPM intake
650 Edelbrock carb
Cam is 224* .496/.520
MSD distributor
BBK longtube Fox body 1 3/4" headers.
Flowtech glasspack turndowns for time being =) (ouch my ears)
QA1 K-Member
Swaped V6 7.5" rear end out for 8.8" w/ 4.10's
Shortend driveshaft.
stock 4R70W trans with Buamann TCS controller. (Special thanks to carl Buamann!)
Let me know what you guys think! =)
Now the second project.........
Still in the paint booth as of tonight. I will get back with the final pics. Planning on read pearl over base coat and trying to do ghost rally stripes with it.
Leave some comments =)
First off, Thank you deadcarnahans for all your help!
I bought the car at age 16 from a junkyard in Alabama. My uncle, dad and I fixed it up and I drove it for years as is with the V6 in it. Well as I got older, I drove it less and less. Hated the fact that it had a "race car" paint job with nothing to back it.
Thus I planned the swap. Now 22, I found a 351W in a junkyard that was a new ford long block put into a '85 F150. Was in there for about 2 days and burned to the ground. Sucks for them but Damn.... Lucky me. After tearing it apart I was suprised to say the least. Here sits a .030" over motor that still had cross hatches in every cylinder. Hell, the bottoms of the lifters werent even scuffed.
The install.....
I wanted streetable set up.
.030" 351W block
stock internals
Edelbrock RPM heads
RPM intake
650 Edelbrock carb
Cam is 224* .496/.520
MSD distributor
BBK longtube Fox body 1 3/4" headers.
Flowtech glasspack turndowns for time being =) (ouch my ears)
QA1 K-Member
Swaped V6 7.5" rear end out for 8.8" w/ 4.10's
Shortend driveshaft.
stock 4R70W trans with Buamann TCS controller. (Special thanks to carl Buamann!)
Let me know what you guys think! =)
Now the second project.........
Still in the paint booth as of tonight. I will get back with the final pics. Planning on read pearl over base coat and trying to do ghost rally stripes with it.
Leave some comments =)