HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN ENGINE 56K beware
04-20-2007, 03:10 AM
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RE: HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN ENGINE
ORIGINAL: racer02GTstang
you might want to add that to clean all mating surfaces with acetone and such into your article.. also maybe about spraying the head gaskets with that rtf stuff in the blue spray can... to make it easy for some people also there are 2 bronze links on each chain, and each of those goes on the timing marks...
its a great article though... btw, what did you torque those motor mount bolts to? the 4 that are on the mount itself and also the block to mount bolts?
you might want to add that to clean all mating surfaces with acetone and such into your article.. also maybe about spraying the head gaskets with that rtf stuff in the blue spray can... to make it easy for some people also there are 2 bronze links on each chain, and each of those goes on the timing marks...
its a great article though... btw, what did you torque those motor mount bolts to? the 4 that are on the mount itself and also the block to mount bolts?
The motor mount bolts I just cranked down.
04-20-2007, 03:17 AM
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RE: HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN ENGINE
ORIGINAL: oxfordgt
I just wiped any dirt off of the mating surfaces and Im not sure what your talking about putting on the headgaskets but you are not suposed to put anything on these.
The motor mount bolts I just cranked down.
ORIGINAL: racer02GTstang
you might want to add that to clean all mating surfaces with acetone and such into your article.. also maybe about spraying the head gaskets with that rtf stuff in the blue spray can... to make it easy for some people also there are 2 bronze links on each chain, and each of those goes on the timing marks...
its a great article though... btw, what did you torque those motor mount bolts to? the 4 that are on the mount itself and also the block to mount bolts?
you might want to add that to clean all mating surfaces with acetone and such into your article.. also maybe about spraying the head gaskets with that rtf stuff in the blue spray can... to make it easy for some people also there are 2 bronze links on each chain, and each of those goes on the timing marks...
its a great article though... btw, what did you torque those motor mount bolts to? the 4 that are on the mount itself and also the block to mount bolts?
The motor mount bolts I just cranked down.
04-20-2007, 03:26 AM
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RE: HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN ENGINE
ORIGINAL: oxfordgt
I do have some training
but this can be done aslong as you know how to turn a wrench and put a puzzle together.
ORIGINAL: jpmustanggt
Holy crap man! You must be a mechanic?
Holy crap man! You must be a mechanic?
but this can be done aslong as you know how to turn a wrench and put a puzzle together.
04-20-2007, 03:32 AM
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RE: HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN ENGINE
ORIGINAL: MustangDavid
Yeah. Turning a wrench has a lot to do with balancing & blueprinting. Yet you had it done at alocal machine shop??? Give me a break...
ORIGINAL: oxfordgt
I do have some trainingbut this can be done aslong as you know how to turn a wrench and put a puzzle together.
ORIGINAL: jpmustanggt
Holy crap man! You must be a mechanic?
Holy crap man! You must be a mechanic?
but this can be done aslong as you know how to turn a wrench and put a puzzle together.
04-20-2007, 03:35 AM
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RE: HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN ENGINE
mustangdavid... balancing and blueprinting is done by machines which measure tollerances and they spin the crank and add and take off weight where needed. there is also alot more involved which im not sure what exactly, but you have to have some pretty fancy tools/machines to do this at home..
04-20-2007, 04:01 AM
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RE: HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN ENGINE
Honestly I just did it myself but with the motor still in the car. Oxfordgt helped me out the whole way. It's really not hard if you have some what of a mechanical knowlege. The easiest thing I can say was putting the heads on the block. The hardest was the valve covers since there is no room with the motor in the car.