jvog

So my teksid block came in today and my crank should be here Friday. The block is out of a 94 Mark VIII. All of my stuff should swap over perfectly right? Just trying to make sure I get everything I need ahead of time. Seeing as my car only has 45k miles, will any of the gaskets off my old motor be ok to reuse? I am not trying to be cheap, but if I can save money I'd like to do so if it can be done safely. I'll be picking up the street/strip oil pump from MMR. Oh, and if anyone knows of a good engine shop in southern PA, MD, or DE let me know I am still trying to figure out whos going to be building the shortblock.

jmat2407

How much did you pay for the crank?

And I always go with all brand new gaskets (usually sold as one package) when doing an engine build, but thats just me.

jvog

Its a 2001 Cobra crank, I paid 140 shipped for it.

mustangman281

You can reuse all gaskets except the head gaskets. I have torn my engine apart 4 times and still using all the same gaskets.

On the driverside of the teksid block there is a coolant passage missing that will have to be drilled. I'll try to find pics to show you what I mean.

mustangman281

This is a WAP block you can see the hole on the top front of the driverside.


This is a Teksid block, you can see the hole is not there.

jvog

Uh oh, that sounds complicated.

jvog

see pic

mustangman281

Thats correct.

jvog

How precise does this hole have to be? Should I just let them do it when they assemble my shortblock or what?

mustangman281

Just have the machine shop do it.