cbennett

So im finally getting to stab in the motor i bought from a guy here locally for $1500..
he was in desperate need for cash..
i had more specs on the motor.. but i guess my printout on it is at work
its supposed to put down 375 horse.. we'll see what happens..
ive got some hedman equal lengths, and a trickflow streetheat intake im going to slap on with it
its an 88 also.. so ive got a full wiring harness and computer and maf meter to swap
ANYWAYS

i bought the car a few months ago..for $2500 running on 7 cylinders (an injector *shrug*)
im slowly working on making into what i want.. ive focused mainly on performance
ive had to do the usual with these cars..
radiator, water pump,. clutch quadrant and cable
had the heads reworked, put new rod, and main bearings, clutch, nose cone etcc etc etc
the list goes on.. i try not to think about it
here is what it looked like when i picked it up

of course i got rid of the gay *** headlights first off

this is what it looks like today..




i know its filthy.. the camera really shows a lot at night with the flash lol..
underneath the hood isnt the greatest.. but it was MUCH MUCH worse off when i got it..
i should have taken pictures.. there were wires going EVERYWHERE

anyways.. hopefully next weekend i can update this with my clean new engine bay..
not much point to this post.. just thought i would share whats going on in my 5.0 world
any thoughts or suggestions?
ALSO: Weatherstripping does wonders to your ride quality..

92hatchLX

Can give us a general idea of what the motor is and what is done to it?

cbennett

AH! i found that print out i was talking about!
wish i had it in text file.. oh well *sigh*.. here we go..

Block - hot tanked, magnafluxed, bored .060 over, Power honed, decked, new cam bearings and brass freeze plugs installed

Crankshaft - turned .020 under oil holes chambfered, ground to the middle of tolerance, journals micro-polished, and edges radiused. Fluidamper installed with spacer for serpentine drive belt

Rods PAW high performance connecting rods, shot peened, magnafluxed, fitted with milodon chrome moly rod bolts and ends were resized, then the rods were balance to weigh the same

Pistons Federal mogul performance parts antifriction coated hypereutectic pistons .060 oversize.. works out to be 311 cid and 10.0 to 1 compression with the shaved 289 heads. pistons are a flat top design with four large valve reliefs. if your not familiar with hyperurtectic pistons, they are light as a cost piston, but almost as strong as a forged piston without the thermal expansion problems associated with forged pistons in street motors. Blower approved. All were balanced to weigh the same.

Rings high performance right set includes moly top compression ring, cast second ring, and stainless oil rings.

Bearings clevite 77 rod and main bearings all were checked with plastigauge during installation, and used lots of assembly lube to protect everything

Oil system ford motorsport svo high volume oil pump ARP 170,000psi chrome moly oil pump drive shaft
milodon 7qt pan and pickup tube.

Camshaft - 5.0L Firing Order (13726548)214-224 duration Advertised as 290-300 gross valve lift is .472-496 with 110 degree lobe centers. With an edelbrock performer intake and 650 holley, the motor pulls strong to 6200 rpm. only pulled strong to 5600 rpm injected.

camshaft retaining plate ford motorsport part is made from forged steel instead of factory cast iron peice

lifters- ford motorsport anti pumpup hydraylic racing valve tappets

Pushrods - Crane Cams heat treated chrome moly pushrods

Cylinder Heads 1966 289 2v heads 54.5cc combustion chambers surface .015", hardened exhaust seats installed. 1.84"chevy intake valves installed. 1.60" chevy exhaust valves installed. Rocker studs removed and stud bosses machined down to proper height and then bosses tapped for 7/16" studs. Heavy duty springs and locks were installed to match the camshaft. the heads are fitted with comp cams adjustable roller tip rocker arms as to adjust the anti pump up lifters. the guide plates are built into the heads.

WOW.. i now have developed CTS

cbennett

ALSO.. has anyone ever heard of..

Glen Watkins Nascar Special Edition?
ive got those stickers on both of my fenders..
and the car came factory with a performance chip?

90mustang5.8

the car looks really good right now, u mounted your rpm gauge pretty high there

cbennett

thanks! lol..as for the tach.. my buddy's got it the same way.. you just have to glance at your tach.. not look around for it

90mustang5.8

i hide mine for the sleeper, and no stickers for me

cbennett

off topic.. but i love his car...

crap picture but you get it