jtmustang

alright so i want to let everyone see my work as everyone is doing the same thing to winter time=resto/new motor/tranny so here are some pics of the process from a 170xxx mile greasy/sludgy motor and tranny/engine bay not any more hopefully through the week ill get all the motor stuff,brackets,pulleys,and little stuff cleaned up/painted. and ups has been busy to my house lately.my hirev springs should be here thursday then heads to machine shop to changer abd set height then put the motor together next week and hopefully by the end of the month.it will live again. enjoy pics jason


how it started
in process of ripping out the 17xxxx mile stocker



sorry pics are big learning how to do this shes out and the fun begins hiding wires i hid all that i could without major tearing apart im leaving the solenoid and coil there and battery but all wires to them are in the inners


and after a whole day and a half hiding removing all egr crap sanding,cleanig,primering,sanding, it now is painted black as i am repainting my car black in the spring

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and a pic or two of the new heart i know its green something different all my other ford motors i did were blue .




more to come i hope to have the motor mostly together by the weekend and my tranny back from a buddy who is a tranny guy rebuilding the t-5 with a rebuild kit and carbon fiber blockers,steel retainer and if im lucky ill be ready to drop in by the end of next weekend

5.0stanger

Looks good so far, good work

stangbanger87

yeh man looks nice ,i am waiting to get all the stuff to rebuild mine then i am gonna do the engine bay . keep it up man

jtmustang

yeah its all fun and games right i said i was just gonna paint the bay not hide wires,tear inners out,and all that good stuff.

stang8689

I just did mine this past summer

ALMOST STOCK

Looking good!!!

jtmustang

yeah it was a little bit of work to get the connectors and everything through the holes and around the struts but it is done now. cant wait i have been stock piling parts for a year now all the work and fun it will be worth it. im hoping for around 380-400 flywheel hp. and after the motor i have a whole rear setup to install

92cobra

wow looks really good man, nice job, keep it up

jtmustang

thanks guys it feels good to actually gettin this stuff done like i said i have been collecting parts under the bed for a year

hopefully motor tranny in and runnin by the end of the month and then within time after that i have some suspension work to do add

jtmustang

yeah ups will be busy again this week just ordered a ****load of stuff again from summit,prothane tranny mounts, misc arp bolts , march alt,bracket,ford racing t-5 rebuild kit,2 new o2 sensors,heater hoses,rad. hoses, and then a couple things from a couple guys on the corral a hardly used msd dizzy 145 shipped,new prof. prod 70mm tb 159 shipped, taurus elec. fan 60 shipped msd coil 42 shipped,new trickflow stage 2 shipped

yeah spent like 1200 bucks last nite haha[8D]

a friend of my friend still works at a ford dealer and hes the tarnny guy he redoing my t5 for 150 bucks.

so hopefully my cam and hi rev springs will be here so i can put the heart together this weekend..........later