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Figured you guys might like this more then the guys on the paintball forum

Alright so we have the 1979 Cobra that had the turbo 4 banger that we are replacing with a built 302. Now for the update. Since I lasted posted pics of the engine block etc. we have gotten a lot done. We have yanked the turbo 4 banger and trans, plan to have the other 302 and T-5 trans from it yanked by the end of tonight. We have a rusted out 87 GT for a donor car. We will pick some parts off the engine that we need and use the trans. We have also dropped off the rear end to have the new gear put in, and dropped off the 91 block we're building to have the cylinders freshened up for the new rings. The piston rings and all new bearings should be in today. We have cleaned up the block, took it to the car wash sprayed it down wire wheeled some and just cleaned them. It should be back from the machine shop by Friday?
Maybe then I'll get some pics.

Now for some pics, I'll add pics as stuff comes in. Maybe later tonight when we pull the other drivetrain.

Turbocharged 4 banger being pulled.


Another


Motor and trans.


Heres the turbo


Open space


Took this one today, no motor trans or gas tank


The 1987 GT as it sits right now.


The 87's motor, just a little more unbolting and it's ready to go.



This is good enough for the moment. Comments/Questions go for it.

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Alright I got the thing to load finally.


We got the drivetrain pulled out of the 87 tonight. But didn't have enough time to run up and get the carb. We will get that in the next couple of days. A bolt on the bottom of the car was rounded off so we hammered the next smaller size socket on to get it off, so the nut was wedged in the socket. I got a old screwdriver we use for prying/hitting crap that we don't want to use a chisel on. Well I hit the screw driver and hit it good. Managed to pinch my hand in between the screwdriver handle and the socket. Resulting in extreme pain and massive blood blister.

Starting the pull.


Getting there.


Almost out.


Here it is on a cart we made to wheel stuff around.



I'll get pics of the other stuff as soon as we get it.

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Alright, we got the carb last night so here it is.

Holley 4bbl 670 street avenger.






Here it is sitting atop our intake, which is an Edelbrock Air Gap.

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Alright here's the intake. We put some high temp clear coat on it to hopefully help it stay somewhat clean since it's going to get a little dirty being under the carb.







And we took the turbo off the engine.

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Alright, I'm back. The block looks good. We were also going to pick up the other trans tonight but the guys not home. So here's some pics of stuff.

Here's a couple of the block,





Some bearings,


The head/connecting rod bolts and stuff.


We got a freeze plug kit today,


Here's our Holly racing fuel pump, sucker can pump a whole lotta gas, as well as regulator.


Our MSD Ignition Box,


Our MSD Coil,


And our MSD Distributor,






We're getting awfully close to starting the rebuild. Can't wait. We still need to order a cam though.

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Alrighty, haven't been updating as much so heres some stuff,

We got the cam yesterday. We went with the E303 Cam. We have since gotten another trans that has a hurst shifter on it. And we've been getting the pistons ready, doing freeze plugs ect. So heres some pics.


The E303









Trans off the 87 after we took it to the car wash and cleaned it up.



Painted oil pan and valve covers,





The 87 302 on our other stand

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Here's another little update for those of you who are interested. We have gotten the new rings on the pistons and the pistons back in the block. Really the hardest parts over now and everything else should just kind of come together. My dad put a real small hole in one of the water jackets on one of the heads. So we will have that welded then we will sell them as ported heads. So we will be going with Aluminum Racing heads after all.

Here's some pics I took real quick. Sorry if quality is off, they're cell pics.



My dad was counting bolt holes I think.



And the other side.

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Got the new timing chain and the sprockets for it on, the timing chain cover, and the water pump. Along with the harmonic balancer.

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Craptastic picture but you get the idea,

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Heres some pics.