4reboy

FWIW the remanufactured starter was from my local mustang shop, not kragen and actually when they put their starters on the tester, it sounded MUCH better and more powerful than mine. But still, its remanufactured, so maybe a brand new, powerful, starter will be in my future. We'll see.


ya sorry about that man. I didn't expect my problem to be like 8 posts! haha. Take care dude, engine's lookin' good.

atomsk680

yea, i wanted some bolts that were at least around the same color of my intake, but dallas mustang only had black bolts, im gunna see if i can find the same shade and paint the bolts,
those boltsin the pic arestock bolts and i broke one in the head, so after i drilled it out i went out and got all new bolts. im thinking before i put more fluids in there, i think ill unbolt the water pump real quick and put fresh bolts, theres one or 2 lookin a little iffy IMO i wont wanna break on in the block. the bolt in the head made me skip a beat, but i guess the first bolt does to everyone, my dad said when he had his Clevo that was in his 73, he too pulled it when hewas 18/19 and he broke 5 bolts in the passenger side head when he was putting his longtube hookers on. i guess im lucky that this is the same enginehe had, cause he is like a complete expert with this engine

Colorado_Mustang

You can get the blak ones and clean them real well, then paint 'em. I have a set of satin finish bolts from ARP that I use. Look good. Advance Auto also has some of these similar style bolts, so check them out.

If you have them nearby, a place called Fastenal is great for having a wide variety of bolts.

Brandontyler65

how come you didn't use the correct ford blue

4reboy

That is the correct Ford Blue....

There are actually two ford blues I guess, his is "Ford Blue" and there is a darker once called "Ford-Mercury Blue" or "Ford Dark Blue" depending on who you talk to. My engine was originally the same color as atom's, but I like ford dark blue better so I had it painted that color when I had it rebuilt.

Here's mine for a color reference.

Colorado_Mustang

Yep, 2 different Ford blues. The old style that's lighter, and the newer that's darker and more recognized as Ford blue.

Personally, I also like the darker blue.

atomsk680

i didnt paint the block, it came like that[8D]