also i good idea, but i cant really do that since i have a job (9-5 basically) that takes up most of the day. tahts why i wanted to learn on my own at night (maybe not as good but its all i can do at the moment unless i can find someone in bk that would be around on a sunday...)

 

i found a dvd form jegs. its 40 bucks, it shows you how t tear out a motor, dissassemble, completete rebuild, pre assemble. assemble. putting it back int he car, and initial start up. thats prolly the bet way to go. im gonna get one

 

what type of engine does it show?
carbed? non carbed? american/import?

or is it a general thing that applies to a lot of different things.

also, im looking on amazon and barnes and nobles.com and there a lot of books about this topic (tuning, rebuilding, etc..)
anyone have a recommendation as to what is good for someone in my position (wants to really learn the details but has little background to start with)

 

go to www.summitracing.com and check out the books they have about Ford engines and Mustang Performance and buy one or two of them and read them thoroughly, they're only $16.95 each.
also subscribe to Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords magazine, www.musclemustangfastfords.com
and maybe also 5.0 Mustang and Fords magazine too. both have great technical articles about how to do things and how thing work.
you might also check out this website too. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/
check out the local Stang car clubs in your area, I know there are some there as I see them mentioned in MM&FF often. joining one is a good way to get hands on experience working on members cars and they will be great sources of information about local speed shops and machine shops and who does the highest quality work. they tend to meet mostly on weekends so you can catch up with them when you're off and have the time to learn.

 

enroll in a mechacic class..this will help give you the understanding of the engine an all

 

id love to do that, problem there (i think i may have mentioned this but maybe not) is that i dont really have time. i work 9-5 and get home 6-7 during the week. nor do i know anywhere around my area that has that kind of thing, i looked on google a while back - though maybe iw as looking for the wrong things

 

i just picked up the book by Tom Monroe called "how to rebuild ford v8 engines".
it covers 335 and 385 series motors (351c/m, 400, 429, 460)

is that a good book to start with? it seems to have a lot of info and i understand it but i think i need a nother book that focuses more on basics, and then another that focuses on the effects of diff. components (i.e. if i replaced part x with part y with these different specs, what would the effect be. basicaly to learn how and what to upgrade and stuff)

now i need to go to a junk yard and find an old ford.

 

yes as the engine building procedures are pretty much the same with minor differences between engines, but these "minor" differences can make or break you too. do you have a community college nearby, most have some night classes in auto tech that you could enroll in. some high schools also have night classes with auto related stuff too, so keep looking around your local area.