mythorath
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Well it's been a little while but I got my engine back from the machine shop a few days ago and I'm about to start assembly. I will be posting an update of everything that was done, and the price, of the machine shop work in the next day or so.
I decided not to have the machine shop assemble my engine, I wanted to do it myself. This could prove to be a bad decision, but the whole reason I'm doing this is to have fun. Once I source a few missing parts I will start posting updates of the assembly process.
Does anyone know where I can source the following parts:
Also as a very delayed response to the head porting, I'm running stock heads for now. I want to see what power I'm able to make before messing with the heads.
Another decision I've made, I'm tuning the car myself. (this will probably result in me blowing something up). I'm a computer person, went to college for it ect. so I decided to spend the few hundred buck on the stuff to tune my engine myself. I have all of the hardware, software, licenses to do it now. I will be making a big post on all of that when the time comes. As well as pricing as always.
Well if anyone has any questions let me know, in the meantime I'm just going to keep trudging along with this project.
I decided not to have the machine shop assemble my engine, I wanted to do it myself. This could prove to be a bad decision, but the whole reason I'm doing this is to have fun. Once I source a few missing parts I will start posting updates of the assembly process.
Does anyone know where I can source the following parts:
- Alignment dowels - I can't see to find replacements. The ones for the timing cover are in good enough shape to reuse. but the cylinder head dowels are pretty mangled from when they got removed. Can't seem to find them anywhere, and I'm trying to avoid buying more parts from Ford, they are starting to hurt my wallet. (I will go to Ford if no other options present themselves.)
- Crankshaft end bolt - the one that holds the harmonic balancer on. Mine has disappeared.
Also as a very delayed response to the head porting, I'm running stock heads for now. I want to see what power I'm able to make before messing with the heads.
Another decision I've made, I'm tuning the car myself. (this will probably result in me blowing something up). I'm a computer person, went to college for it ect. so I decided to spend the few hundred buck on the stuff to tune my engine myself. I have all of the hardware, software, licenses to do it now. I will be making a big post on all of that when the time comes. As well as pricing as always.
Well if anyone has any questions let me know, in the meantime I'm just going to keep trudging along with this project.