New Engine 4.2l Upgrade 2000 Mustang Coupe

Well How Do I Start? Been Down For About A Year Workin On My Baby! New 4.2l V6 Ported Polished Heads, P/P Upper And Lower Intake With Phenolic Spacer 24Lbs. 12 Pintel Injectors, 50/50 CompCams Bumpy Stick, Scorpion Roller Rockers, Manley Push Rods .120",CompCams Lifters, Compcam Beehive Valve Springs, New Valve Locks, Arp Head Studs, Arp Crankshaft Studs, Morana Stud Girdle, 6 Qt. Oil Pan, Manley Timing Set. Lot's Of Other Parts Will List Later. Been Busy! I Have Lots Of Pics Of How This Went. Had To Take My Time Money Was Tight But Engine Is In Now And Need To Finish Wiring Up And Bolting Other Things Down, Much Closer To Turning The Key.
You Guys Know How To Pull A Motor So I'll Skip All That. Bought A New 4.2L Short Block New Old Stock And Went From There.

 

Wanted To Go With The V6 Just For The Fact When People See One All Decked Out, The Jaw Drops To The Ground!! LOL V8+Mustang=Big Bucks For Insurance. V6 Not So Much. I'm LQQKING To Pull About 350hp Out Of This. Enough For Me. Maybe A Paxton Later On.

 

If You're LQQKING To Build A 4.3l Stroker You'll Need The Guts Out Of A 4.2L V6. Bore The Same Pistons Different Rods Different, Crank Longer Stroke. That Gives You The 4.3L.

 

Ordered Stud Girdle From Tom Morana In Canada(GREAT GUY). To Install On V6 4.2L. You Must Trim Down Main Caps, Not A Problem Their As Big As On 460 V8 Eng. Just Leveling Off The Tops To Clear Stud Girdle. Arp Studs And Nuts, Make Sure To Ask Him (Tom) To Send All Same Length. Front 2 Are Shorter If Just Using Studs Without Girdle And Stock Oil Pan. Had To Use 4 Wheel Drive V6 Oil Pan For Longer Studs To Fit. See Pics To See What I Mean. Engine Oil Pan fits 1997-2009 Ford F-150 E-150, This Will Save You Some Time. Melling V6 4.2L Oil Pickup Tube. Make Sure All Clears. Put A Piece Of Clay Over Pickup Wrapped In Some Plastic Like A Sandwich Bag And Test Fit Oil Pan. Remove And See How Much Clay Distorted, You've Got To Have Some Room To Pickup Oil.

 

9-11 That's What A New Out Of Box LQQKS Like. LOL

 

Yes, Test Fitted Dip Stick All Clear!! The Dip Stick Plug Seems Like A Good Idea, Have About .25" Not Fully Seated Down In Neck Of Tube.

 

Heads Are Ported And Gasket Matched Along With Lower And Upper Manifolds, All Ported On Lower And As Far As I Could Reach In Upper. Have Phenolic Spacer I Got From (Tom) For The In Between!! Removed And Welded Lower Intake To Remove Air Injectors For EGR System. Nice And Open!! It Took A Lot Of Time To Get These This Far.

 

Changed Out Valve Springs And Keepers (Comp Cams 26918-12 Beehive Valve Spring LS1/LS2/LS6 Pkg of 12) Melling Keepers Used Stock Upper Retainers Couldn't Find Tool Steel From Comp Cams For Proper Fit. Tried 2 Sets 1 Fit Spring But Not Retainer Other Fit Retainer But Not Spring. (That Sucked) Expensive Failure! But Moved On!!

 

Intake Side Of Heads Non-Polished, Thanks But Knew That. Thanks For Info If Someone Else Didn't Know That Fact!! But I'm Installing 24# 12 Pintel Injectors Should Take Care Of Atomization.

 

A Lot Of Time And Work To Get Them (Just So) LQQKING The Way I Wanted. The Dates On Pics Show How Long I Worked On Them. Not Counting Time I Spent Cleaning Up Outside Of Manifolds So They Will LQQK Perty!!! LOL

 

No I Didn't Shave .030" Out Of Pockets And Also Installed COMP Cams 44-702-9 Xtreme Energy Hyd. Roller Camshaft, Ford 3.8/4.2L, Timing Set-Stock Melling 3-376S, COMP CAMS 851-16 FORD HYDRAULIC ROLLER LIFTERS FORD SMALL BLOCK 302 OE STYLE, Manley Push Rod Set 25224-16; 1pc 4130 Chromoly .120" Wall 5/16" 7.250". Scorpion 1.73 R/R, Many More Pics But I'm Tired.