Project Street 1.0 (revisited)

[DeanMLFlame]

Not much money is actually being spent...Machining for the studs and guideplate is $160 and $50 for the parts. and $89 if i choose valve guides. that's roughly $300, springs are only $53 and new locks are $15 so that's $367. if i find out how much it is to back the valves, (which have been proven by Car Craft to really work on Ford heads)i'd be just around $450 total and if well be plenty for my application right now.

 

[RacinNdrummin]

Well my pics didnt work too well....

Your not going to have your seats and valves done? No surface???

thats crazy dude......

 

[DeanMLFlame]

I going to lap the valves myself, i probaly will have the heads surface but right now i'm alittle short on cash so i'll have the others stuff done first.

 

[DeanMLFlame]

How bout a quickie

...Will polishing the back side of the intake valve be worth anything? just wondering cuz i just did 4 of them.

 

[DeanMLFlame]

More parts are in!

got my order of valve train components this afternoon. let's start with

A XE256H cam from Comp Cams

7/16" ARP Rocker Studs...don't worry there's 16 of them

ARP Cam Bolt

Comp Cam 5/16" guide plates

and then the summit racing fixed ring compressor...you know what those look like so no pic...but it made piston installition so easy...just 2 to go!

 

[DeanMLFlame]

pistons are in now

but the rod bolts aren't torqued yet...i'll have a friend come over so i can show her how this stuff works and all.

 

[DeanMLFlame]

HAHAHA, this is kinda funny

hahah so here's the situation i'm in...7 of the pistons were in (WERE) piston 2 somehow got a bent oil ring. also the crank would not turn over. i checked the counter weight and pistons...no clearance problems...so i tore the engine apart checking to see if the rod caps were put on the right direction..everything ok...get to piston #8 and discover the the bearing half for the cap is laying on top of the other half...yeah i know! didn't notice it when i tightened the cap down (didn't torque it, just snug) so those bearings are junk...here's some more fun. rod cap number 8 is stuck around the threads of the bolts...won't go down or up so the piston is still in the block...so i'm taking the block up to Budd to get a new oil ring 4 set of bearings on hopefully he can get the cap off...oh fun fun!!

 

[DeanMLFlame]

A little more progress

Camshaft was installed all pistons are in if i didn't mention that early and i got the cylinder heads back

Fresh from Bud's

Rocker studs and guideplates in

Resurfaced

I started cleaning the combustion chambers, making them smooth for reduced hotspots and less carbon build-up...Dad will be getting the intake combo from summit racing soon...if you don't remember what was in it here you go

1 Summit Racing stage 1 intake (Performer nock-off)
1 Summit Racing 600cfm vaccum sec, e-choke carb
gaskets, bolts, carb studs, sealant and chrome air filter assembly all for $399

 

[DeanMLFlame]

Been gone awhile

but here's the progress.

cylinder head on and torqued

roller rockers and intake

and essentially the completed motor
Here's the truck it's going in...ain't she pretty

Core support and fenders off...lot's of spot weld's, thanks dad!

engine bay gutted

taking a wire wheel to the seam sealer...nasty stuff getting ready for some flat black

test fitting the engine...(GLAD WE BOUGHT A SHOP CRANE)

 

[DeanMLFlame]

engine completely bolted in...just running wire and lines

4.0L radiator...it'll do for now!

just a random shot!

driver side downpipe

passenger side

clean gauge panel.

 

[feellnfroggy]

Awesome job on the motor, howd you do with fitting hte long tubes? ANy clearance issues? DId you do a body lift to help the install? What transmission you using?

 

[RacinNdrummin]

Turning out pretty nice!

 

[DeanMLFlame]

hey froggy...they are shorties from Hedman (HED-88400) from summitracing. the downpipes were fabbed from scrap pipe from a cat-back on my other Ranger

just needed to dent the firewall for the downpipe to have some wiggle room!
the trans is a HD C-4 from a E-100 van. TCI sizzler converter (1700 stall)
Ohh....and no body lift!

 

[DeanMLFlame]

I know this is what most people really want to see in a build
THE FIRST START-UP, it's technically the 3rd but who cares, watch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE-6erO4VIM

figuring out the exhaust right now...we have to run it to the passenger side. we're going under the tranny tailshaft...My method will cost $37 and 2 seams to weld and my dad's will either cost $50 to $60 and 4 or 5 welds, that's if we do it ourselves but he is very stubborn

 

[DeanMLFlame]

got a 16" e-fan on the way pushing 2,010cfm as well as 2 purple hornie mufflers...the 2 1/4" version. just gonna have 2 turn downs right off the mufflers about where the rear tires are! then just a shifter and cut the driveshaft and she'll be on the road, not legally but who cares!