Ryan's motor build H/C/I

[Ryan218]

EDIT: forgot to add. old motor blew up. thats why im doing this now and not this winter....lol.

went and bought a running explorer motor today. for a damn good price. :D
also got some other stuff...
so far ive got.
~ complete explorer motor. ( GT40P heads )
~ speed pro pistons (flat top) full floating pins with spiral locks. and a new set of forged rods with bolts with bronze bushing for the floating piston pin. all balanced.
~ rings ect for pistons
~ Steeda # 19 cam.
~ X303 cam
~ double roller timming chain.
know i still have alot left to buy. gonna start yanking the explorer motor apart sometime soon. its still in the back of my truck, ill un load it in the morning and get it on the engine stand.
Yes i know, i have two cams. gonna use the steeda cam though.
anyways. i few pics, im tired, sun burnt on top of sun burn and want to go to bed. enjoy.
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/0622091501.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/0621092158.jpg
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gonna wait to pull the heads till there ready to go off to the machine shop. but the motor was damn clean on the inside. no build up. just oil. onl problem is one intake bolt snapped in the head. and of course it was the last one. we tried heating it up and i cant get it out. so im just going to have the machine shop deal with it becasue i dont want to mess the head up.
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/0624090453.jpg
still has the crank in it. havent pulled it out yet becasue i dont feel like laying it on the garage floor.
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/0701090116.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/0701090201.jpg

[Ryan218]

block and heads and such are not being re used from the mustang. it was all sold. as a long block.

ok time for some pics.
block and heads are out now to the shop. and done. gotta go pick the block up today when i wake up. 4:27am right now lol.

so i pulled the engine from the stang. now its time to start on the engine bay.

getting holes welded up and smothed some. and maybe a little wire hiding. we will see what happens.

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/3-1.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/5-5.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/2-1.jpg

pulled the front clip of so i dont scratch the paint up.

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/1-1.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/8.jpg

[NineT1GT]

sweet... i'll be following this, i haven't looked into it much, but how hard is it to pull the front clip off like that... im gonna do a 351 swap this winter and wanna hide as much wiring so i figure that'll be the easiest way to do it....

[gearhead]

sweet... i'll be following this, i haven't looked into it much, but how hard is it to pull the front clip off like that... im gonna do a 351 swap this winter and wanna hide as much wiring so i figure that'll be the easiest way to do it....
not hard...

but i do the wire tuck with the fenders on..lol

[Ryan218]

block is at robs shop, he had it hot tanked for me and he is going to be putting in the cam bearings, freeze plugs in when he gets some time for me.

thanks again rob.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/Shop%20stuff/100_3202.jpg

[Ryan218]

sweet... i'll be following this, i haven't looked into it much, but how hard is it to pull the front clip off like that... im gonna do a 351 swap this winter and wanna hide as much wiring so i figure that'll be the easiest way to do it....


not hard. as long as the screws that hold the inner fenders on will back out. i had to use a cut off wheel on one on each side. :beef:

[gearhead]

block is at robs shop, he had it hot tanked for me and he is going to be putting in the cam bearings, freeze plugs in when he gets some time for me.

thanks again rob.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/gearhead559/Shop%20stuff/100_3202.jpg
no biggie man...stop stealing my pics:p:tongueout:

[Ryan218]

ok well i started stripping the engine bay tonight. now ive run out of primer so a little over half the bay is primmed with one coat. its 5am parts stores dont open till 7am. so at 6 im going to go get breakfest then get back at it!
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/0714091622.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/0715090227.jpg

[NineT1GT]

looking good, how long do you think til the project is done?

[Ryan218]

looking good, how long do you think til the project is done?


to where it will about be time to put it away for storage. im 17. so i dont have tons of money to throw at it at once, have to spead it out over some pay checks.

[NineT1GT]

well hopefully you'll be able to get it out and play with it a few times before the snow flies, i'll be waiting til then to work mine over..... hope the motor last til then....

[LX2NV]

well hopefully you'll be able to get it out and play with it a few times before the snow flies, i'll be waiting til then to work mine over..... hope the motor last til then....

good luck doing that with the ol' lady and a baby. (been there done that, not easy).

congrats though. :thumb_beer_cheers:

[GTkyle]

Howd i miss this thread? Nice project man!

[NineT1GT]

good luck doing that with the ol' lady and a baby. (been there done that, not easy).

congrats though. :thumb_beer_cheers:

I'm lucky enough to have a gear head wife as well, hence the purple engine, and why she drives the stang more than i do.... The baby thing might be a little hard, but the garage is attached to our room.... so he won't be to far away....

lol... she fractured her wrist two weeks ago putting a radiator in her blazer while i was at work.... she's 7 months now... lol

[Ryan218]

i can now see im an idiot. the place that painted the car back in 01 sprayed rubber under coating over the rusty frame rail on the driver side and did a hill by repair. its really bad the more i dug into it. bad enough to where a few hard launches at the track with the new motor and it wouldn't surprise me if the k-member wouldn't of ripped away from the car. the passenger side is perfect. of course that's what happen when a car sits under a car port for 90% of its life with the passenger side to the house and drive side exposed. right now.

i wish i was older and when these cars came out bought a new one. i hate hillbilly repairs that retarded owner do!

to fix it im going to have to drop the k-member and get it out of the way. so i highly doubt the car will see the road untill spring of 2010 now.

[NineT1GT]

bummer man, but you probably won't miss that much driving and you'll be fixing it right, so that's a fair trade....

[Ryan218]

ive seen alo worse but its frustrating for a true 48k car. passenger side is preferct. thats what happens when its sit under a car port for 19ish years of it life till i bought it.
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/0720090058.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/0720090059a.jpg
io know pics suck but im using my cell here since i broke my digital.
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/0720090059b.jpg

[Bogie89]

Happens to the best of them.. and the pictures arent to bad just crappy angles do to where the location is lol

[gearhead]

I'll have it fixed up man

[Ryan218]

still need to keep going at it.

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/0726090150a.jpg
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http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/0726090149.jpg
at least my oil pan is clean, :shrug:
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/0726090151.jpg

and this thing is in my damn way!
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t302/88Mustang302/0726090156.jpg

[neal]

iv got a truck...ill take it out of your way for you :-D:thumb_beer_cheers:...but its lookin good

[Ryan218]

100 bucks its yours lol.

goign out to start some more cutting and welding hopefully.