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| This small block Ford engine is being built with lots of new parts. On completion it will be for sale here at Street Rods Forever. | |
| The block was magnafluxed to check for cracks or flaws and got primered and painted in Old Ford Blue. | |
| All the mains were line honed. | |
| A Ford Lightning Grind hydraulic cam was installed to give it a little thump. | |
| Measurements for the crankshaft end play came in at more than 0.004 but less than 0.006. | |
| Close tolerances on the rotating assembly should provide smooth performance. | |
| Before installing the pistons, all the ring gaps were set the same, 0.018 to 0.019 for the top rings and 0.020 to 0.022 for the bottom. | |
| The Cloyes double roller timing set was installed heads up because this will be an E.F.I. engine. | |
| Clear markings on the new harmonic balancer are a big plus. | |
| The water pump is painted a contrasting silver and installed with blue bolts. | |
| A new front sump oil pump is installed. | |
| Because the block did not have a dipstick tube location, the front timing cover had to be drilled and the new, chrome, Ford Performance Products dip-stick and tube was installed.. | |
| The chrome oil pan also is a "Ford Performance Products" (also referred to as FPP). The Oil Pump is a Melling, the timing-set was a Cloyes, more as the photos come along.. | |
| Once the engine was spun back with the heads in the up position, they were torqued to factory specifications in 3 separate torque steps.. | |
| Once the heads were torqued down, it was time to install the new Crane lifters, using lots of the cam-lube supplied with the new Crane "Lightening" grind cam. The push-rods were checked for straightness - only one had to be replaced. Rocker arms were then installed and all factory clearances maintained. | |
| Wanting to 'button-up' the engine to keep out any debris/dust particles, the intake manifold was installed using stainless-steel fasteners, again triple torquing the bolts to factory specifications. Front and rear cork gaskets were double siliconed. | |
| This photos shows the first 'mock-up' on the upper plenum chamber with the wiring harness installed. Checking fitment on these items now makes for a better installation after all the parts are assembled. | |
| With the distributor installed and the FPP valve covers mocked-up, the fuel rails are mounted on the lower intake manifold and properly secured. The 2-Bbl throttle-body is also intalled. (Note the raw cast aluminum finish on the upper plenum chamber). | |
| This is the right side of the engine after the upper plenum chamber received 3 coats of Ford-Blue paint, the High-performance 8.5mm silicone spark-plug wires were installed and the throttle-body installed. | |
| This view shows the finished assembly, complete with sealing up the throttle-body bores, the thermostat housing, and the sealing of the water pump, as well as the water-pump by-pass hose installed. There was also a new 180 degree thermostat installed. | |
| Here's the left view of the completed engine, with the breather installed, the PCV installed on the right/rear, the air-injection tubes installed at the rear of the heads, and computer wiring harn-ess plugged in. | |
| The back view of the engine showing the air-pump tubes installed as well as the PCV hooked up to the rear of the right-side rocker-arm cover to the rear of the plenum chamber. A flex-plate will also be included, ready for a Ford AOD transmission. This would make a great combination, what with the smaller port heads and the beefier cam, it will offer gobs of low-end torque and power. | |
| Here's the completed engine, ready to be installed. This will be a very strong and powerful engine, with the added convenience of being fuel-injected, so that with a turn of the ignition switch, it'll start right up. The original computer that came with this engine will be a part of this engine package. | |
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This engine was used in a 27 Ford Roadster.. check it out! |
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