`89 Notchback Motor build

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Here's where my spare time has been going recently (spare time being none lately :( )

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Old combo - stock `87 forged roller longblock with a few bolt-ons

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249rwhp - 295rwtq baseline dyno.

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Broke the throw out bearing sleeve clean in 2, I drove it like this for about a year, heaviest clutch EVER, but it never made noise or chattered so F'it :)
I bought the summit steel upgraded sleeve to replace, along with a new clutch fork and TOB.

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Torn down, ignore the AOD in the background, it's a spare for my girlfriends `91 convertible lx 5.0

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During cleaning, 'Easy off' brand oven cleaner is the ____! That, and green scotchbrite pads with WD-40 are all I used.

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Like new :shock:

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TFS Stage 1 cam, TFS billet roller timing set, installed dot-to-dot.

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TFS heads, ARP headstuds, MLS Permatorque gaskets, Trick flow valve cover studs with rubber valve cover gaskets, stripped and painted stock valve covers, Scorpion 1.6 RR
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New timing cover, summit SFI balancer, ARP balancer bolt
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High volume oil pump, Canton main stud support / girdle, Canton pickup tube (not in picture - Canton windage tray, to be installed still)
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Shot showing off the baffle doors of my Canton 7qt road racing oil pan.


So now for opinions, paint the heads black to match?

Eventually I am going to get the black wrinkle finish powered by ford valve covers with the silver accents, and plan to paint my intake manifold wrinkle black and polish up the raised lettering and such.

I know the heads will get dirty and tarnish, so I'm definately not going to polish them, so I think I'll be painting them to match the block. What about the pan, does paint stick well to that zinc finish, or does it react like chrome and flake off? How about the accessories...I was thinking of doing them black but the brackets and such in silver, my vortech 8 rib crank and headunit pullies are black, but my supercharger is silver (but I can easily paint it black...). My intercooler tubing is already powder coated black, and the engine bay is black....too much black? Hahaha....

[Glenn_03Cobra]

The pistons cleaned-up nicely! What is was the cylinder ridge like? Or was there a ridge?
Let us know what you learn about paint on zinc, if nobody here responds.

Do you think you'll have it ready for the All Mustang and Ford Club dyno day coming on May 16th? -> http://www.westcoastgearheads.com/forum/calendar.php?view=event&calEid=4

[Julie GT07CS]

The Easy-Off oven cleaner was brilliant! It sure did the trick. :D I like the black valve covers, too.

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The pistons cleaned-up nicely! What is was the cylinder ridge like? Or was there a ridge?
Let us know what you learn about paint on zinc, if nobody here responds.

Do you think you'll have it ready for the All Mustang and Ford Club dyno day coming on May 16th? -> http://www.westcoastgearheads.com/forum/calendar.php?view=event&calEid=4

There was no ridge at all :)

I might be in the car and running, but I won't be able to make that dyno day because that day Carli receives her Masters of Science from CLU :geek: so I have prior engagements ;)

and once it's in the car I need to have it dyno tuned, and I'm not sure how smoothly that will go.

[Glenn_03Cobra]

The Easy-Off oven cleaner was brilliant! It sure did the trick. :D

Meet Julie... our entertainment hostess :mrgreen:

[Glenn_03Cobra]

Let me know, if/when you take it over to BBR! I'll drop-by

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Let me know, if/when you take it over to BBR! I'll drop-by

will do, at this point I have no idea when though, but that's where I'll be tuning it

[Apexaddict]

Nice build Kevin. I'm a fan of the wrinkle finish too.

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I painted my heads but they're just modified E7s. I would probably leave the Al bare but it really comes down to cleaning and such. I agree they don't look so great with stains.

I can't wait to see what it makes. Those twisted wedge heads always put down good numbers when set up right. Which I know you will.

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made some more progress today, oil pump/pickup/girdle/windage tray/oil pan/waterpump are all setup and torqued now.

method of boost has changed plans though, I'm switching from my vortech to an ATI Procharger P-1SC with a 3 core intercooler, AFM power pipe, and bosche BOV.

Oh well, back to the garage :)

[StangFreak]

Looks good, nice work. That thing should be a real beast!

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Got my new procharger P1SC setup mocked up, and yes that a/c and p/s brackets are staying, I'm putting a/c and p/s onto the car for the first time since it was a 4cyl :mrgreen:

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Shown with the AFM powerpipe
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3 core intercooler and piping
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I also painted up the intake manifold, not quite done with it, but a good idea of how it will look, I sanded back the lettering on the upper and lower intake, I like how it came out :twisted:

[Julie GT07CS]

Noice Kevin! :D We'll check it out at the party if not before!

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Well the motor's "done" and ready to drop in, started hiding the engine bay wiring today, didn't get a whole lot done because did a bunch of mothers day ____ for my girls mom, and washed all of my cars (!).

But yeah, so close to back together. The plan is all motor brackets will be black like the motor, and all accessories (p/s, a/c, blower, alternator) will be silver like the water pump.

[Glenn_03Cobra]

Get 'er done, Kevin! can't wait to see the results.

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I had a productive weekend, it's getting there!

[02saleen]

looks good man

[Glenn_03Cobra]

Awesome progress, Kevin!
What kind of numbers are you shooting for? or... did you already post that?

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Awesome progress, Kevin!
What kind of numbers are you shooting for? or... did you already post that?

I'd like to keep it under 500rwhp.

I'd like to have 400rwhp, but I think it will be hard with the motor combo. The stock block is only good for so much, I added a 1/2" steel main stud support girdle which will help though...

[Eric B.]

That is not a Volkswagon motor.

[Glenn_03Cobra]

400rwhp is a pretty respectible number! can't wait to see that beast running!

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well 400rwhp is where I'd like it to be so that the block will live a long, happy life, but it will probably be closer to the 500rwhp range until I dial in the right pulley combination to tame it down, the pulley's the procharger came with are setup for 14psi, which would put me at 460 - 530rwhp (figuring on 10-15hp per psi)...which should split the block right down the middle after a few months, hahaha....

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this weekends progress, new pilot bearing, throwout bearing, clutch fork, pivot ball, then old spec stage 2 clutch/bellhousing, T5 trans is up and in, FRPP aluminum driveshaft is back in, BBK o/r X-pipe is in...doesn't look like a ton of progress but the pilot bearing took me the better part of saturday, slide hammer pulled the center out of the old bearing so I had some fun getting the rest of the bearing out of the crank...oh well, as far as I can tell the major peices are all basically done and back in the car :)

[Glenn_03Cobra]

well 400rwhp is where I'd like it to be so that the block will live a long, happy life, but it will probably be closer to the 500rwhp range until I dial in the right pulley combination to tame it down, the pulley's the procharger came with are setup for 14psi, which would put me at 460 - 530rwhp (figuring on 10-15hp per psi)...which should split the block right down the middle after a few months, hahaha....

But... just think of how much fun you would have doing it :twisted:

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the last time I ran too much boost I destroyed a vortech s-trim :(

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somebody stole my bumper :(
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3 core intercooler, hidden by the bumper when installed, and upgraded bosche bypass valve all mocked up, all the piping is good to go, just need some slight modifications on the maf/throttle body tube, and I need to enlarge the hole in the inner fender to fit the 5" AFM power pipe.

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got my new wheels this weekend too, swapped my re-01r's over onto them, they still look/work like new even with 4 track days on them :)

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how's that for a hidden intercooler? :)
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so close!

[Cody]

looks awesome!

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Between my last post here on this, and now, lots of things have happened (bought the harley truck, IRS swap on the red car, rebuilt the engine of my tahoe by myself, got married, etc ;))

But it runs now, and I've added some suspension goodies to the car recently as well.

Here's some updated pics of how it sits now, I just need to finish wiring up the gauges and some minor chassis wiring because of the hidden wiring in the fenders, make sure everything is tucked up in the fenders and secure and it should be good to go.

side note - it took me 6 months to get the power steering lines setup correctly :( And 6 hours of cutting and measuring and grinding to get the front alignment in spec with the later model SN95 cobra steering rack.

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drivers side visible wiring (coil)
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passengers side visible wiring (MAF)
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My friend is borrowing my EGR so this one is just temporary, pic is just showing my PCV line setup that I made up using 3/8" air line and a billet T block, I'll probably be stripping the anodizing off it and polishing it if I don't figure out an easy way to hide it.
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Since it's finally sorted out, a shot showing the bull____ power steering pressure fitting setup :)
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Not shown is just the stock clutch fan and shroud, my old mark8 fan setup doesn't fit.

Anybody have any bright ideas for an overflow bottle for the coolant? Right now I just have the overflow hose running into the fender but that's not really a longterm solution and would get me booted off a track when I go through tech I'm sure. Procharger instructions just say - "with 12 rib systems, modification or relocation of the coolant overflow may be necessary" - Uhm, yeah thanks :rofl:

[Glenn_03Cobra]

Ok, now that the honeymoon is over... we're glad to see you back to the necessities of life :D

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haha :)

these are the goodies that I threw on the car last weekend -

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Griggs\Koni double adjustable front struts with 350lb coil overs (also got 400lb springs to swap out to for tuning)
Griggs\Koni single adjustable rear shocks

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I didn't opt for coil-overs in the rear (yet) as I already have the MM height adjustable lower control arms, and my rear springs are the ford racing 200lb-300lb progressive rate springs, so I can adjust ride height 2" up/down which allows me to not only set ride height, but also corner balance the car. I will eventually go with C/O's in the rear but that will wait until I get the H/D torque-arm and adjustable rear anti-roll bar from MM and switch to the road race control arms that don't have spring perches or sway bar mounts.

to say I can't wait to get out on the track again in this car, is an understatement!

[pronkie1]

Nice progress.........You'll have it out of the garage in no time.......Thanks for posting and sharing.................