Project 5.Slow No More!
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Your getting there. Looking awesome Josh. Just keep at her every minute you have. 
Drilled and tapped the holes for the iat sensor and for the return EGR coolant line.
And the sensor, EGR return coolant line, and heater lines are on it now. Should be all set to put on now.
Sweet. Only a few more days and maybe you'll have her running.
Today, a good chunk of progress was made. The lower intake is on, bolted up the motor mounts, Ford Racing flywheel, and Ram HDX clutch. And the motor is damn close to being in. It would've been in tonight, but my dad has to go back to work tonight. Here's how far it is...
I sure hope so! I will be very happy if I have no issues with driveability when it's finally running. So much will be new, and hopefully I did everything right.
Today, a good chunk of progress was made. The lower intake is on, bolted up the motor mounts, Ford Racing flywheel, and Ram HDX clutch. And the motor is damn close to being in. It would've been in tonight, but my dad has to go back to work tonight. Here's how far it is...
Today, a good chunk of progress was made. The lower intake is on, bolted up the motor mounts, Ford Racing flywheel, and Ram HDX clutch. And the motor is damn close to being in. It would've been in tonight, but my dad has to go back to work tonight. Here's how far it is...
Great job Josh. She's looking real good. I'm very excited for you. Hopefully I'll get to see her in person sometime.
Very Nice Man
I did clean it....
It really needs to be resprayed, and I don't want to take the time to tuck the wires right now. I need the car done by Monday for college, this damn thing is taking too long.
Why is it every day I work on the car, there is good and bad news?!?!?!?!
The engine slid into the bell housing easy enough and bolted up fine, along with the motor mounts and some other stuff. But when I started bolting on the passenger side header, 3 of the 8 bolts would not go in very far. So I had to unbolt the header from the x pipe and the engine and chase the threads. Well wouldn't you know, one thread looks pretty much f*cked to me! Not sure what the hell to do with that thread, I'm so pissed off right now. Gonna have to chase the threads on the other side too while I'm at it. Might have to use a small bolt for the thread just to get the header tight. Dammit.
Thanks man. Maybe this fall for our season ending cruise.
Thank you!
I did clean it....
It really needs to be resprayed, and I don't want to take the time to tuck the wires right now. I need the car done by Monday for college, this damn thing is taking too long.
Why is it every day I work on the car, there is good and bad news?!?!?!?!
The engine slid into the bell housing easy enough and bolted up fine, along with the motor mounts and some other stuff. But when I started bolting on the passenger side header, 3 of the 8 bolts would not go in very far. So I had to unbolt the header from the x pipe and the engine and chase the threads. Well wouldn't you know, one thread looks pretty much f*cked to me! Not sure what the hell to do with that thread, I'm so pissed off right now. Gonna have to chase the threads on the other side too while I'm at it. Might have to use a small bolt for the thread just to get the header tight. Dammit.
Thank you!
I did clean it....
It really needs to be resprayed, and I don't want to take the time to tuck the wires right now. I need the car done by Monday for college, this damn thing is taking too long.
Why is it every day I work on the car, there is good and bad news?!?!?!?!
The engine slid into the bell housing easy enough and bolted up fine, along with the motor mounts and some other stuff. But when I started bolting on the passenger side header, 3 of the 8 bolts would not go in very far. So I had to unbolt the header from the x pipe and the engine and chase the threads. Well wouldn't you know, one thread looks pretty much f*cked to me! Not sure what the hell to do with that thread, I'm so pissed off right now. Gonna have to chase the threads on the other side too while I'm at it. Might have to use a small bolt for the thread just to get the header tight. Dammit.
Use a heli-coil just drill the hole out to the proper size and install the heli-coil. As long as you can still get a drill on it. If not a regular drill scrounge up a right angle drill. It is a PIA i know but there is a solution. Its a good set to have as I used it on spark plug threads when they strip out. It's a savior for those f*cked up situations.
Thanks alot, Tom, trying to make it better than what it was before, lol.
Yeah, we definitely need more foxes on our cruises, for the cny cruises I usually have the only fox.
Yeah, I thought about the heli coil, but I really didn't want to take the head back off. It is the last header bolt right next to the firewall on the passenger's side. I think I might have the bolt in there tight enough for no exhaust leaks. It might be a little redneck, but for this year it will do hopefully. I put the bolt in with a washer and a locking washer and tightened it up, seemed to hold in pretty well.
Feeling a lot better tonight! I bolted the headers in on both sides, in the heads, and to the x pipe, which was a big relief. Also, I hooked up some more connections and installed the 24lb injectors and the fuel rail to the lower intake. Didn't take any pics because really there isn't too much difference yet.
I'm cautiously optimistic at this point, hoping to possibly fire up the car Thursday or Friday. Still have a good bit to go, but should be a little faster going now.
Yeah, we definitely need more foxes on our cruises, for the cny cruises I usually have the only fox.
Yeah, I thought about the heli coil, but I really didn't want to take the head back off. It is the last header bolt right next to the firewall on the passenger's side. I think I might have the bolt in there tight enough for no exhaust leaks. It might be a little redneck, but for this year it will do hopefully. I put the bolt in with a washer and a locking washer and tightened it up, seemed to hold in pretty well.
Feeling a lot better tonight!
I bolted the headers in on both sides, in the heads, and to the x pipe, which was a big relief. Also, I hooked up some more connections and installed the 24lb injectors and the fuel rail to the lower intake. Didn't take any pics because really there isn't too much difference yet. I'm cautiously optimistic at this point, hoping to possibly fire up the car Thursday or Friday. Still have a good bit to go, but should be a little faster going now.
Thanks alot, Tom, trying to make it better than what it was before, lol.
Yeah, we definitely need more foxes on our cruises, for the cny cruises I usually have the only fox.
Yeah, I thought about the heli coil, but I really didn't want to take the head back off. It is the last header bolt right next to the firewall on the passenger's side. I think I might have the bolt in there tight enough for no exhaust leaks. It might be a little redneck, but for this year it will do hopefully. I put the bolt in with a washer and a locking washer and tightened it up, seemed to hold in pretty well.
Feeling a lot better tonight! I bolted the headers in on both sides, in the heads, and to the x pipe, which was a big relief. Also, I hooked up some more connections and installed the 24lb injectors and the fuel rail to the lower intake. Didn't take any pics because really there isn't too much difference yet.
I'm cautiously optimistic at this point, hoping to possibly fire up the car Thursday or Friday. Still have a good bit to go, but should be a little faster going now.
Yeah, we definitely need more foxes on our cruises, for the cny cruises I usually have the only fox.
Yeah, I thought about the heli coil, but I really didn't want to take the head back off. It is the last header bolt right next to the firewall on the passenger's side. I think I might have the bolt in there tight enough for no exhaust leaks. It might be a little redneck, but for this year it will do hopefully. I put the bolt in with a washer and a locking washer and tightened it up, seemed to hold in pretty well.
Feeling a lot better tonight!
I bolted the headers in on both sides, in the heads, and to the x pipe, which was a big relief. Also, I hooked up some more connections and installed the 24lb injectors and the fuel rail to the lower intake. Didn't take any pics because really there isn't too much difference yet. I'm cautiously optimistic at this point, hoping to possibly fire up the car Thursday or Friday. Still have a good bit to go, but should be a little faster going now.
Made some more progress, all of the accessories are on now and some more stuff was plugged in. Cleaned up the Explorer tb and egr spacer. Have to order a few more things again, I hear that doing builds like this nickel and dime you but this is a little ridiculous. :nono: Hoping to get a half a day off Friday and see if I can get this thing running. I want to get the new fuel pump and fuel filter in tomorrow and the clutch cable hooked up to the new quadrant and firewall adjuster in. Here's another pic of how the car was left tonight.
Made some more progress, all of the accessories are on now and some more stuff was plugged in. Cleaned up the Explorer tb and egr spacer. Have to order a few more things again, I hear that doing builds like this nickel and dime you but this is a little ridiculous. :nono: Hoping to get a half a day off Friday and see if I can get this thing running. I want to get the new fuel pump and fuel filter in tomorrow and the clutch cable hooked up to the new quadrant and firewall adjuster in. Here's another pic of how the car was left tonight.
Yea I love my Notch. Gotta get some street wheels though, as the Summit Pro Stars aren't too great for street driving, especially with skinnies up front lol. Thinking of going with Chrome Saleens. And gonna continue building the suspension sense the motor is already somewhat built. I wanna do a 351 swap eventually, but I'll just build this for now and supercharge it. Maybe just get a R block or Dart, upgrade the internals, then buy a race blower and keep the boost low until I get a new transmission that can handle the increased power. 
Sorry I haven't been on in a few days, I have been super busy since Thursday. I worked on the car after work until about 11 on Thursday and Friday and got it running that night but I messed up stabbing the dizzy in because I was a little confused on the correct way to do it. But when I was gone to the NYS fair for the Rock Star Energy Drink Uproar Tour, my dad and his friend put the dizzy back to where it should've been. It was a great show btw, and today tied up a few loose ends and put the hood on it. Here is a few pics...
The cold air intake I bought didn't fit for shit on the car so I had to use what I had on before. The car wouldn't idle or run right with the hood on, the maf didn't like the air being blocked off I guess. So, I took the airbox off and left the filter where it was since the fenderwell cai wouldn't fit right. It drives pretty good now like that. Still adjusting a few things here and there, the new clutch is either on or off, no play so that is taking a little getting used to. The idle is set to about 850 because it takes a while for it to idle right at 750 and usually stalls. I took a vid, but it's not very good, I will get a better one up next week.
It's going to be tough to take it easy for 500 miles but I should be able to do it. There is a definite increase in power, the car shakes a bit at idle, lol. The exhaust got quite a bit louder too, didn't think that a hci would make it that much louder but it did. I will be surprised if I don't get a loud exhaust ticket this year. I will report back in with a video and a update of how well its running after the clutch break in period. I will most likely get a tune next year just to clean things up a little bit. And thanks again to dad for helping me out with this, I made him stay up way past his bedtime on Friday.
The cold air intake I bought didn't fit for shit on the car so I had to use what I had on before. The car wouldn't idle or run right with the hood on, the maf didn't like the air being blocked off I guess. So, I took the airbox off and left the filter where it was since the fenderwell cai wouldn't fit right. It drives pretty good now like that. Still adjusting a few things here and there, the new clutch is either on or off, no play so that is taking a little getting used to. The idle is set to about 850 because it takes a while for it to idle right at 750 and usually stalls. I took a vid, but it's not very good, I will get a better one up next week.
It's going to be tough to take it easy for 500 miles but I should be able to do it.
There is a definite increase in power, the car shakes a bit at idle, lol. The exhaust got quite a bit louder too, didn't think that a hci would make it that much louder but it did. I will be surprised if I don't get a loud exhaust ticket this year. I will report back in with a video and a update of how well its running after the clutch break in period. I will most likely get a tune next year just to clean things up a little bit. And thanks again to dad for helping me out with this, I made him stay up way past his bedtime on Friday.