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Davetruck- I don't really think too much of your machine shop. Sorry, just a couple of things struck me wrong. You said you wanted to make some horsepower and this machine shop has approached this like a run of the mill rebuild. 2 months to get a cam? I bought a camera from Hong Kong and got it in 2 weeks. You obviously have a computer and are online, so use it to get some parts. Go to Summit.com and scroll over to shop and click it! They have an online catalog and you can shop for anything. They have an "ask the Tech feature" that can answer any question that you may have about their products or your motor. When you look up a part it will list it's application as well as all it's features and you can use the "compare" feature to view the differences and similarities of several different brands or levels of products. You will get anything you buy in about a week. Once you decide on which parts you want, you can look over E-bay motors and see if someone is selling the same part for less. Even with shipping, you will save big money over buying locally, and most stuff is at your door in less than a week. What rear end and tranny do you have now? My F150 came with a Ford 9" in it and that's what all the drag racers use. The 8.8 rear-end is no slouch. I thought you said you had a truck. You haven't even started building horsepower, and you got a loooong way to go before you start taxing a truck driveline! I'm liking your machinist less and less, and quite frankly, I think he's full of s**t. I'd source parts for you all day long ,too. Before you get in too deep with this guy, do yourself a favor and price some of those parts online. You can also go to Autozone. com and price the stock stuff.
Get ready for the 351 boss build this summer, 4v closed chamber heads, 2.25/1.75 valves, .750 lift, 12.5:1 piistons, wieand tunnel ram, nitrous, I think its gonna roar!
Get ready for the 351 boss build this summer, 4v closed chamber heads, 2.25/1.75 valves, .750 lift, 12.5:1 piistons, wieand tunnel ram, nitrous, I think its gonna roar!
I'm not sure, but I think Summit will ship to Canada, but they want you to pay with real money.lol. Parts are all over E-bay shipping back and forth to Canada. It may take a little longer to get parts, but most go UPS and they ship globally. Before you do too much to those brakes, consider some aftermarket cross drilled/slotted rotors and brand new drums. That will make a huge difference in stopping power, and the cd/s rotors aren't much more than stock. Everything else can be stock, but you may want to upgrade the pads to the rotor manufacturer's recommendation. While you are cleaning everything up under the truck, pay some close attention to the condition of your front end bushings. Jack it up and try moving the front wheels back and forth and up and down while looking at all the suspension parts. Pay paticular attention to the pitman arm on the gearbox and refer to your Ford Repair manual for instructions on how to adjust the gear lash, that alone can make a huge difference in steering control. Good luck and keep us posted.
WHOA- Dave, take a deep breath, and settle down, it'll be alright. The mods I mentioned can wait, the 2 main points I was trying to make is to upgrade your brake PARTS as you buy them, (if you can) and to take note of some of the problems you probably have along the way. The main thing you should do right now is clean and refurbish that engine compartment while there's no powerplant in the way.
right on doug
Thats what we're working on today ,
The kids have a day off school and I don't work today so we finally get to go out to the garage together....
by the way my engine is done ( he bored the cylinders 30 thou)
now my latest challenge, find a way to go get it, my friend was going to run me down but he blew the tranny in his truck and it won't be rebuilt until next week, if I can't find someone else I'll have to wait
I have my engine back from the machine shop , I found a way to get er home.
The guy got me an engine kit , they did all the machining, including the valve job, new seals etc, bored the cylinders, installed the pistons , polished the crank installed it and thecam, put in all the bearings, new timing set,new lifters etc.....
They also gave me a new oil pump and all the gaskets seals etc.
It looks like they gave me a new main seal but I think that one got put in when they installed the crank.
I'm just wondering if I need to use some sort of gasket seal for the head gasket, the instructions said to put it in dry unless it has a metal face.....
any thoughts on this....?
I have to search the books on that I guess......
lots to do.....
polished off any sharp edges left by the machine shop, chased all the head bolt hole threads.....cleaned the surfaces with brake clean, cleaned out any debris from the oil passages etc....
also got new head bolts
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