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1low03gt's new heart progress build.....
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Thought i would get this up, and going since i know have the new heart, and started to tear down the old one.
Current '03 4.6L with roughly 63,000 kilometers, which is just a baby, has taken the turn for the worst as most of you know. Missed 3rd, while powershifting at 6400rpm, and obviously i ended up floating the valves in wich left one valvespring popping, and five followers letting go, and also spit number one sparkplug. Carnage pics.... https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 Well i got most of the long block stripped down now, and did find that i did bend the one valve that lost the spring, so i could imagine what the number 7 piston looks like right now LOL! Here is how she sits so far.... https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 As for the new heart, thanks to glp67. Met him on another board where someone was looking for a 4.6L 2V in which he responded too, so i saw the post, and sent him a private message to get the details on this engine, and told him was very interrested! It is a 2004 model with a birth date of 12/12/03, and was in a police cruise that had a very short life, 67,000 kilometers short life.In short, Greg knew the officer that had the cruiser, and picked the engine up for himself, but decided he no longer needs it. So basically, this engine is a perfect fit for me as the year, and k's are perfect. This 4.6 will have the updated heads that have more sparkplug threads, and the k's are almost in line with my GT's k's. Anyways, the pics will tell the story on how clean this thing is. https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 Then the past few weeks, and this weekend i have been cleanning, and refinishing some of the hardware like the cam covers, Bullitt intake, and timing chain cover, ects..... What the cam covers, and Bullitt intake use to look like.... They were all black.... https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 Now for the new look.... https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 And cause i like the look of those Ford Racing blue cam covers for the 3V, and the 4V 4.6L's, and Ford Racing has done nothing for the 2V's, i decided to take the matters in my own hands LOL!.... https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 and for the timing chain cover, as you see what it looked like before with the above pics, this is what it looks like now.... https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1334022858 And waiting to come in by mid week, or weeks end is.... Comp Cams Valve Springs Beehive http://s7d4.scene7.com/is/image/Turn5/30102?$s7product$ I'll hopefully have more pics this weekend. Hoping to have the cams, and springs put in the new heart. |
looking mighty fine as far as I can tell and you look cold out there lol
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Looks fantastic Jay. Love the new look of the valve covers!
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That is going to look sweet once it is all back together!
cheers Ed |
Can't wait to see the final result pictures. Nice job Jay :tup
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Lookin good :tup
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Looking Great...I really like the blue cam covers..:tup
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I have not asked, will this setup give you more power?
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Impressive! Keep the story going.
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Thanks guys. I'm telling you, it's not easy trying to fit this in with family life right now LOL! Hard to be motivated when i have time, or it sucks when i am motivated, but can't do anything!!!:banghead:
Oh, and that is my brother standing with the engine, but it was cool out. As for extra hp, not really, should be about the same give or take a few ponies. This build up will be the exact replica of my original 4.6L, but waaaayyyyy cleaner visually when i am done. If i keep my stock short block, there will be another build thread in the feature,...... something of a 5.0L strocker build for my original 4.6. :D |
well its time to get motivated. lol. nice weather will be here soon.
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I'm trying LOL!!:banghead::D
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yeah i hear ya. mine aint done yet either.:banghead:
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Well the new Comp Cams valve springs cam in, so this weekend the cams, and springs are going in!!!:tup
Now to get on the phone to order up a rear main seal, and exhaust manifold gaskets. :? |
how much longer until finished?
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Well, a little update. Some bad, and some good.
The donor 4.6L is not going in, but the heads are, everything else i am selling off. The good..... Pulled my heads off my 4.6, and she is still good to go. :tup Thank you Lord!!! This will safe huge time for me! The bad..... Reason i pulled my heads off of mine is that the donor had a little suprise..... seems like it might have hydrolocked on it's final day as there was water in the intake, intake ports, and cylinders, and also had one bent rod from seizing up. For what i paid for it, i am okey with it, and again cause for what i paid it for, pays for the heads in all reality. So as for the build, gonna order some head gaskets, and head bolts, and clean the exhaust ports a bit on the new donor heads, can't believe how ruff Ford left them LOL. Then next saturday gonna re assemble the new donor heads, and hopefully slap them on my short block. Then hopefully the following weekend have the cams in, and have it all timed up so i can button it back up together. I guess i should've pulled my heads of first....... could've saved some extra cash, and went for the trick flow heads for the 2V LOL, and next time i look at purchasing an engine, i will make sure it rotates, and not go by how clean it looks, or on how many k's it has LOL! It does show that it's a low miliaged engine inside and out minus being filled with water from being sucked in from the intkae, just had an unfortunate ending! |
It looks like things are working out...even with a few little bobs and weaves. Glad to hear you're not out a lot of $s.
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Yeah, not to bad over all. Very lucky really. I am pretty happy though that i don't really need to pull the engine out, that saves huge time for me. It actually got me really motivated :tup.
But i do tell you this, i really had to motivate myself yesterday to jack my low a$$ stang up, and then motivate myself some more to crawl under it to pull the Bassani X pipe off. Luckily my exhaust comes out with simple hand tools still to this day for being a 2003 model..... thanks to e testing every other year, i swap back to the stock mid pipe, so that obviously helps out a lot by keeping those nuts, and bolts from seizing up on me. LMAO! And i am glad i didn't pay the average price on what a full 4.6 2V usually goes for. I would not be a happy camper right now if that was the case! I will be still good considering. I will be selling of most of everything i don't need. The block with related stuff is already spoken for, now i need to unload the stock PI intake, and stock PI cams LOL |
Awesome stuff 1LOW ... Any chance you'll make it to the track this year?
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Yeah, i will be there, but no racy stuff for awhile. I'll be glad just to have it on the road again in running condition, not the CAA condition LOL!
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^^^ I hear ya!
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I guess there's always a surprise when rebuilding, goes with the territory
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These past week i cleanned up the heads, and polished up the exhaust ports. Was hoping to assemble them this weekend, but too buisy, so that will happen next weekend.
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looks great!! wish I was able to do that kind of work myself....
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I would have loved to polish parts but I am to far away lol
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It's all good buddy! Maybe another time LOL!
It is nice to do stuff like this but sucks under the circumstance on why i am LOL! |
go with lesson learned tehehe
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Ooooooooh and it has LMAO!!
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good to hear bud
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Originally Posted by 1LOW03GT
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It's all good buddy! Maybe another time LOL!
It is nice to do stuff like this but sucks under the circumstance on why i am LOL! |
^^^I will never be accused of that as I drive it like my gramps drove tehehe
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Originally Posted by DublDee
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Hey Jay, this made me think of a famous quote from a pretty well know guy, it goes like this..."If you ain't breaking stuff, you ain't driving it right" - Carrol Shelby. :D
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Aren't they always a pain when it comes to cars^^^
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^^^ x 2.
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Originally Posted by SNAKEBITE
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Aren't they always a pain when it comes to cars^^^
So another update.... Ordered this kit when i came home tonight from work.... CYLINDER HEAD CHANGING KIT - 2V M-6067-D46** https://www.cmoc.ca/attachment.php?a...ine=1335401062 It is cheaper to order this Ford Racig kit then it is to go to the dealership and order a set of head gaskets that are sold individually, and headbolts which from Ford are sold individually aswell..... which was wracking the price around 300 bucks at a discounted price!!!! :banghead: You can get this Ford Racing kit for less then half of that!! And that is shipped LOL! |
^^^ Now thats good to know! Kinda crazy when you think about it.
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Crazy isn't it.
Funny thing is that it's probably the exact same stuff too!! |
holy pricey Batman
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Yeah, it left a mark in my pants ....LOL
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take gun into bank say "this is a stick up" and leave in a hurry bwah
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