when that thing get's heated up, you're going to have horses following you around. 
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And the kids will love it
I truly hate bending steel (considering I really don't have a good way to do it) And when I saw this sitting aroud I figured, what the hell
It is actually coming together nicely
I truly hate bending steel (considering I really don't have a good way to do it) And when I saw this sitting aroud I figured, what the hell
It is actually coming together nicely
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HOLY s*** I GOT SOMETHING DONE!!!!
Started placement on the motor today. It sits fairly far back and there is a TON of room between the motor and the radiator..
Over all I am not overly pleased with the motor mount cradle. Without doing a springover the bottom of the cradle comes very close to hitting the front diff. Once I get the tcases on I can figure out if I need to move the motor forwards or not. As it stands. I have very little room on the DS for steering (spagetti headers do take up a lot of room)
What is the standard amount of tilt that most V8's have in them when you do a conversion like this? It seems like my motor is angled back considerably.. Don't think that is a huge deal considering that the oil pickup is in the rear but I would hate to be wrong..
The other issue is steering. I am very tempted to do a stock setup just for ease.. I hate drilling holes in the frame for a sag box. But I do have a Scout box and I don't have a FJ60 box
Started placement on the motor today. It sits fairly far back and there is a TON of room between the motor and the radiator..
Over all I am not overly pleased with the motor mount cradle. Without doing a springover the bottom of the cradle comes very close to hitting the front diff. Once I get the tcases on I can figure out if I need to move the motor forwards or not. As it stands. I have very little room on the DS for steering (spagetti headers do take up a lot of room)
What is the standard amount of tilt that most V8's have in them when you do a conversion like this? It seems like my motor is angled back considerably.. Don't think that is a huge deal considering that the oil pickup is in the rear but I would hate to be wrong..
The other issue is steering. I am very tempted to do a stock setup just for ease.. I hate drilling holes in the frame for a sag box. But I do have a Scout box and I don't have a FJ60 box
HOLY CRAP... i still dont believe it.
You really did somthing.
You really did somthing.
i tilted mine back 3-4 degrees but that was merely for rear driveline angles.. but i dunno s***. def. looks cool in there
nice work Jason.
DO you have the entire drivetrain attached to the engine?
That would ghive a lot of answers to your tilt question.
I did five degrees on my 40 V8 conversion.
More pics
DO you have the entire drivetrain attached to the engine?
That would ghive a lot of answers to your tilt question.
I did five degrees on my 40 V8 conversion.
More pics
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Only the tranny is on there right now.
I wanted to do everything but I still need to tweak the DL angles to make sure the 203 and the split tcase fit well.
After I get everything positioned the motor/trannt/tcases coem out and the frame gets painted..
And wait till the full intake is on it. AS it stands I only have half an intake
I wanted to do everything but I still need to tweak the DL angles to make sure the 203 and the split tcase fit well.
After I get everything positioned the motor/trannt/tcases coem out and the frame gets painted..
And wait till the full intake is on it. AS it stands I only have half an intake
So, is it a rig or a horsefeeder? 
Mace said:That is more a question of timing than anything
I just looked at the lack of progress on my junk and realized I better shut up before you found my thread
IanB said:I just looked at the lack of progress on my junk and realized I better shut up before you found my thread
a big x2 for me.
NICE WORK JASON!
isnt that a mustang motor?
so why not a horse feeder
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The motor is a 89 Cop 302.
It is balanced and refreshed (everything was in spec) with larger stainless undercut valves. The intake has been ported as well.
shoudl be good to 300hp. As soon as I find a good deal on a set of 24lb injectors I'll upgrade to nitrous and kick it over 400 hp..
The upper intake is not in the pics. That will be bolted on when I am fully happy with the motor placement
It is balanced and refreshed (everything was in spec) with larger stainless undercut valves. The intake has been ported as well.
shoudl be good to 300hp. As soon as I find a good deal on a set of 24lb injectors I'll upgrade to nitrous and kick it over 400 hp..
The upper intake is not in the pics. That will be bolted on when I am fully happy with the motor placement
i think you should change "bobs" name to "mr. ed" ;p
sweeet...
Well I personal gained not one bit of knowledge from reading this thread. I do like the fact that it is here. because I am considering putting a 5.0 in my cruiser. There is a 90 something crown vic at a lot here that dosen't run. However the mechanic said the previous mechanic tried putting a running 5.0 out of a cop car in it but it never ran again 300 bucks for the whole car sounds like a good deal to me, and Being a ford/toyota guy it just might fit my rusty 60
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HntWhtTail said:
Virtually all of Mace's threads have this in common
Mace said:The motor is a 89 Cop 302.
It is balanced and refreshed (everything was in spec) with larger stainless undercut valves. The intake has been ported as well.
shoudl be good to 300hp. As soon as I find a good deal on a set of 24lb injectors I'll upgrade to nitrous and kick it over 400 hp..
The upper intake is not in the pics. That will be bolted on when I am fully happy with the motor placement
I think I prob mentioned this b/f but stock on these engines was somewhere around 225 hp. If you get over 400hp with all stock components I hope it holds. Especially since it has taken you this long to get this far.
Glad to see youi are making progress. Although I cant say a ton since I am still running with no rear shocks or sway bars for the past 4 months.
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Not entirely stock, just the bottom end.89s rule said:I think I prob mentioned this b/f but stock on these engines was somewhere around 225 hp. If you get over 400hp with all stock components I hope it holds. Especially since it has taken you this long to get this far.
Glad to see youi are making progress. Although I cant say a ton since I am still running with no rear shocks or sway bars for the past 4 months.
There are 302's that make a lot more power than this one with the stock bottom end.. If it fails, I'll build a 347...
And Mr whitetail, don't read the fawking thread then..