So, before the re-assembly was possible we had a lot of cleaning and media blasting and painting to do.
Mark has been the best. He taught me how to do the media blasting and he has been taking great care to paint the parts and get this all back together again. I am going to love doing a side-by-side comparison with the old pictures.So, here is what was done:
De-Grease the entire engine and parts
Machined the Block 30 over
New Pistons and Rings
New Freeze Plugs
Ground the Crank
Heads re-surfaced
New competition valves with Hardened seats
New mild cam
Cam Bearings
New lifters
New Rockers
New Gaskets
New Rods
New Spark Plugs
New Water Pump
New Fuel Pump
New Timing Chain
New Flex Plate
New Harmonic Balancer
New Dip Stick
Repaint with bright blue Ford engine paint
Trim and brackets Ford under hood semi gloss black
I have also started installing the sound dampening material. I chose Cascade instead of Dynamat. http://www.cascadeaudio.com/ the biggest reason is the lingering smell. I will have more pictures later. No...I have not replaced the door panel yet. We still need to work with the gas line. :)
The engine compartment really turned out nice. I am still planning to do a few more item replacements but we want to get it running so we can get it off to the paint shop for prep and paint. I did get the Heater Core Seal kit and replaced more of the seals.
Machined the Block 30 over
New Pistons and Rings
New Freeze Plugs
Ground the Crank
Heads re-surfaced
New competition valves with Hardened seats
New mild cam
Cam Bearings
New lifters
New Rockers
New Gaskets
New Rods
New Spark Plugs
New Water Pump
New Fuel Pump
New Timing Chain
New Flex Plate
New Harmonic Balancer
New Dip Stick
Repaint with bright blue Ford engine paint
Trim and brackets Ford under hood semi gloss black
I have also started installing the sound dampening material. I chose Cascade instead of Dynamat. http://www.cascadeaudio.com/ the biggest reason is the lingering smell. I will have more pictures later. No...I have not replaced the door panel yet. We still need to work with the gas line. :)
The engine compartment really turned out nice. I am still planning to do a few more item replacements but we want to get it running so we can get it off to the paint shop for prep and paint. I did get the Heater Core Seal kit and replaced more of the seals.
