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89' Saleen drag car coming out of retirement.
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<blockquote data-quote="365 Saleen" data-source="post: 16776978" data-attributes="member: 201889"><p>Last part of the story for today.</p><p>I spend 2-3 weeks trying to find a reputable shop in the area. Mind you, when this story first started, I had only been in Maine for just over a year. I knew no one in the area and all of the good builds at the local racetrack had all sent their engines to North Carolina or some such. I was really tempted to send the engine all the way back to the Seattle area to the original builder, but the cost in shipping and the possibility of something happening to the engine going back and forth from Maine to Washington was a gamble I did not want to take. </p><p>I finally found a machine shop 50 or so miles away that specialized in Fords. Talked to the owner and got good vibes. Dropped the engine off in May of 2020 right at the start of "Covid", local track was shut down for the year, so told the guy, no hurry, gave him the background on the engine and told him to go over it with a fine tooth comb. What he found pisses me off to this day. The cylinders are not true, there is a lot of taper, the piston is tight at the bottom of the bore and loose at the top. The so called "valve grind" on the heads that I paid $450 for a "competition" valve grind had run out on all of the seats averaging around .006 which is horrible. Should be within .0005. </p><p>The valves needed to be replaced due to the fact that they were at the end of their service life.</p><p>Turns out the previous "machine shop" did not bore and hone the block with torque plates like I asked.</p><p>So now the engine needed to be bored out an additional .010 to 4.135 from the 4.125. So it is now 365 cid. Prices have gone up since this all started. The JE pistons I paid for on the 363 build were $1,500 with the thermal barrier coating on top and anti-friction coating on the skirts. The new pistons (finally at 11.0:1) also with the coatings, now cost $2,000</p><p>The stainless intake and Inconel exhaust valves came in at just over $1,000.</p><p>The current machine shop is also double pining the camshaft and providing a new oil pump and head gaskets. </p><p>It has not been all peaches and cream at this shop as the engine has been there for just over 2 years at this point. </p><p>That is a different story.</p><p>Grrrrrr.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="365 Saleen, post: 16776978, member: 201889"] Last part of the story for today. I spend 2-3 weeks trying to find a reputable shop in the area. Mind you, when this story first started, I had only been in Maine for just over a year. I knew no one in the area and all of the good builds at the local racetrack had all sent their engines to North Carolina or some such. I was really tempted to send the engine all the way back to the Seattle area to the original builder, but the cost in shipping and the possibility of something happening to the engine going back and forth from Maine to Washington was a gamble I did not want to take. I finally found a machine shop 50 or so miles away that specialized in Fords. Talked to the owner and got good vibes. Dropped the engine off in May of 2020 right at the start of "Covid", local track was shut down for the year, so told the guy, no hurry, gave him the background on the engine and told him to go over it with a fine tooth comb. What he found pisses me off to this day. The cylinders are not true, there is a lot of taper, the piston is tight at the bottom of the bore and loose at the top. The so called "valve grind" on the heads that I paid $450 for a "competition" valve grind had run out on all of the seats averaging around .006 which is horrible. Should be within .0005. The valves needed to be replaced due to the fact that they were at the end of their service life. Turns out the previous "machine shop" did not bore and hone the block with torque plates like I asked. So now the engine needed to be bored out an additional .010 to 4.135 from the 4.125. So it is now 365 cid. Prices have gone up since this all started. The JE pistons I paid for on the 363 build were $1,500 with the thermal barrier coating on top and anti-friction coating on the skirts. The new pistons (finally at 11.0:1) also with the coatings, now cost $2,000 The stainless intake and Inconel exhaust valves came in at just over $1,000. The current machine shop is also double pining the camshaft and providing a new oil pump and head gaskets. It has not been all peaches and cream at this shop as the engine has been there for just over 2 years at this point. That is a different story. Grrrrrr. [/QUOTE]
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