Finally got my motor done

[milktasd2]

my build quickly snowballed, but now I have a complete motor. 04 heads, custom cams, forged bottom end, JT trim blower, id1000. Hope to get it in the car in the near future, then work on installing the fore fuel system and Holley efi.

 

[9397SVTs]

Very nice. Let's see the lucky car.

 

[milktasd2]

Before and how it sits now.

 

[9397SVTs]

Are you keeping the engine bay black? I think the engine will look good in there if you do. It will be a nice package when it's done.

 

[98 Saleen Cobra]

Looking forward to seeing this in person

 

[Real98roush]

Are there adapters to use a B-head intake manifold with C-heads?


IG: @sn95mystic

SVTP: SN95 Rollercoaster

 

[milktasd2]

Are you keeping the engine bay black? I think the engine will look good in there if you do. It will be a nice package when it's done.

The engine bay is painted magnetic gray and painting the whole car that color once it’s running. Rather have people at work scratch the old paint while I have it up there vs fresh paint.

 

[milktasd2]

Are there adapters to use a B-head intake manifold with C-heads?

Yes, there is a member on here who made adapters for them. Can’t remember his screen name. You run a c intake lower and your stock b upper. I did it to retain the stock looking upper plenum(looks better to me) and so I wouldn’t have to look for throttle cables and such.

 

[850SNCobra]

Looks awesome. Can't wait to see it installed!

 

[9397SVTs]

Magnetic is a sharp color. What do you plan on doing for wheels?

The wheels in the picture would look great painted Magnetic.

 

[milktasd2]

Those are the wheels I’m gonna use. Trueforged chicanes in race gold 18x9 and 18x11

 

[shurur]

She is a pretty thing.
Enjoy.

 

[Adower]

This isn’t the exact same setup i want to do. Would you mind sharing cost for the motor?

 

[milktasd2]

I probably have over $10k. That includes buying the heads, having them ported, buying a ported lower intake. And that doesn’t include the vortech stuff lol
Here is a list from my engine builder, who assembled the long block
$915 - machine work (bore/hone with torque plates, flat deck block to 20 Ra, balance crank with 2 slugs of Mallory)
$1185 - custom Diamond pistons, stainless rings, H13 wrist pins
$1199 - Bullet cams
$875 - ARP Head studs, ARP main studs, ARP main cap side bolts, ARP cam bolts, ARP thick wall cam bolt washers, Clevite main bearings, rod bearings, head gaskets
$600 - Molnar power adder rods
$80 - Cobra engineering oversized timing guide pins
$200 - Boundary Lube billet oil pump gears
$350 - springs
$5404 - total
Labor was $1500

 

[milktasd2]

And since I’m going with Holley smart coils I can run some vortech bling.

 

[Adower]

Any reason you didn’t go with B heads instead of C heads?

 

[SID297]

Very nice.

 

[milktasd2]

Any reason you didn’t go with B heads instead of C heads?

Just read where people gained more in the mid range with c heads which I figured would make this more fun to drive.

 

[milktasd2]

Was slow at work today.

 

[milktasd2]

Between work being crazy, laziness, and trying to figure stuff out with the Holley. She finally fired up. Freaked me out when it fired up first try. Having said that idle tune is rough, I’m not a tuner, but drove around the parking lot like a stock car.
Goal is to fix some stuff this week and be able to drop it off for some exhaust and light fab work.