A little over a month ago, I was in the finals of a Mustang Shootout and things went south. After pulling the oil pan, I discovered chunks of metal and tons of metal shavings. I knew this wasn't gonna be good.
The main girdle was broken in 5 different places, so I went ahead and tore down the rest of the motor. One of the bearings had froze on the crank, which in turn snapped a 4340 forged rod and broke the piston and wrist pin.
Luckily, the block was fine other than a small bruise, which will be easily fixed.
So, time for a rebuild. This time I am going with Manley (had Eagle) forged H-beam rods, 4340 forged Lunatic Pro Series crank (had a Scat) and custom 15.5:1 CR Diamond pistons (had 14.5:1 CR JE pistons).
The heads were checked and survived with no damage (AFR 205's). They had some port/polish work, but my machinist has really worked on them and on the flow bench they are flowing 332cfm@700 lift. Just a lil more polish work and they will be done.
I am also machining in 4 bolt splayed main caps for extra strength and durability as well as a few other goodies.
The new set up with be .060 overbore making it 415cid Windsor Ford Racing Sportsman block, Manley rods, Lunati crank, Diamond pistons, splayed main caps, CamMotion custom grind billet cam (300+ duration and 720+ lift), Edelbrock Victor Jr intake, Pro Systems 950 Dominator carb, upgraded Comp Cams triple valve springs, Comp Cams Pro roller rockers, Comp Cams pushrods and lots of other goodies.
Anyhoo, here's some pics of the car and process on the motor. ENJOY...
Splayed main caps machined in and block awaiting line hone and bore...
AWESOME port work on AFR's...
And new crank right off the lathe after chamfered oil holes and micro-poilish...
The main girdle was broken in 5 different places, so I went ahead and tore down the rest of the motor. One of the bearings had froze on the crank, which in turn snapped a 4340 forged rod and broke the piston and wrist pin.
Luckily, the block was fine other than a small bruise, which will be easily fixed.
So, time for a rebuild. This time I am going with Manley (had Eagle) forged H-beam rods, 4340 forged Lunatic Pro Series crank (had a Scat) and custom 15.5:1 CR Diamond pistons (had 14.5:1 CR JE pistons).
The heads were checked and survived with no damage (AFR 205's). They had some port/polish work, but my machinist has really worked on them and on the flow bench they are flowing 332cfm@700 lift. Just a lil more polish work and they will be done.
I am also machining in 4 bolt splayed main caps for extra strength and durability as well as a few other goodies.
The new set up with be .060 overbore making it 415cid Windsor Ford Racing Sportsman block, Manley rods, Lunati crank, Diamond pistons, splayed main caps, CamMotion custom grind billet cam (300+ duration and 720+ lift), Edelbrock Victor Jr intake, Pro Systems 950 Dominator carb, upgraded Comp Cams triple valve springs, Comp Cams Pro roller rockers, Comp Cams pushrods and lots of other goodies.
Anyhoo, here's some pics of the car and process on the motor. ENJOY...
Splayed main caps machined in and block awaiting line hone and bore...
AWESOME port work on AFR's...
And new crank right off the lathe after chamfered oil holes and micro-poilish...
