so to keep you up on what's the sizzle

I qualified for work-study, I cant argue with 6.55 to do things that I would normally help folks out with anyways. I'm still waiting to see where I'm at with the stangs engine, so far everything looks peachy with it.
speaking of engines I Impressed my instructor with some fancy computer aided engine design, the down side is he had me running cams for most of the day. The only snag we ran into was the Factory manifolds on this 350(soon to be 383), the restriction they caused decreased the power output by well over 50 horsepower and put a small amount of unesscary curve in the torque band. were it my call i would ask the client(a client of the instructors from his business) if he wanted to add-on the additional parts(89.95 + shipping) its my firm belief that the customer will be far more satisfied with the final product.(you would be too when your car is putting down 400+ horsepower and a great deal more torque(its a truck actually))

the old red truck is beat to F!#@

we finished pulling and tearing down(yes it was tearing down as opposed to disassembling , ask me the difference sometime)my old mans engine, we got half a zippy bag full of piston peices a bent connecting rod and oil pump drive shaft, several spun bearings indicating improper clearence both oil clearence and side clearence. the good news you may ask, the ford motorsports cam we had in there suvived along with the lifters. over all an interesting project that really we shouldnt have had to do but ended up doing anyways.

A lesser know porject im working on....

We Pulled the engine out(for the third time.....) of my old mans red truck today and discovered more then the Intial problems(See site for pictures). the second bore on the right side appeared to be detenating (the fuel combusting before the piston reaches the peak of its travel and begins going down for the exhuast stroke, see Howstuffworks article on engines). The good news(assuming you noticed the problem on my old mans site) is the block is salvagable.

Fnished disecting the mustangs old engine..

and there is a 0.015 ridge on the center of the crankm the cam is pancaked, two main bearings and all the rod bearings are toast, some of the cam bearings are scuffed, the front cover is toast with a half an inch of metal missing from the fuel pump eccentric rubbing on it. the timing chain had so much play in it that it would have been impossiable to get an accurate engine timing...........the block looks ok but i wont know for sure until i hot tank and sonic check/magna flux it. luckily enough i came up with a partially built 289 and a gasket set.

On a lighter knote Vocation Rehab authorized the purchase of a set of micrometers and a good torque wrench in addition to any parts I require to finish the engine im working on, although i think they would throw a fit if i tried to convince them i needed a 331 stroker kit. mostly it will be belts, hoses and maybe (If they'll let me) the right springs for my cam.

so tomorrow schools back in which means

and its engine time, enough of the body work already lets build some muscle

Ok Back on point

The body was cleaning up nicely, a few minor dents the ding were quickly remedied. over all the body was about 50% stripped (the exterior mostly, and most of the major interior parts such as the seats and carpet). the rear window glass was also taken out the adhesive holding it in was sloppily applied and was holding the shoddy window tint in. I can't stand that amount of poor workmanship, especially on somthing as simple as rolling on window tint without leaving massive air bubbles and runs, but alas.

the fender came out great, i managed to get it almost perfect a little more filling and sanding and it should look wonderful

that last note on shoddy worksmanship.....I had to patch part of the Quarter panel where it was almost designed to rust out from the factory, ithout proper tools it can be a lesson in patience.
this one didnt turn out so well.

The local car show

Mine wasnt in it for obvious reasons, doesnt mean I houldnt share the majesty our little boon-dock town has to offer, some were a bit better then others