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Dropped off the heads......

Reply #30 –
Some pics....nothing special.Not as exciting as one might think,but the project is coming along.Hopefully Saturday,I'll have the front cover,water pump,intake,and intake accessories (injectors,sensors,etc) installed.Pics after that.But for now,here's what I have.......





'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #31 –
wise thinking on the 1-piece oilpan gasket. looks good, man!

and was that a motor you rebuilt?
1979 Ford Fairmont
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5.0L/4R70W/8.8"/5-lug/3" Exhuast

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Reply #32 –
Oh,on that botom pic it looks like I missed a spot.Touch up paint tomorrow,along with bolting the heads down (they have two bolts each just holding them in place for now).
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #33 –
Lookin good! Anytime you can see progress it's exciting, especially for the one doing it.

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Reply #34 –
Yeah I disagree it's very exciting!!! :p Looks siiiick vinnie. She'll roar real nice. Exhaust ports look nice and big!
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

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Reply #35 –
Ford blue engine paint [COLOR="black"][SIZE="5"]FTW![/SIZE][/COLOR] :D:ford: Not like I have a thing for that color on a sbf or anything ;)

The heads look nice btw.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #36 –
The engine,as I've said,only had 30,xxx miles on it.Everything was in seriously clean,near perfect shape.There was NO buildup of any kind inside.The inside of the valve covers,and the heads in general underneath the covers looked new.I left the short block alone,added a new timing chain (double roller),and the heads were ported and I picked them up yesterday.I SHOULD have the heads bolted on tomorrow,and if time is on my side,a little more.The timing cover is also painted Ford blue and the water pump will be left natural aluminum. I am debating on painting the lower intake blue or leaving it natural aluminum.I've had the Cobra lower for a few years in it's natural state,but was thinking something a little different may be in order.Pics on my decision soon.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #37 –
Leave the lower alone.

Im not a fan of Ford blue blocks as it is but I think with the intake painted too it will be overkill. $.02
1986 Cougar LS

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Reply #38 –
I had thought that as well (painted lower being overkill),but,with an EFI engine,there's so much else above that,polished upper intake,CAI,injectors,fuel rail,harness,etc,that I am thinking it might look O.K.. I have to think first,because IF I paint it,once it's done,it's done.I won't be bead blasting it back to original again.Plus,if it's painted,it'll be a little bit different than everyone else with a Cobra style intake.....or any EFI intake for that matter.I want nice,but I don't want to have something like everyone else has.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #39 –
Take blue food coloring and put it in a spray bottle and shoot it with that to test if you like it or not. :hick:
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

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Reply #40 –
Quote from: vinnietbird;297783
The engine,as I've said,only had 30,xxx miles on it.Everything was in seriously clean,near perfect shape.There was NO buildup of any kind inside.The inside of the valve covers,and the heads in general underneath the covers looked new.I left the short block alone,added a new timing chain (double roller),and the heads were ported and I picked them up yesterday.I SHOULD have the heads bolted on tomorrow,and if time is on my side,a little more.The timing cover is also painted Ford blue and the water pump will be left natural aluminum. I am debating on painting the lower intake blue or leaving it natural aluminum.I've had the Cobra lower for a few years in it's natural state,but was thinking something a little different may be in order.Pics on my decision soon.


Quote from: vinnietbird;297801
I had thought that as well (painted lower being overkill),but,with an EFI engine,there's so much else above that,polished upper intake,CAI,injectors,fuel rail,harness,etc,that I am thinking it might look O.K.. I have to think first,because IF I paint it,once it's done,it's done.I won't be bead blasting it back to original again.Plus,if it's painted,it'll be a little bit different than everyone else with a Cobra style intake.....or any EFI intake for that matter.I want nice,but I don't want to have something like everyone else has.


Just so you know my heads, block, oil pan, timing cover, lower intake, and upper intake are all Ford blue. My water pump is natural finish. So if you paint everything Ford blue except the water pump and upper intake you will basically have a duplicate of the paint scheme on my engine. Hell we'll even have the same Cobra valve covers except mine are black crinkle with polished fins and yours are fully polished ;)


88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

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Reply #41 –
There you go.Mine will have (if I paint the lower intake) the polished upper,chrome water thermostat housing,polished valve covers and chrome CAI.I think the blue lower intake would help those things stand out better,BUT,natural aluminum also looks good as contrast with the polished.Decisions decisions.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #42 –
yea, im not really diggin' the blue intake manifold.
1979 Ford Fairmont
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5.0L/4R70W/8.8"/5-lug/3" Exhuast

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Reply #43 –
Quote from: 32VFoxBird;297845
yea, im not really diggin' the blue intake manifold.


I'm not sure that blue would go well with the body color on Vin's car.
-- 05 Mustang GT-Whipplecharged !!
--87 5.0 Trick Flow Heads & Intake - Custom Cam - Many other goodies...3100Lbs...Low12's!

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Reply #44 –
That does look stunning Vinnie, but like the other guys said.  I wonder if Ford blue will clash with the color of your car.  That color looks incredible on that intake though.
William