A little birthday present showed up at the front door today. Can't wait to see what they look like when all mounted up. Someday!
Falken FK452 - 275/40/18
-Josh
Tork Tech Thunderbird
God Bless the men & women who have served and serving to keep us free
After waiting all spring and summer the heart is finally here! Big thanks to Randy at Per-Race-Engines in Plainfield, IL. It's all downhill from here. And thanks to BR3WCITY for letting me use his engine stand!
Recap of engine stats:
97 Cobra Teksid block .020 over
Forged Steel 8-Bolt Crank
Eagle 4340 Forged H-Beams
Keith Black Forged Pistons 21cc Dish
9.2:1 Compression Ratio est.
MV Performance Ported PI heads
• Ferea Valves
• Comp Cam Springs
• 9 threaded SP holes
• GT supercar rockers
• MHS Stage 2 Blower Cams
• ARP 2000 head studs
Last edited by OxmanWI; 09-13-2012 at 11:25 PM.
-Josh
Tork Tech Thunderbird
God Bless the men & women who have served and serving to keep us free
I've been working so much that today I finally got a day off to work around the house and clean up my garage. As far as updates, I picked up my transmission for the second time but with another business near me to rebuild my 4R75W all over again. Should have gone with them in the first place. New rebuild kit, forged intermediate shaft and dyno'd with my TC. It is ready to bolt on after waiting on a couple odds and ends. The motor on the other hand is ready to go. Yet there are a couple things that I'm trying to figure out before I put it back in the car. That and waiting on parts and gaskets in the mail. I'm in no hurry, this isn't going to be ready until spring.
Thanks for looking...
-Josh
Tork Tech Thunderbird
God Bless the men & women who have served and serving to keep us free
Betcha can't wait!
Updates??
Sure, I went with your advice and the others to have the cams degreed the right way and took the long block to Logan Motorsports. I've decided to have my car tuned by him and his son. Super nice people and they know what their doing as far as the 4.6 modular. I picked up the engine last week. Replacing the power steering rack this week. Some time next week I'll have the engine and transmission dropped in the car. Slowly but surely. Thanks bro!
-Josh
Tork Tech Thunderbird
God Bless the men & women who have served and serving to keep us free
Pulled the steering rack out and looking for a new unit, replacing all the ground wires, wire ends, bolts, and odds & ends. I decided to bypass the A/C delete with a smaller belt, plus things will be out of the way with less. I’m hoping in the next couple years to have the engine and transmission back in the car, but every time I inspect something I feel the need to replace it.
In the second picture you can see the cam sensor has a 90 degree turn upward. That is a must for these kits with the front cross brace. If you also look at the alternator pulley and down at the steering pulley you notice that they look align, but they are not. In order to work with the belt routing and so that the belt does not walk off you need to get a steering pump pulley puller and bring the pulley out a nudge.
I bought a new mustang fan after knowing from other Tork Tech projects that the clearance between the fan and the alt are very tight. I measured the mustang fan compared to that of the thunderbird and the mustang fan is has almost 1/2 of an inch more clearance then the Thunderbird fan.
Lastly I bought a Tru-Cooler that everyone else has for keeping the transmission cool. And a nice addition to the fuel set up with some Fore rails, FPR and -8AN lines for the supply and return. Big thanks to RobertP for the discount, send him a PM if you are looking at some Fore products.
-Josh
Tork Tech Thunderbird
God Bless the men & women who have served and serving to keep us free
You could go with something like this
Awesome build... keep up the good pics!
-Andy
PS3, Xbox 360, & Steam tag: Cryptic78
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-Josh
Tork Tech Thunderbird
God Bless the men & women who have served and serving to keep us free
[QUOTE=OxmanWI;748328]That looks bad ass, but that would not fit with the alt and cross brace in the front of the engine. Is that going on your mustang?
Ya, thats going on his car, and it is super badass.......except for the color of the ps reservoir........just sayin....sry
"LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT"
'95 Rio Red Cobra 347 stroked SOLD!!
'73 Mach 1 351 2v mostly stock
'07 Harley Davidson Nightster 1200XLN SOLD!!
'06 GMC Envoy (wifes DD)
'03 Ford F150 XLT FX4 (DD)
nope, he's talking about irish's radiator. I've been giving irish crap because he's got this nice shiney aluminum radiator and custom shroud and then you have the stock plastic ugly yellow ps res. on it. I'm pushing him to go with a billet piece or something else.
"LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT"
'95 Rio Red Cobra 347 stroked SOLD!!
'73 Mach 1 351 2v mostly stock
'07 Harley Davidson Nightster 1200XLN SOLD!!
'06 GMC Envoy (wifes DD)
'03 Ford F150 XLT FX4 (DD)
Like this one?
http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/...FSNqMgod8CUAbQ
IDK, I've thought about it too. Does look cool
-Josh
Tork Tech Thunderbird
God Bless the men & women who have served and serving to keep us free
Exactly!!
"LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT"
'95 Rio Red Cobra 347 stroked SOLD!!
'73 Mach 1 351 2v mostly stock
'07 Harley Davidson Nightster 1200XLN SOLD!!
'06 GMC Envoy (wifes DD)
'03 Ford F150 XLT FX4 (DD)