schaferstephen
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After many changed ideas and 3 years of waiting, I finally ordered the big goodies for my engine... Here is everything I've ordered, along with a couple things I am still working on.
250 block: had it rebuilt, the shop bored it 40 over, balanced the crank, magnafluxed it, new stock oil pump, new timing chain, and skimmed the deck.
Head: Ordered Mike's head with a 2V intake and the street/strip port work. Going to run a Holley 500cfm 2bbl carb, probably following (or near to) the specs outlied by 62Ranchero. I am not sure what the chamber volume will be but I assume between 50 and 55cc. I am waiting to cc the head because I am going to install the early 300 rods and order custom pistons, so the dish in the pistons will depend on my final chamber volume. I want to get my compression as high as I can and still be able to run pump gas...
Cam/Valve train: Ordered the 1.65 full roller rockers and appropriate hardware from mike. I am using his 274-108 hydraulic cam, and will have it degreed to the recommended 4 degrees advance.
Ignition: Currently using a DUI. Not sure if I will recurve it or just switch over to a MSD system...
Drivetrain: I bought a set of 17" Bullitt rims and the shackle kit to convert an 8.8" Explorer rear end over. I am planning on using a 3.23 (hopefully limmited slip). I am ordering the gears from Modern Driveline to convert my 4-cyl T5 transmission over to WC V8 gears, and I am thinking I will go for a hydraulic clutch and ditch the Z-bar. In the front I have 1" spacers for my rims, and a kit from SSBC for front discs.
That's all I can think of right now... I'll post pictures as this starts to come together. If anyone has some advice or something I should/shouldn't be doing... Let me know!
Thanks to everyone for all the help in the past - can't wait to get this all put together.
250 block: had it rebuilt, the shop bored it 40 over, balanced the crank, magnafluxed it, new stock oil pump, new timing chain, and skimmed the deck.
Head: Ordered Mike's head with a 2V intake and the street/strip port work. Going to run a Holley 500cfm 2bbl carb, probably following (or near to) the specs outlied by 62Ranchero. I am not sure what the chamber volume will be but I assume between 50 and 55cc. I am waiting to cc the head because I am going to install the early 300 rods and order custom pistons, so the dish in the pistons will depend on my final chamber volume. I want to get my compression as high as I can and still be able to run pump gas...
Cam/Valve train: Ordered the 1.65 full roller rockers and appropriate hardware from mike. I am using his 274-108 hydraulic cam, and will have it degreed to the recommended 4 degrees advance.
Ignition: Currently using a DUI. Not sure if I will recurve it or just switch over to a MSD system...
Drivetrain: I bought a set of 17" Bullitt rims and the shackle kit to convert an 8.8" Explorer rear end over. I am planning on using a 3.23 (hopefully limmited slip). I am ordering the gears from Modern Driveline to convert my 4-cyl T5 transmission over to WC V8 gears, and I am thinking I will go for a hydraulic clutch and ditch the Z-bar. In the front I have 1" spacers for my rims, and a kit from SSBC for front discs.
That's all I can think of right now... I'll post pictures as this starts to come together. If anyone has some advice or something I should/shouldn't be doing... Let me know!
Thanks to everyone for all the help in the past - can't wait to get this all put together.