Over the weekend, I went to a swap meet and found a guy selling (2) T5 "parts" transmissions. He bought them this way, he sold them to me this way, he knows nothing about them.
The price was right, $25 and that included a SBF bellhousing with throwout bearing.
I'll shelf them for now while I read more about rebuilding them, the one looks complete but is missing its ID tag, the other has an ID tag, but it is known to be missing parts, starting with the input shaft and there is a peice of metal black taped to the input shaft bearing retainer.
If nothing else, I will at least have transmissions for mock up purposes or parts, which I've needed for quite a while.
I really do need to start working on a better storage plan for all the motors and transmissions that I've been accumulating.
I'm into this for less than what it costs to fill my truck fuel tank every week... so yes, basically the zetec did fall in my lap and so did the T5's
I was reading a thread in the small six forum and I'm thinking about building an Arduino/Speeduino for controlling ignition and/or fuel injection.
My 200 EFI Turbo build ('65 Econoline) -- FordSix Forum
From the links he provided, I should be able to *build* the controller for about $160 (obviously.... more reading is required)
While at the carshow/swapmeet I saw this, the window says
1927 Ford Model T
powered by a small i4 of some sort
Looks like it would be fun.
There was a rope and no owner, otherwise I'd have gotten better pictures and more information.
On my drive in this morning, I had a thought..
What about a belt driven distributor?
A few minutes on google, I can find some for V8's, my guess is to reduce ignition scatter on SBC V8 motors.
Jesel -- THE ORIGINAL BELT DRIVE SYSTEM
Regarding HP and motor building swapping.
If I wanted cheap easy power, I'd go straight for a 5.0 and build toward 400hp.
My current '68 Mustang is a C-code 289, originally 195hp 2bbl, it has been upgraded with Edelbrock cam/lifters/intake/carb but to even imagine that it puts out more than 230hp now.
It runs just fine, ample oompf for daily driving, keeps my wife happy.
I've got more v8's, I've got a ton of small and big sixes, I don't need another project, but its too much fun to quit.
And there must be some famous quote about an idle mind being a terrible thing to waste.