codename sleeper

[mustangjon]

well as most of you know, i have an 88 lincoln mark vii lsc, im currently building motor on. So thanks to decker, even tho its no exterior mods im going to do a project thread on my top end build. Since im still waiting on my heads i decided to clean up my new/used explorer intake.. then decided hell with it, i'm polishing it. So here is where i got today.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/001.jpg
As unpacked from the box.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/019.jpg
With a few hours work grinding/sanding/polishing

For all the pics from today here is link
http://s278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/

[ibstrokin]

Hell yeah, it's a start

[R825OH]

Nice Keep workin them fingers to the bone !! Thats gonna loo!k good

[DeckerEnt]

Thanks for the props. Get to working on that thing.LOL Looks good.
Keith

[Evil_Capri]

That's going to look great! Love the Mark VIIs!!

[PKFIRE]

That's going to look sick when your done. Keep up the good work!

[mustangjon]

Well did some more polishing over weekend/tonight, in between work, the kiddo, the cruise in ect, lol. Got my gt40's heads in today! yay me. Gotta borrow a valve spring compressor so i can get the valves out and do some more port work to it before i send them to shop but here are a few pics of updated progress on intake.. still a good ways to go tho.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/005-1.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/006-1.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/001-1.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/003-1.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/004-1.jpg

[dbdragracing]

Looks great! What steps are you taking to clean and polish your intake? Thanks.

[satan jamez]

That's a lot of effort and hard work. Very time consuming! Kudos to you :bigthumb Looks great!!

[mustangjon]

im using a everything including the kitchen sink....

basically drum roll 80 gritted the casting pits and such down, then dry 80 grit hand, then 220, and 400, then grab polishing wheel and goto town.. but still toying around with what works best, fastest. Getting in between the runners ect been the biggest pain in ass, used small cone grinding stones.. but they left too course of scratches but got pits out.. so hell if i hadnt started this spontaneously and had prepared myself with some better polishing stones and such.. not just grinding stones might be able to speed it up but mostly done with the rough cutting now.

[mustangjon]

Well no new pics.. because i was in a rush... but did suspension upgrade today for a change of scenery. Dont know why the hell i didnt do it sooner... the tank handles like a dream again. KYB GR-2 struts and shocks... and che adjustable upper control arms. All went smooth till i got to control arms... then um yah i found out the pain in the ass about having a "unique" car... the air shock sensor on rear mounts to right upper arm.. and of course noone makes a mark specific control arm.. so i had to do some grinding, fab a bracket and weld it on.. but all seems good. Had to rush it back together since took so long and dad was having to close up shock. All seems good tho.. stays flat in corners now... no more body roll of doom :cool1:

[mustangjon]

well i got the gt40's dissasembled tonight to do my port work before i send them to shop.. all went fairly well.. was some rust buildup on a few the intake valves tho.. gives me concern.. maybe it was intake leak.. ect.. just hoping no cracks... here's some pics.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/001-2.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/007-2.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/008-1.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/009-1.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/018-1.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/024.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/027.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/025.jpg

[beentryin]

them heads look ruff but i bet they can be saved

[mustangjon]

Well i havent done alot well i have, but anything to show, been polishing on the intake on and off, got the heads apart, sent them up to earl today to have them tanked/fluxed ect before i spend a bunch of hours porting them to later find out the heads are junk. And he told me he would tank them the 2nd time for free, before he does the 5 angle valve job and milling. So im happy, hope to get them back next wed (next day off since im doing the somersnite cruise thing this weekend) Scheduled a baseline dyno run at MD, next wed too at 9 am, so sounds like busy day but promising day. Curious to see what the ole 130k motor with just underdrives, electric fan, accel full tune up, accel 300 box, and some timing advance will bring..

[mustangjon]

Well today has been a busy day did my dyno run as most of you know, very happy with the 195.78hp 258.78 trq results. Also got my heads back from shop, tanked, fluxed, pressure checked ect, all passed. So on to porting!
Here is some pics i took today once i got the heads back.. and how far i have gotten along with porting i only have a few more hours left to fool with it today, but its coming along.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/001-3.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/009-2.jpg

Both heads fresh out of shop

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/002-3.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/003-3.jpg

some before touching bowl area pics

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/018-2.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/017-2.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/022-1.jpg

After some exhaust port work

More pics to come

[PONYGRL]

Dude. You have wayyyy too much time on your hands lol. J/k.... good luck with the little project

[mustangjon]

ok here are a few better pics.. got 3 exhaust ports finished for now. And ponygirl i wish i had too much time on my hands.. or this project would be done by now lol.. i just have to wait till kiddo goes to sleep now, since my day off freetime is over lol

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/029.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/030.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/026-1.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/025-1.jpg
unfinished exhaust port and finished in same shot...
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/027-1.jpg
pic at angle down the runner

[DeckerEnt]

Looking good so far. Keep it up.
Keith

[mustangjon]

dyno sheet

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/034.jpg

[R825OH]

Those heads look alot better, Nice job

[mustangjon]

yah they do after being tanked lol, and the new found rust spots... is from my sweat porting in my tiny work room in the garage that turned to like 150 degrees today with the light and compressor on lol. Thanks :)

[mustangjon]

Well almost finished one head up so figured i would post some progress. Just an fyi iron dust is bad mmmk, i forgot to put mask back on for a bit, now yah my nose is friggin full. anyhow here are a few pics of the almost finished head and not finished


here is the first 2 cyl in the ported head vs unported
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/001-4.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/002-4.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/003-4.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/004-4.jpg

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/024-2.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/025-2.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/022-2.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/021-2.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/005-4.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/009-3.jpg

[mustangjon]

here is some pics since i finished the first head today...

untouched cylinder
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/003-4.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/004-3.jpg

ghetto porting by jon finished pics
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/015-5.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/016-5.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/013-5.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/010-5.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/009-5.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/005-6.jpg

[ibstrokin]

Looks good. I'm curious how much you improved flow, it should be substantial. I know around here it costs about $25 to have each hole flowed ($25 each), it would be interesting to flow one ported vs. one stock.

[mustangjon]

i might see how much he will charge if he can flowbench them, hell he offered me a job today lol, just showed me a few spots to improve but was impressed on most part, after talking with him im going to polish out combustion chambers too to stave off detonation and carbon build up

[DeckerEnt]

Looks Good!!! Hope it runs as good!!
Keith

[mustangjon]

Looks Good!!! Hope it runs as good!!
Keith

it wont.... its a lincoln:lol:

[rogers]

keep up the good work i did my own upper intake on my car i wish i could've measured the actual increase in flow but it works good i'm very interested to learn the actual gains when you get your mods done :bigthumb

[mustangjon]

Well I been kinda quiet on here.. been doing alot of port work but you know.. not real exciting pics other than before and after.. im about 95% done now.. just need to finish polishing out a few spots, and working the short turn radii on my last head. Talked to earl today and they are going back to him next wed.. he is going to flow them for me also after he does the 5 angle job and such. We'll then see how much my 30 hours i have in heads or more was worth lol. I did go overkill on some stuff but hell i want them perfect, not taking them off to do it again. The finished pics will be up by end of weekend. Then while there off, i got to spend a few hours working on a few spots on the lower intake, and finish polishing out my upper. Oh if anyone has a set of stock valve covers i can trade them out, unless kevin finds his, im looking for a set i can polish out then give mine back in a month when i finish the build the weekend before our fall meet.

P.S. Any volunteer work for that sat/sun sept 20-21st i'll supply beer/burgers and tools if you supply some sweat and knowledge lol. All will be welcome

[mustangjon]

Well here are the pics of the heads.. well as best i could get before the batteries went dead, its hard to get picture of polished surface lol, too much light reflecting...

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/003-7.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/002-7.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/006-7.jpg

Couple exhaust port pics

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/010-6.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/008-6.jpg

Couple intake port pics

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/011-6.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/012-6.jpg

[mustangjon]

I dont have a totally untouched intake port pic.. but just for comparison from before i really worked opening up the turns and kinks... here is a few before pics i dug up, and the ones i just took overlaying.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/005-6.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/024-3.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/025-3.jpg

I didnt change the port opening size keep in mind, for intake velocity, but for reference point look at the valve boss.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/011-6.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/012-6.jpg

[DeckerEnt]

That looks freaking awesome dude!!!
Keith

[mustangjon]

now onto the lower intake and been slowly finishing up polishing the upper in my "down" time at work :rockon:

[mustangjon]

Pics of the near finished upper polish work, need to do some final high luster buffing then some painting between the front slot area on intake and repaint the 5.0 plaque

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/006-8.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/005-8.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/001-8.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/002-8.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/003-8.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/004-8.jpg

[DeckerEnt]

That looks way better than yesterday when I saw it. You should go into business for your self.
Keith

[satan jamez]

Damn dude, I about shit purple twinkies when I saw the finished upper intake. You rock! I hope the best for you when this goes together :)

[mustangjon]

thanks... its going together real soon well the 20th soon lol. hopefully it goes without any major hiccups :eek:

[R825OH]

Damn that does look good!!! Bob said "purple twinkies" LOL

[mustangjon]

:eek:well 4 holes on lower intake fully finished, finished rough cutting the other 4... and figures i broke through on my last damn port of whole intake.. its luckly in an easy spot to repair. of course it happened on number 1, which 1 and 5 are the two roughest ones to port. But i had to stop got a piece of aluminum in my eye, yay me, hopefully i got it out and dont have to waste my time going to the eye doc tomm

[satan jamez]

Yikes, if you went through on one, how thin do you think are the others. You'll find out after a few heat cycles I suppose. Good luck Jon!

[Stangman]

I got a feeling that I'll be bringing some explorer motor parts to Jon in the future...

[mustangjon]

I got a feeling that I'll be bringing some explorer motor parts to Jon in the future...

its a small hole and in a fixable spot thankfully, it was last damn port, guess i was getting tired and rushing to try to finish it up lol. but yes next one i guess i'll either be less agressive or puddle weld first. (didnt have fast access to a tig tho.

[mustangjon]

ok im fucking happy as hell, pardon my language:lol: got my heads back today look fantastic, ran about 50 bucks more than planned but it needed 2 valves and i had him but in new freeze plugs. anyhow im excited because the flow numbers... at .600 of course my cam wont see that but as a point of reference it flowed 251 intake! thats right on par with off the shelf afr 165's, about a 40-45% flow increase from stock gt40's:eek:

[ibstrokin]

That's very impressive, congrats

[mustangjon]

well after a power outage like most, i got back on track and got like 95% of the parts ready for saturday's build.

Here's some mock up top end pics of the engine.
Heads/intake/valve covers

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/005-5.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/006-4.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/007-3.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/008-2.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/009-3.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/011-3.jpg

[ibstrokin]

Looks great, your hard work has paid off, now get it on the car.

[mustangjon]

tomm is d-day :D

[Stangman]

That absolutely looks killer!!!

Jon, how big of a pain in the butt would it be to do a lower explorer intake?

[k062693w]

Great Job !!!! Those look Killer...
Well now you know you have a fall back career... LOL

[mustangjon]

well i got it completely tore down now, time to do some cleaning and reassembly here in a bit, been working since about 9 am so im taking a few min breather before i pass out lol, so far its been just me, kevin and keith suppose to stop over for a bit later. here's a few pics of the carnage lol
And of course you think you thought of it all have all the tools ect you need.. and i sit all new parts out make sure i got them ect, and well that was good, then started tearing front end down to only realize i forgot to grab the balancer puller:eek: kevin gonna bring his over, so i cant get timing chain on yet but i'll start cleaning out lifter valley, cylinders and such and start prepping everything to go back together :bigthumb

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/005-9.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/007-8.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/019-5.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/021-4.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/026-2.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/030-1.jpg
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[DeckerEnt]

Hey Guy!! Thanks for a fun evening. It looks much better now. Sorry I had to jet but we got alot done. If I get out sunday, I will come to your place before I hit mine.
Keith

[mustangjon]

well project came along well today, not running yet, but going back together nicely, as usual you always forget little shit, so ded had to bring me a balancer puller, and chris (hardcore) stopped by for a blink to help too. Keith came to rescue and helped me get it back to a long block at least. Thanks bro. I'll be working on it tomm too, still need a hand, and a ride to get a few small things lol. So still taking any volunteers. Here's pics of progress.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/041.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/044.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/045.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/046.jpg

here's the mess of my garage after i pushed car outside to lock up for night lol

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/047.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/048.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/049.jpg

[mustangjon]

well everything is together now, but still not been turned over yet, thanks to the typical elanor problems in a build. All was going smooth some stuff took longer than planned but no major hiccups, till the O/R h-pipe, yah damn thing isnt made for shit, the driver side is too long, (yes i know driver side suppose to be longer) but still over an inch past that, so needless to say got it bolted up eventually with some muscle but without a rack i cant correct the rear section thats now shifted to far back ug, then got everything button'd down ect, filled with oil, put battery in filled with water, and my car broke its water! it was having a baby. Leaking around themostat housing (when i put it on i didnt like how it seated, thought gasket might have slipped. And of course on a ford those housings are a royal bitch to get to while anything i on front/top of motor. So took belt and tensioner loose to get to the two bolts to try tightening... they tightened yay me!, wrong its still leaking... ugg i pushed it outside for nite im too tired/frusterated to continue, tomm i'll pull housing off and try again lol. Hence reason i took a vacation for these such occurances. Anyhow here are a few pics of the final (non running product) Will get some in daylight tomm.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/005-10.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/004-10.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/003-10.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/002-10.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/001-9.jpg

[mustangboy]

Nice work Jon, keep at it.

[DeckerEnt]

That looks killer!!! Hope this is the only hiccup.
Keith

[Stangman]

Jon... you are totally doing my intake!! I'll do the rough cut and you can polish it. What would it take to do the lower as well?

Btw, that engine bay looks freakin AWESOME!

Gonna make it to the cruise-in?

[mustangjon]

if i dont push the car off a cliff i am, pulled tstat housing today tried to reset gasket and such... tstat slipped apparently as i was tighening and got between intake and housing a bit... cracked housing :eek: luckly i had another here

[Stangman]

It's always the "little shit"

Thats why I put the thermostat in the housing, then seal the gasket over it. The thermostat cant fall out that way, and the housing is recessed for it anyway.

[mustangjon]

it's alive! :rockon: now i gotta get it to idle, and come back down off rev without stalling.

[Stangman]

Will there be a celebratory burnout? with pics? :D

[mustangjon]

eventually, i just ran it around the block to try "clean it out" see if the idle would improve but nope, i think i have a vacuum hose leaking.. or needs rerouted. Or my timing is horribly off, i forgot my timing light at dads go figure, so i had to guess... i have it where it will fire with spout out, so i figure that has to be close. Definatly alot peppier even with it running like shit, its running pig rich also atm

[mustangjon]

sigh and just when you thought you had the major bugs worked out...

took it for another test drive, mashed on throttle once, and well the mount piece on bottom of throttle body broke off lucky i was only a few blocks from house, so i bumped the idle set screw up and let the car drive itself home lol.
I cant help but laugh at this point or i'll lose my sanity:lol::lol::lol:

[DeckerEnt]

Sleep on it, and tackle it in the morning with a clear head and a good night's sleep. You will figure it out.
Keith

[mustangjon]

BOOOOOOOOOOYAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!

Car is fixed, back to the basics yet again, my whole original thoughts of vacuum issues messing with map got me thinking... started pulling vacuum hoses off while it was running.. the hose that was direct from my intake to MAP sensor had 0..... vacuum pressure. I guess its internally stopped up in the intake. Rerouted the hose and runs like a champ!

No more black smoke, idles great.
I did back the timing back to a safe 10 degrees since its running as suppose to now, and fuel pressure is set at 30psi. Now time to actually tune, well and fix all the small stuff such as exhaust leaks ect lol.

Thanks for all the help and suggestions, it always seems to be the little stuff you never think of. I kept thinking vacuum leak.. not no vacuum period....

Thanks again for all your help sat/sunday keith.

[DeckerEnt]

Congrats Guy!!!!!! I knew you would figure it out. See ya at the cruise in.
Keith

[mustangjon]

Well some more fine tuning and a dyno tune to come in a few weeks, and a few runs at the track on a test in tune night here in a few weeks, and codename sleeper will be a success. That chapter will end, (sorta lol, till i put gears and a few other goodies in come springtime) and a new one will begin. Codename Pipedream (aka my 71 stang) will be soon appearing on here, I'll prolly post up some pics in a few weeks of its current state, sadly i dont have any pics of when i first picked it up 5 years ago. It's come a long way, even tho it may not look it. Maybe i'll have that up at next years cruise, and be more "fitting" to the mustang club:lol: I'll still be updating as things progress, would like to get the dyno tune done before season over, to get the a/f right if nothing else, and to see how much real gain i made.

Thanks again to all that helped, all the compliments, and the kicks in the ass to keep me going at it.
:rockon:

[DeckerEnt]

Good to see ya today. Car looked great and I see you made it home fine.
Keith

[Stangman]

Car looked awesome Jon!

[mustangjon]

thanks jesse, sorry didnt get to talk to ya more, hell sorry i didnt get to meet half yall. Thanks again to all that gave compliments lol, of course even tho kevin did save me a spot kinda up front, it was the bastard child, of course beef's vette and a few other's were up there too, lol. Maybe the 71 will make next fall.

[mustangjon]

Ok time to dig this thread out from the vault I guess. As some of ya know working on gathering some new goodies to add to the lincoln for race season. So far during offtime, I have rebuilt the rear end with 3:73's a new trac loc and all new bearings. Along with that all energy suspension poly bushings in the rear arms, plus two new air springs in the front. Also installed a wideband and been tweaking with the car since, well up till weather hit.. been driving the beater truck. Anyhow the real goodies are coming. I got ahold of a tremec 3550 with the tko upgrades, 26 spline input, ect. I should have it by end of week, here's some pics.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/tr3550-1.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/tr3550-2.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/tr3550-3.jpg

On top of that Im working on a deal on a p1sc intercooled procharger setup :) So provided I get that, I'll be in good shape.

Now to scrounge up the parts for my 5 speed swap. Still need everything but the tranny, bell/clutch/pedals/flywheel ect.

Oh and almost forgot my creation wont make me go faster but will make the lincoln um be a bit less of a sleeper... Lets say im picking up a hood, and molding it to my hood. And we can soon call my car Stormin Normin Or Stormin Lincoln. Not sure if i'll make the ram air functional yet.

[mustangjon]

Well I picked up my newest toy for the car today... also got a blow proof bellhousing and most the transmission parts to make the swap. Hopefully in a few weeks she'll be done.

here's some pics
Just like the big bad wolf said....
I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your chevy off the road!

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[mustangboy]

Hey Jon will you be at work Friday morning? If so I'm gonna try to swing down after I drop the little one off at preschool. Hopefully the sun will be out and we can see what some of these colors look like.

[ibstrokin]

Congrats, Vortech's are a blast.

[mustangjon]

yup i will be there kenny, actually my plans are to pull my valve covers, and accy brackets and get you all these pieces, and probably my alt case, by next week to get coated :)

[mustangjon]

Oh since it cant be seen in the pic, its a V2 actually, was making 11 psi on a plain gt40 explorer motor...

[DeckerEnt]

Looks cool!!! Get it on there..
Keith

[Stangman]

Whoa! That is awesome!!

I would love to find all that trans stuff for my coupe for my project!

[mustangjon]

Well i got pedal assy in today, the car drew more blood as usual, that bitch prolly has a pint of it saved up by now!

Actually went faster than i had planned, so I tore out the console to get ready for the shifter and started making my custom guage setup for my dash. got the brackets made up just need to tack a few pieces on and paint her.

[mustangboy]

Here is a little sneak peak for you. Was this what you had in mind? Got all the color on everything except the p/s bracket, now just have to clear everything. Hope you like.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3603/3309939213_289844facd.jpg

[mustangjon]

Wow looks better than i had expected actually :) you rock. Cant wait to see that color in the sun too.

[mustangjon]

here's the pics kenny posted up for me looks kick ass, cant wait to put it together this weekend.

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Here's a pic in the best light we seen today, no real sun tho. Its a 3 stage candy paint so it really pops in the light. The extra detail he did with the discharge tube rocks. Plus going to have all billet pulleys on the front so will match my polished intake.
Im hella excited!

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/8.jpg

[R825OH]

Dude thats gonna look sweet!!

[mustangjon]

Well weather wasnt too cooperative lol.. i froze my ass off, and had many hiccups along the way, but i made forward progress thats what counts right? I got my valve covers on, injectors switched out, new flow kooler water pump, brackets mounted up. Unfortunatly the kit wasnt designed for the 3g alt, so i had to manufacture a bushing to space out the alternator stay, and slightly grind on the alternator case on the bumps that hold the screws in. Then had to play some musical bolts and such. All while being a high of like 35 or something. So I guess i cant complain. I still have to make a few more modifications and such, but hopefully on wed I can get her running again. Weather permitting, if not, then my trans swap going to have to get postponed

[kennebellcobra]

Looks great Jon...can't wait to see it all together!

[mustangboy]

Sorry about the weather Jon, I can't wait to see it all together as well. Good luck!!

[DeckerEnt]

Those parts look Killer!! That is going to look so sweet! Congrats!!
Keith

[mustangjon]

Sigh this supercharger install is kicking my ass.. more modification to make things fit ect, I should have known better being it wasnt technically built for a lincoln, had to move my coil today, cut out inner fender for the power pipe, got the oil pan tapped and return hose on, shit that reminds me i forgot to tighten the clamp! i still need one more fitting to make the feed line hooked up, then only thing left is reinstall power steering pump, put in the new fuel pump, put on the belts, install the fmu and cross my fingers.

So no tranny going in this weekend, but i would rather take my time than rush it.

[R825OH]

Its all good Jon! Things take time and patience. Progress is the most important, which makes me get off my butt and go to the garage now!!

[mustangjon]

Yah i know, im too over anxious on my personal deadlines lol. I make them impossible sometimes. But yes progress is good, anticipation is worse tho :lol:

[Stangman]

Thaty'll be the baddest lincoln around!

You'll have to get Dave to print you up some stickers like I have on my quarter windows in my avatar!

[mustangjon]

speaking of.. get some those projects finished or your signature is going to be over bandwidth!

[DeckerEnt]

Did that fitting work for you Jon? Oh and post some pics!!!!!
Keith

[mustangjon]

hell it was dark when i got home... remember some of us are working outside and have slavedriver companies... but yes its right thread. I'll get it running sunday, i'll put up pics and vid maybe lol. Sadly this time around since weather hasnt been the best i have neglected the progress pics, i'll just have before and after lol. Hopefully the rain doesnt come on sunday :(

[Stangman]

speaking of.. get some those projects finished or your signature is going to be over bandwidth!

Photobucket is your friend! :lol:

Anyway, Yeah I know, Just picked up a few more parts to 2 of my cars tonight.

Just got my bigblock motor mounts for the white car, and 2 bullitt wheels for the red car. They are coming around slowly. Gotta have parts before ya put em together :bigthumb

[mustangjon]

good so, im going to see you at the track sometime this year?? lol, hell i want to see that mark go down the track:lol:

[Stangman]

good so, im going to see you at the track sometime this year?? lol, hell i want to see that mark go down the track:lol:

The Mark might make it down the track once or twice this year for the hell of it. I need to get the studdering problem fixed first though... I think the fuel pump is going south.

As for the rest of my cars... The red car might be back on the ground this year :lol:

[mustangjon]

Well I got a good deal done today considering, i was recovering from last night for part of it lol. Everything in the engine bay is done but a vacuum t, i forgot to pick up. And filling up the radiator. So wed will be putting in the fuel pump and wiring up the guages and hopefully be driving it after. I did realize i forgot to change the plugs to the colder ones when i had everything off... so i found out number 1 plug is a major pita now. But with an extra hand i was able to get it out, without taking shit back off. Got the belts on, all my billet pullies ect. I'll post up some pics soon, weather been so crappy i havent taken any

[Stangman]

Can't wait to see this thing! I hope you are coming to the cruise in!

[mustangjon]

i will be there for sure unless i blow up the car from then to now :eek:

[mustangjon]

Well on good side, i got the car fired up and it does idle lol. But something is wack with i think the smog pump delete idler pulley because damn belt wanting to track off the front of the ac... and power steering pulley as far back as i want it to go. So doing a bit of research before i get more involed. Still have to put my gauges in, but i plugged my wideband to make sure the af wasnt off the charts. So forward progess is made. I'll put some pics up here later.

[1992MustangDW]

This is speed density right?

[mustangjon]

yup

and i have 30lb injectors in it lol. It idled but was running at about 10 on the af chart... but fuel pressure is still set like 48psi. I had a belt alignment issue so i had to shut it down. Working on installing the gauges then going to top off the antifreeze and try to fire it up again now i got the belt issue fixed.

[1992MustangDW]

that gives me hope for my speed density

[DeckerEnt]

That thing looks Awesome Jon!!! Kev sent me a pic. Post it up!!!
Keith

[mustangjon]

Ok here is some pics and a babied rev video clip, i didnt want to get into it to hard just yet. Best i can get it to idle is about 12.5-13.0 af so im running rich but i knew that going in with the 30lb injectors actually you'll see it does idle fine amazingly. I still have to finish my gauges and bolt seat back in, and a few things tied up before i take it down the road but its running so thats a plus! Well sun wasnt shinging by time i got the camera out but here is best i could get

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here's the video link
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[R825OH]

Kick ass!!! looks factory,except for all the shiny stuff !!LOL

[mustangjon]

yeah sleeper value goes out the window once i pop the hood lol
but at that point the race would be over :lol:

[mustangjon]

heres 2 pics of my gauge setup i built, its boost, oil and a tach/shift light, wideband

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/022-5.jpg
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[Ryan218]

you should polish the supercharger. looks great!

[mustangjon]

i know, i still have to figure out something to do with the charger and ac... maybe next winter i'll pull them both apart and have kenny coat them.. or i'll sand my finger tips off and polish them lol. I still have a shit ton of wiring to contend with, still not near as clean as i would like but without taking the lincoln out of it, not sure how else i can clean it up much more.

[1992MustangDW]

Way more than I will ever have, my 2 cents, I would change the dist. cap and ac and it will be awesome.

[Ryan218]

oh btw. im expecting to see this thing at the cruise in coming up!

[mustangjon]

I actually have a dizzy boot, its just not on there, the engine bay is far from all put back together, but it was "loose item proofed to start up" lol

[DeckerEnt]

That is awesome Jon!!! Better than the little cell pic I got!!!! When you get it running, bring it down to the shop and we will work on some detail work.
Keith

[mustangboy]

Damn I do nice work;)

[Stangman]

That is bad ass! Those poor poor inner fenders... :(

So you should totally leave the hood alone and keep it bone stock on the outsite... except the bullitts of course :bigthumb

[MrsAPE]

That looks sweet Jon! Makes me almost want to have hubs pull other pieces off my motor before finishing her up. ALMOST. Maybe someday!

[mustang8998]

heres 2 pics of my gauge setup i built, its boost, oil and a tach/shift light, wideband

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/022-5.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk116/mustangjon/lsc/021-5.jpg

So, you put together your gauge pod, 5 years before the upgrade! :lol:

JFWY!

[mustangjon]

got more stuff done today, and as my car seems to go, i took a step backwards again. Somehow i guess the plug wire arched onto the header... and either power steering fluid or some oil was on header and poof, the number 7 wire went up in smoke well the boot was on fire. no other damage, but now to figure out why sigh.

[mustangjon]

That is bad ass! Those poor poor inner fenders... :(

So you should totally leave the hood alone and keep it bone stock on the outsite... except the bullitts of course :bigthumb

if your talking about the giant hole for the power pipe yah.. that sucked my car doesnt line up very well with the factory air box hole. I'll just make a plate to cover it, diamond plate or something shiny lol

[Mustard]

turned out real nice man

[mustangjon]

Well nothing huge to report other than we have boost and no fiyah! :lol: I only pushed it to 3500-4000 ish in 1st gear just wanted to boost it then come back to check things, I have to add a little more fuel and i apparently pressurized the crankcase and blew out a little bit of oil lol :eek: I had forgot to put a check valve in the pcv line, I might just remove it since i have my valve covers vented to a catch can.

[Stangman]

MUST POST VIDEO!

[mustangjon]

i'll try this weekend, next to the running at idle video thats all i got right now, ive had to work my normal late nights since lol. The run down the street last night was at like 9:30 and its too damn cold tonight. either tomm or sat evening i'll get her buttoned down and maybe actually try to make more than a blip of the throttle :bigthumb

[mustangjon]

Well got the tach working, and took car up road for a real test run finally, pushed her pretty hard, well to 90 from a dig after i had did a few pushes. She's fun when boost comes in :) but its sitting at 15 degrees timing locked out atm. my passenger said boost made it about 7psi around 5500. no fiyah, and a/f looks great. With about 38psi fuel, 30lb injectors she idles at about 700 just fine. idles anywhere from about 12.5 -14.5 on af depending on load. Only negative thing from the trip was i had disconnected my pcv since I have the catch can setup. well apparently my crank still pressurized because it blew my pcv valve/grommet, the hose attached to it out, and of course subsequently oil.

So anyone that has boost i have a question, leave the vent tube from valve covers to the tb, or just cap it? its only place i can think, i could still be getting boost into the engine past blowby. My catch can setup vents both valve covers in the rear now.

[Stangman]

Jeeze... Guess I'ma have to turbo the Mark Viii just to keep up with ya! :rolleyes:

Just kiddin, The car is kickass man, can't wait to see it on the 19th!

[DeckerEnt]

Car looks Bad Ass Jon!!! Cap that Vac leak and get to the dyno!!!
Keith

[mustangjon]

She's still a ways out from the dyno, im swapping the tranny first for one, and well still have to fine tune things. But i do think she is coming along fine, and running nicely :rockon:

[mustangjon]

Oh yah i put magnaflows 4" round muffs with dumps on today too, she isnt so much of a sleeper now, but still quiet enough at idle, bright side its almost enough to cover the gear wine of the vortech lol

[mustangboy]

Nice work Jon, gonna be a sweet ride when she's done.

[mustangjon]

ok some new pics plus a new vid since i put the magnaflows on, its definatly not a hush hush lincoln any more...
video does make it sound a little louder than in person tho.
I polished up the intake to clean up from what the winter did to it, cleaned up the paw prints off the powder coat and got some pics in the sun. You can hear a tiny bit of a rolling idle, but it actually is fine when in gear, its just i have it set so low, it will actually idle in gear at 650. Not too shabby of an idle for speed density with 30lb injectors and a blower heh




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[mustangjon]

here ya go jesse, i know its weak but i still didnt want to redline it lol.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=54279837

[DeckerEnt]

You need to sit and spin a little longer, then nail it. A little smoke is good for you. LOL
Keith

[mustangjon]

I think you missed the point of trying to be somewhat easy on it lol. Although not exactly sure any burnout is easy on a car lol

[mustangjon]

Well the 5 speed is going in, no turning back now! Actually the trans is in and mounted, just have to put starter back on, get the old trans cooler lines out, cut the hole for the shifter, put exhaust back in, wire up backup light switch and neutral safety. Downside we had to push it outside and its going to be next week before we can get back on it. :( Oh got the rebuild parts for my fmu, to hopefully fix the issues with it.

[R825OH]

Your not messing around are you?!!??! Dang thats alot of progress!!

[Stangman]

I want a mark vii now...

[DeckerEnt]

Just copy all his stuff for yours Jesse. Problem solved.
Keith

[mustangjon]

Your not messing around are you?!!??! Dang thats alot of progress!!

Well 3 people and 2 airlines and a lift, = good progress plus i researched every part and triple checked i had everything needed for the swap. Biggest thing its been sitting there collecting dust waiting for time when my buddy and me both had time to get it on his rack. Unfortunatly it was an evening and we had to call it quits after about 3 hours or the thing would be done. I actually predrilled holes from the underside before we left for my shifter hole, all i need now is go up top and connect the dots. It will definatly be together for the cruise :) still debating what im going to do for the shifter and the console, been thinking about deleting the console all together since its kinda useless really just have to relocate my mirror and window switched.

[mustangjon]

I want a mark vii now...

I'll sell it to you when im done:lol:

Actually funny thing, i should have kept it stock, it was released a few months ago that the mark vii's are predicted to be a collector car from the 80's i'll just sell the 71 and buy more lincolns :lol:

[R825OH]

Well 3 people and 2 airlines and a lift, = good progress plus i researched every part and triple checked i had everything needed for the swap. Biggest thing its been sitting there collecting dust waiting for time when my buddy and me both had time to get it on his rack. Unfortunatly it was an evening and we had to call it quits after about 3 hours or the thing would be done. I actually predrilled holes from the underside before we left for my shifter hole, all i need now is go up top and connect the dots. It will definatly be together for the cruise :) still debating what im going to do for the shifter and the console, been thinking about deleting the console all together since its kinda useless really just have to relocate my mirror and window switched.


Time for some cup holders! Look at Ryans it turned out killer:bigthumb

[mustangjon]

mine actually has cupholders... they slide out of the leather arm rest... sneaky sneaky... but they are only good for small drinks since we didnt have keg sized drinks in the 80's. I use them once in a blue moon, and when i realized that console weighs like 45 lbs, yes its covered in carpet, and has a rear duct for heat and ac in back... leather arm rest (it shocked me how damn heavy it was. Its tempting to make it go poof.

But i have to admit ryan did a hella job

[Stangman]

I'll sell it to you when im done:lol:

Actually funny thing, i should have kept it stock, it was released a few months ago that the mark vii's are predicted to be a collector car from the 80's i'll just sell the 71 and buy more lincolns :lol:

sell the '71 eh?

[mustangboy]

sell the '71 eh?

You need to sell some project not buy more

[mustangjon]

sigh well trouble in paradise trans all in but clutch issues...

clutch issues

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ok well got the 3550 installed and finally wired up ect, well problems in paradise. The clutch wont disengage, pedal to the floor cant get in gear if on ground, cant get in reverse in air. Adjusted the cable all the way in eventually same scenario. The pedal has no play in it now, its firm from before the brake pedal feels smooth all the way down, yet same story. I dont have a firewall adjuster. The flywheel is centerforce billet, the clutch is a lightly used centerforce dual friction, pressure plate still had machine marks, steel scattershield mcleod with the tremec adaptor plate. Had to put the adjustable pivot ball almost all the way out to put the fork near half way in the bellhousing slot. with the ball about half way put the clutch fork near end of travel. With cable adjusted all the way in, the fork has no play the throwout bearing just begins to rest up against the pressure plate fingers. Is the throwout bearing suppose to be putting any pressure on the fingers before you engage the pedal? Any thoughts? Im tired and frusterated so i gave up thinking today, and im no manual trans expert by any means either

[mustangjon]

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


im a dumbass!!!!!!!!!!!!! I found out the issue after i got thinking of what kind of a bell housing i had... I had to look at the want add... i had bought it from a guy that had it in a 94/95 so it had a spacer to go between the housing and the trans, so grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rrrrrr bright side i just need to pull the spacer out.

[1992MustangDW]

Glad you figured it out though.

[STREETRODZ1]

At least you got it figured out man, hopefully you are good to go man.

[mustangjon]

its gonna be a few days before we can get it back on the rack, but i guess i cant do much but laugh, we kept on going on about how smoothly things were going... for swappnig a 5 speed into a car it was never built with. Shitty part to pull the spacer we have to pull the trans completely out again :(

[DeckerEnt]

Hope that takes care of it Jon. You will figure it out. Hell, you have made everything else work when everyone told you it wouldn't. Keep a clear head on your sholders and everything will work out just fine. By removing the spacer, will you have to cut more metal for the shifter?
Keith

[Stangman]

You need to sell some project not buy more

a man can dream :lol:

[mustangjon]

I hope that fixes it. Well meanwhile i wait on time that my buddy and I can get the car back on his rack to pull the trans back out for a 2nd time... uggg I ordered a register ring from mcleod to center the trans up in the bell since the spacer which is doing it now will be gone. That damn metal ring was 50 bucks shipped, sucks I coulda priced around tried to find one, but figured I need to get the car moving again so figured sooner ordered the better. Was shipped out tonight. Hell im still waiting on the slow boat from china to bring me my fmu rebuild kit.

[mustangjon]

mother ()&$(*&@$)(&*@$_)( ok its past the laughing point, everything went smooth the first day and its been all downhill since. I got my parts for the fmu rebuild, pulled it apart rebuilt it 20 min later done. Got battery on charger done, push car on rack, lift up tear everything loose pull trans out in about 45 min and.................

The pics tell the story.....

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Where I had the 94/95 transmission spacer accidently installed and the input shaft wasnt meeting the flywheel, and we had fired it up with the input shaft moving around with the clutch floating in place guess the load caused it to go pop :( sigh, back to the drawing board.

[STREETRODZ1]

Damn dude, i have had those days, just keep at it, it will all come together.

[mustangjon]

just sucks having issues, then have to order the part then have to wait another week to get the part in... sigh

[mustangboy]

Keep at it Jon it will all come together before you know it. Remember it is only April.

[mustangjon]

Well still cant get clutch to disengage... comes to find out the bellhousing I bought, which the guy didnt specify but I think is still wrong finally cross referenced the part number plus the measurement, and its a bell for the pre roller blocks. And what they call the short shaft 3550.... but the one for the roller and what they call the long shaft 3550/tko is within .100--.150 in of the one i have with the spacer in... now i found somehow the throwout bearing wasnt on the clip/fork right.. But still didnt fix it. So either the transmission is still a tiny bit too far out and its not going to work or the clutch cable is stretched and weak and stretching...

[Stangman]

So I am guessing it's not making it to the cruise-in? :(

[10lb 308]

long time ago i pulled my t5 out (replace 3rd 3x lol), bell still atached we thought what the hell lets hear what open shortys sound like, the throwout bearing fell when i pushed in the clutch petal to start ,i reved it to the moon it explowed throwout bearing little ball berings everywhere ,wedge them behind pressure plate fingers ,didnt know replaced tob looked in side bell thought got lucky, not me when i went 2 put trans back in would not seal to bell,took every thing apart found ballbearing from explowed tob wedged in there ,,,,hope story helpes stick it out it will pay off in the long run:cool1: also if you replace bell u might have to replace input shaft

[mustangjon]

i talked to mcleod and a few other companies, the bell actually will work, with the spacer in place only thing is i wont be able to run any double clutch ect because the fork sits 3/4" forward than a correct bellhousing does. After much head scratching and talking, I think its a combination of the pivot ball for fork I have is the shorty, and I need a longer one to get the fork more parallel. Also going to add a firewall cable adjuster to help with deflection and give some more adjustment...

[DeckerEnt]

Hope this fixes it Jon. At least you will know Everything about bell housings when you are done.

[mustangjon]

ok well good news trans issues fixed!!!!!! it ended up being the pivot ball was too short and combination of stretched clutch cable, put firewall adjuster and the long pivot ball on and fixed! Now to get my liscense back and fix the lean issue, next route i think is to pull the blower belt and see how it reacts without it. maybe fmu and all the 30's just cant keep up, or maybe its fuel pump ect, i need to get a remote fuel guage to monitor it while driving.

[DeckerEnt]

Congrats!!! You will get it right.

[Stangman]

Awesome! Go figure you get it once you lose your license!

[DeckerEnt]

Did you get that thing out on the road yet?? Happy to help. Post up if it worked!!!!

[mustangjon]

I thrashed it this morning works great.. need to adjust clutch cable a tiny bit more. And still got the fuel issues i've had but was running strong :)

Thanks again for the help keith