joedls done blowed up
 

[EDIT: Vettezuki] This bunch of posts was moved from the ACH cruise thread.

I was actually thinking of making this one, but then this happened:

OUCH!:bang:

Phone tiny, what happened? Trans?

Nope. That's a hole in my block.

<Insert Ford jokes here.>

time to put that dart block in.

Do not........:kali:

Found On Roadside Dead

I kid because I love. :jester:

Way to kick a guy when he's down.


The Dart block is a pushrod block. Going in the 68. Not sure whether I'll put a forged shortblock in or just replace it with a stock one and sell it.



At least I have one friend here.


I thought we were friends.

This is how I treat friends. How I treat enemies gets kind of disturbing. . .:pot_stir:

Joe...I have your back.....:drink:

I thought you had an all forged shortblock for the sd197 too. Guess I remember wrong. If you did sell, how much like it is?

I did. Like a dumbass, I sold it about 3 months ago along with a twin turbo kit.

I don't know, but I probably wouldn't sell it the way it sits. People would expect too much of a discount.

Does it still have the blower on it? I do miss the ex's s197 and was thinking about getting another. Would be prime time for some h beam rods stuffed in a teksid block.

Yeah, it still has the Roushcharger.

Damn, sorry man, that blows. Can you reuse most of the internals in a new block? Have you taken it apart yet? What were you doing btw?

I won't be re-using any if the internals. I just have to decide whether to go forged and keep it or go stock and sell it.

I was fucking around. Missed a shift, bounced it off the rev limiter (which I had set too high). Then did another pull and I think I was slow when I speed-shifted. I'm sure I hit the rev limiter again. As soon as I shifted, it popped.

Probably lost a rod, which means the crank is trashed. Those 3v rods are an engineering marvel

I'm sure that's what happened. I abused it one too many times.

Man I'm super sorry to hear about your motor. That sound shitty. I would fix it and keep it too many memories of kicking ass.

A new 5.0 sounds kinda good right now.

I'm still a LS guy, but the 5.0 is awesome. Guys are getting mid 400's on GTs with bolt-on parts. Can't really complain a out run ing 11's N/A on the cheap.

Is there a lot done to your car aside from engine upgrades? If not, it might make the most sense to drop an ebay motor in there, sell it, and go with a new 5.0 Mustang.

Aluminum drive shaft
Lowering springs
Adjustable shocks/struts
Adjustable lower control arms
Lower control arm relocation brackets
Adjustable upper control arm
Upper control arm mount
Adjustable panhard bar
Tubular radiator support/swaybar delete
BMR rear swaybar
Detroit TrueTrac w/4:10 gears
Aluminum differential cover
Axle brace
Battery relocated to trunk
Battery cut-off switch

How did you like the TrueTrac? That is what I was planning on putting in the Mach.

No problems with the TrueTrac. Worked just like it was supposed to.

Oh shit, well if you can find a donor, shouldnt be too difficult to get it to smog as a newer Mustang

All those parts should fit on a new 5.0...

Thats interesting, and you could probably trade off with the stock parts on a 5.0. Either way would work.

But ya, those new GT engines are fast as fuck. Ive driven one. I cant believe stock cars are getting as fast as they are. Its making life more difficult for anyone with a 5+ year old tuner car.

Right now, I'm leaning towards getting a built shortblock and keeping the car. It's a 2007 GT/CS, the first year Ford made a GT/CS since 1968. I like the idea of having a 68 and an 07.

http://californiafords.com/cgi-bin/u...c;f=5;t=108440
I've been eyeing it for a while

Sound fishy. He only had 7 pistons and rods in a box that could easily hold 8... Ill bet he blew one up.

Motor ate oil too. Id buy it with a condition in the sale that you have 30 days to have a shop pressure test it or sonic test or whatever.

Thanks, but I got something brewing.

Uhm no, I know that member.

Shiny!

Yup.

So you're just going to tease us with pictures and no info?

Looks great. Is is a 3v 5.0 striker? What are the build plans?