WEBMASTER'S NOTE: The following is an ongoing project
by Wes Adams to build a "Poor Man's 427", using a Ford FT 330 block
and other 'cast-off' parts. The posts were saved from the FordFE.com forums
and reposted here with Wes' permission.
If you
thought that was the Sh@#, then this is King of Sh@# LOL!
This
killer issue and we are going to show how we get the block ready
for assembly.
Hang on and here we go..........
Here we
have a blueprinted pump for our Scrap Iron project.
The
gasket on the left is for the blueprinted pump and the right is
for a standard pump.
I painted the hole black and traced it out
using the gasket.
Here you
can see yours truly working on the block for the oil pump.
Now we're going to open up the
hole in the side of the block. We used
a 7/16" drill bit. I think its up for the challenge.
Here is
the 'before' shot...
...and
here is
the 'after'. It looks better in person then in this picture.
This is
the 'after' picture on the oil hole. WOW...am I good or what? (I
would go for 'or what' if I were you!)
Now you
want to do the same thing to your main bearings. You want to
line up the oil holes with the bearings. No need to paint it now.
Here is
a picture of an ol' 352. You can see here that the bearing hole
was covered up about 1/2 way!
Here you
want to open up the oil return holes in the valley. You may be
asking "why???" Yeah, we might lose some horsepower but we want that oil for
our lifters. We want as much of the oil to return to the oil pan
as possible.
The one
on the left is opened up and has a D shape to it. The one on the
right is untouched. All the holes did get finished off like the
one on the left.
The
front drain-back is in a teardrop shape and it's flush with the
valley floor.
Here the
cylinder has a sharp edge to it. We are going to knock all 8
holes!
Here is
what it looks like after we knock down the sharp edges.
Here you
can see Bill cleaning out all the oil passages in the block.
This is very important thing to do!
You
don't want this in your new engine!
Next we
wash it in the hot tank. Once it's done then you rinse it down and
air it off.
Next we
coat it to keep it from rusting.
I hope you enjoyed this issue of "The
Poor Man's 427". If you have any questions, please call me at
541-882-5177 or Cell 541-331-1484. You can shoot me an email as
well kwadams@charter.net.
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