I purchased an inexpensive set of sheet
metal valve covers at one of the races, welded in the
fitting / bungs / oil fill cap that I
needed and then polished the heck out them! Don't know how
long they'll stay that purty - we'll
see. I'm about to get all my accessories hooked up, be ready
to start soon!
I
decided to 'freshen up' the motor before putting it back. New
bearings, gaskets and look things
over real good. Had a rear main seal
leak, you can see the groove wore in the crank and my fix -
a Speedi-Sleeve. Made a tool to
remove the pilot bearing by turning down a bolt to fit thru the
bearing snugly, then pumping the end of
the crank full of grease, tapping the bolt in hydraulically
pushed the bearing out. Ford windage
tray & Moroso pickup. Moroso pan, ARP head studs &
Fluidamper. Twisted wedge
heads & valve train going on. Weiand Stealth dual plane
intake &
motorplate. Steel flywheel, Ram
clutch & bellhousing. Finally back in the truck.
I've started collecting parts for
the next motor...
The
stock rubber motor mounts are showing signs of dry rotting, so I
decided another upgrade
was in order - a motor plate.
I have purchased a CSR electric water pump and a Moroso
vacuum pump. The vacuum pump
needs to be under driven and I have a 6" pulley on the
crank, so I purchased this 7.5"
pulley from GZ Motorsports. This pulley bolts right on to the
Moroso pump and will allow me to run everything on the one
serpentine belt which is important
as I don't have a lot of room between the
radiator and motor.
I've got the vacuum pump & belt tensioner
('85' Mustang part) mounted, belt installed and test run - OK.
I had to make several custom brackets
(I'll post pics of them soon) that have been temporarily
'spacered' with stacks of washers. I
purchased some solid aluminum rod that I will make accurate,
custom spacers with - and use all
stainless allen head bolts. (Yes I'm going to repaint the
alternator)
I built the 5.0 from scratch several years ago. It's a good 'starter' motor, but I have
plans for
something a little wilder in the future. Motor currently
includes the following: