About a year ago I was working on my ford truck a lot.. I took the block (390, FE) to carquest and had it tanked, magnafluxed, bored, etc.. I also bought all the parts for the rebuild. But now I'm too busy and don't really know what I'm doing to put it all back together. Does anyone want to build the engine for me for some $$ ?

12/28/2005 12:56:07 AM

Sure. I got a weakness fer Ford FE's. Fine engine. Better than any FF any day. I hate a 460.

12/28/2005 1:08:16 AM

if that doesn't work out, check out http://www.handcraftedracing.com

12/28/2005 9:49:31 AM

Another reccomendation for HRT here, they did a great job on my engine.

12/28/2005 6:51:22 PM

lets have a tww engine building howto/seminar. thatd be fun.

i've rebuilt a honda motor before, but id like to see/do a biggun

12/29/2005 12:17:00 AM

If you've done a Honda engine, you'll likely fall asleep doing a Ford FE...

But I agree that it wouldn't be a bad idea. Of course, that would mean I wouldn't make any money doing it...maybe that ain't such a good idea.

12/29/2005 12:20:38 AM

^ you'd love my 427 s/o from a police intercepter galaxy.... its built all to hell now though... revs to about 8500 rpm w/ dual 750s

the ff isn't a bad motor either if you get the r block w/ 4bolt mains.... it can ber built into a much bigger motor i just like the revi-ness some of the fes have.

12/29/2005 8:38:13 AM

427 that revs to 8500? That's a little scary.

What do you have it in?

12/29/2005 10:43:44 AM

The side oilers are spinners from hell. Basically a damn racing engine. I would shit all over myself to own one.

12/29/2005 10:53:08 AM

zxappeal

or i know another guy that could do it... if he's not too busy.

12/29/2005 1:28:57 PM

t-hoff.

12/29/2005 2:39:03 PM

i wanna do it reaall baaadd. hah but i dont want to have sole responsibility for it. i could donate garage space for the job. dont have an engine stand though.

12/29/2005 2:42:29 PM

so everything is there and ready.. you just need assembly?

12/29/2005 2:46:57 PM

I hope t-hoff knows FE's better than honda F4i's. They assembled our race head incorrectly last year, causing it to drop a valve and break a valve spring...

12/29/2005 4:00:26 PM

yep. newer guy running the machine shop that knows his stuff.

12/29/2005 4:02:47 PM

Boyettes downtown. The old man really knows his stuff and he has no problem with you watching and or helping 828-9383.

12/29/2005 4:15:33 PM

yep, boyettes is real good too. they can be kinda pricy though, and take their sweet time doing stuff.

12/29/2005 4:21:08 PM

Boyette's IS good. I would recommend them anyday. They built my cousin's 'vette engine...and they do a lot of small block/circle track engines. I see no reason whatsoever why they couldn't build an FE; it's not a complicated engine.

They tanked and bored the last Ford straight six I built on DAMN short notice.

12/29/2005 4:27:36 PM

I dont think they are any more expensive than anyone else,but I could be wrong. I dont shop around for machine work any more since I found them. Your right on the wait for weeks part though. I asked him about that once and was told "ya want it right or do ya want it right now" ................. Kinda hard to argue with that. They have done 3 motors for me and they have been flawless. Much better than my experience with Walker on Six Forks. Who didnt finish hone the bores and didnt clearance the guides properly on my first 455. 1500 miles later I was lookin at another rebuild. I took them the parts and was pretty much told that after 4 years your beat. I didnt push the issue with them but I will never send anyone else there if I can avoid it. I am still a bit pissed off about that. In there defence I do know that they have changed most of the shop crew since then. But Once you find a shop that does perfect work ,why go shopping anymore.

12/29/2005 4:33:33 PM

they did the machine work and bottom end assembly on my 340. the port/polish on the heads also, the dad does some of the most beautiful head work i've seen. dunno how much hands on stuff he still does though, if any.

walker is junk... they're good for a cheap flywheel machine, that's about it. that's who thompson farmed out their stuff to when i was working there. had a couple cars come back in w/ blown head gaskets due to poor work by them.


[Edited on December 29, 2005 at 4:39 PM. Reason : .]

12/29/2005 4:35:20 PM

Johnny, the dad does all the block/bottom end/assembly work. Doug, the son does all the head work. Great bunch, Ive known them for about 5 years now

12/29/2005 4:42:44 PM

I figured I wasnt the only one to get the shaft by Walker.......The NAPA on Germantown rd is pretty good but the old fart running the shop is dick. Wont let you in the shop.......

12/29/2005 4:45:16 PM

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"Great bunch, Ive known them for about 5 years now"

yep, they are... i've been going in there since about the time i was old enough to know what a motor was. they've worked on who knows how many motors for my dad and his old crowd of car buddies.

12/29/2005 4:57:44 PM

You fellas are gonna laugh, but I get Loop Road to do a bit of my work. Got two buddies of mine that work in the shop there (at least the last time I was there; one of 'em is such a burnout that he might be gone by now) who hook me up.

The quality of the work is hit and miss. Depends on who does it and who it is walking in the door. I had a set of Chevy MPI 2.8 heads come back that had been bead blasted to death. Not one of the spark plugs would hold in its hole. I had to Helicoil every goddam one of them ON THE CAR (I am damn good at this now), as I had gotten the heads on the car, and damn near EVERYTHING bolted on before I put plugs in.

I don't let anybody but Brad touch my shit from now on out.

Interestingly enough, I've had some good work come out of Walker. David Jones does keep a really clean shop. He sleeved a 6.9 diesel block for me, and bored a GMC 305 V6 block for me as well. He's resized an assload of rods for me as well.

Car Quest does good work, but they are higher than damn near everybody.

12/29/2005 4:59:09 PM

nah, i won't laugh... i've had loop rd. rebuild a few heads for me with good results.

12/29/2005 5:02:02 PM

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"I had to Helicoil every goddam one of them ON THE CAR (I am damn good at this now)"

haha Ive done that shit before, in fact I was telling Icehouse about it today

12/29/2005 8:36:54 PM

just out some grease on the tap, and go real slow,

no wait, i got confused, thats what your mom was tellin me

12/29/2005 10:50:26 PM

Ive never been to loop road.but I ve heard its hit or miss. Like I said once you find a place and know who to talk to and they figure out who you are things go alot smoother than joe blow off the street. You have to build a repore with your machinist/mechanic before both of you will be happy with the results. Why do you think I bought a house beside Johnny Boyette

12/29/2005 11:05:14 PM

its a 4 bolt main block with cryo treated forged & polished i beam rods obviously a mean custom cam
the crank is poished blanced and knife edged ported & polished ford "not for street use" heads that have been cleaned up some, shaft mounted rockers, electric fuel pump, we stuck with the chain on the cam and it seems to work fine. i'd really like to convert it to a cammer i know a guy with the complete head assebly and chain and timing chain cover but i don't know what it requires for an intake manifold and i don't really have any cashflow now and neither does pops.


[Edited on December 29, 2005 at 11:41 PM. Reason : .]

12/29/2005 11:33:30 PM

Lifters?

12/29/2005 11:46:45 PM

solid roller

with dual spring valve springs (if that wasn't assumed)

btw the crank and rods are from scat reworked by some friends in the binnis

[Edited on December 29, 2005 at 11:59 PM. Reason : .]

12/29/2005 11:57:40 PM

*wank wank wank*

I would shit a huge pile for a cammer.

But still, what you have is fucking incredible. I'd pay a dollar to look at it...

12/30/2005 12:04:05 AM

she's in pieces w/ a cracked head right now though

12/30/2005 12:11:21 AM

I'm trying to think about how the heads are designed on those engines.

You know how the port config is on a standard FE head, where each exhaust port has two bolts, both in a vertical plane, and the top ones are on ears.

Isn't the 427 different? Like no ears?

The FT blocks are different, but they still have ears.

12/30/2005 10:45:14 AM

your right the head is alot different i don't even think regular fe intakes will bolt up i think if you were to move it over you'd have to swap the whole setup.

the side oiler block is also cross bolted... its just barely an fe hahah i don't think any other is much like it @ all




damnit... i forgot which goes what way i went out there to look but the heads we have, contain both bolt patterns too but they're not bolted to the block and i don't really feel like compareing.






thats the intake we used granted its had some material removed.



drool

[Edited on December 30, 2005 at 2:50 PM. Reason : drool]

12/30/2005 2:28:07 PM