Autox4fun
SHO Member
Snap shot story..
Ford replaced my engine with a Ford reman, 30k miles in it lifted the head due to not cleaning one of the head bolt locations in the block. While apart I ported the heads and had them drop in ARP studs. 8K later and out of warranty it eats a couple rod bearings. I drop a used engine in with the hopes of rebuilding the reman to be better. Watching from the sidelines while @802SHO @Jordan_R @Ecoboost_xsport @bpd1151 are building their setups and taking notes.
So here we are today...
I scored a junkyard core engine for any weird extras only to find out the shop who did the swap sucked at diag-ing cars and this engine is actually still good..... needed turbos and a teflon seal on the cam actuator.... other than that it could use a valve port clean up.. dumb ***** could have save thousands... MY GAIN.
Current plans
CCS the CORE block and use that as the fun engine build, Stock rebuild the REMAN block (cus it's like when you find out who the ex-boyfriend is when you start dating a new girl - somebody has been there before)
On the shelf and ready
ARP head studs
Ported heads
Kelford springs and retainers
ported exhaust manifolds
Intake manifold prepped for water meth
raptor crank (and needed parts)
Gearhead gen 3 turbos
2 sets of Mahle gasket kits (cus it's ford anyway)
Ford replaced my engine with a Ford reman, 30k miles in it lifted the head due to not cleaning one of the head bolt locations in the block. While apart I ported the heads and had them drop in ARP studs. 8K later and out of warranty it eats a couple rod bearings. I drop a used engine in with the hopes of rebuilding the reman to be better. Watching from the sidelines while @802SHO @Jordan_R @Ecoboost_xsport @bpd1151 are building their setups and taking notes.
So here we are today...
I scored a junkyard core engine for any weird extras only to find out the shop who did the swap sucked at diag-ing cars and this engine is actually still good..... needed turbos and a teflon seal on the cam actuator.... other than that it could use a valve port clean up.. dumb ***** could have save thousands... MY GAIN.
Current plans
CCS the CORE block and use that as the fun engine build, Stock rebuild the REMAN block (cus it's like when you find out who the ex-boyfriend is when you start dating a new girl - somebody has been there before)
On the shelf and ready
ARP head studs
Ported heads
Kelford springs and retainers
ported exhaust manifolds
Intake manifold prepped for water meth
raptor crank (and needed parts)
Gearhead gen 3 turbos
2 sets of Mahle gasket kits (cus it's ford anyway)
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