Novato Ford

 

Gonna start Stage 2 this week. I'm transferring my old motor from a engine stand I borrowed from work to my own and gonna start breaking it down to a bare block. From there, since there's hardly any miles on it, I'll make an assesment as to if it needs machining. IIRC, there is some grinding of the inside of the block involved to make room for the stroker kit.

Oh yeah, from the looks of it I'll be going with ModMax's stroker kit

 

I know quite a few people have wanting a good look at the Bronze 10th Anniversary's, so here's a quick pic from my BlackBerry

 

wheels looj good but it looks like it needs the hood and front bumper cover polished up

 

they actually need paint

 

Glad to see it all back together. Hopefully all of this cars bad luck has passed. It looks great by the way. I love the clean and low look.

 

the bad luck hasn't passed. Valve covers are leaking oil

I'm just gonna bring some tools home this weekend and spend a saturday drinking beer and cursing at the car

 

think maybe you should just buy some new cam covers....i dont think these like you to much

 

waiting on a divorce settlement, then I'm buying the new Trick Flow valve-covers

 

Did someone curse this car? Good luck with the valve covers.

 

Jesus tap-dancing christ, dude. What the hell did you do in a past life to get karma this bad??????

 

oh...its all clear now...the ex cast some bad jujus on the car

 

that's my thinking. Not my fault that a car is more faithful than her

anywho, valve covers are off. Taking them to work today to throw them in the parts washer

 

the wheels look slick man, i want that set on mine

as for crazy exes ruining cars, i'll beleive that

 

'Greed.

Everytime I open this thread now, I expect something new to be wrong.

 

it's going to shop next week. **** leaks are pissing me off

 

valve covers are not leaking anymore. Rear main is though, so still going to Mustang shop since my work won't let me do a rear main lol.

oh yeah, for your listening pleasure, here she is trying to relearn her idle after I cleared the KAM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBoWbBo3frs

and that's through cats

 

so I ran some dye in her and located the leak. Thankfully, it's not the rear main. It's a combo of 2 things. 1) the dipstick was popping out of the boss on the block. I rebent the tube and it seats correctly. 2) there's a seep coming from the oil pan gasket. That will be taken care when I do a future suspension mod (use your imagination )

now that the car is running, the exterior resto will be beginning. The current Cobra bumper on the front is trashed beyond repair so I bought a stock GT for $40 off Cragslist. Might have a new hood in the cards as well.

 

My guess is a new K member w tubular A arms

 

Can I have your old Cobra bumper?? Send me some pics!