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'Ford GT' Based 5.4L Aluminum Block Has Arrived Nice And New In The Crate. (A) |
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'Ford GT' heads have shown up. (A) |
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Starting to pull the OEM parts from the GT Heads (A) |
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Playing around with many cardboard designs for the elbow. We are trying to keep the engine bay super clean and not have tubing running everywhere! |
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Ford GT Chamber (untouched) on a factory bore (GT Block). |
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Now here is the real intake that we are using. It is a Ford GT/Bridge Racing piece. I will have a page up soon with more on this intake. |
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Some more goodies for the engine. |
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Cutting the guides for the race seals. |
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Lighten/cutting of the counter weights. |
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Bridge Racing Bolt On Distributor Drive System done. |
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Drilling the rod bearing dowel hole. |
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Block double torque plated for machining. |
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Valve guides removed for porting & being replaced with bronze guides. |
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Piston squirters plugged off, They are mostly used in endurance racing. (A) |
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(B) On the right is the inlet for the piston squirter that needs plugging, on the left is one that has already been plugged. |
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Parts ready for assembly. |
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It just looks wrong how the 5.4L alum. rod dwarfs the almost Briggs & Stratton size piston. |
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Crank in. We did not need the main studs with the windage tray provision because we incorporated the windage tray in to the oil pan. |
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Like a finger in a...... well it's a tight fit but everything looks good. |
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The Intake. Even though this intake comes factory on this engine and has a Ford part number the NMRA said no to 16 injectors so we have converted to 8 |
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This intake turned out exactly how we hoped (looks & function). If this was a N/A combo she would have looked a lot different, ahh forced induction. |
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Cylinder heads: (Guides in, valve job, assembly, etc.) |
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Cylinder heads going on. Starting to look like an engine. |
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Solid lifter set up. The small shims are used under the ball to set lash. It is a time consuming job on a 4 valve engine. |
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Guides, chains, billet trigger wheel. |
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Timing cover, balancer on ready for the oil pan. |
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Engine almost ready to slot in. |
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The almost finished product. |
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Cars debut: NMRA Bradenton, Florida March 2008. First 180 mph NMRA Drag Radial Car. |
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Drag Radial Winner World Street Challenge. 7.84 @ 184 mph on 275 Radials. |
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.jpg "NMRA Milan, Michigan Drag Radial Win")
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NMRA Milan, Michigan Drag Radial Win |
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.jpg "(C)")
.jpg "NMRA Milan, Michigan Drag Radial Win")
.jpg "(B)")