This is what i have been working on the last day or so, the original engine was having an overheating problem, then we spun a bearing, basically it was trash. We bought a new one from ford and here it is, we are working on the install this weekend and hopefully will be done by wednesday, chances are that wont happen but i am hopeful

 

this is the old one, we are taking the valve covers off the old one and switching them with the new ones because of the finish as well as the svt plate etc. 2nd pic(a bird must have made a nest under the lower intake while it sat on the car lot with a smashed front end)

 

this is somewhat the finished product, dropping it in tonight hopefully, we also had the flywheel resurfaced and are considering a new clutch, not sure if that will go through though. A lot of work to get the other crap off...

 

cool, how much did you pay for the new long block?

 

3700

 

you are missing a roots style blower... should of put one on while you had the chance!

 

also i decided to snap pics of our other cars, only the exciting ones though...

 

I only freaking dream of that, i am oweing my dad enough for this as it is.

 

few more...
they are a 90 corvette coupe my vrothers car,
1999 jaguar xjr, fast as hell, came stock with a roots supercharged v8, 390 but new pulley is around 450
1969 stingray with a big block 427, green interior less than 20 made in that combo
1981 small block vette black on black, its a dog but looks cool
03 Z06 sweet as fvck and fast as hell too, scares the hell out of me
my pos fellin apart unreliable piece of work garage ornament 01 cobra.
We also have a 2005 hemi awd magnum, 2000 ******* wagon van, 2002 jaguar xtype and 1999 escalade. Dasd owns a corvette restoration business so another vette is mostly a guarantee,

 

since u have the h-pipe out..you should put an aftermarket pipe in...trust me..u dont wanna have to pull that thing out if u wanna change it in the future

 

trust me i know that as well, i told the pops that and same thing with the headers but he is right in telling me he has put enough money into it all already

 

Very very nice!

 

yea...i wouldnt complain!

and only 3700 for the new longblock? and it came with the internals and heads?

 

everything you see in post 1 is what we got for 3,764. belive me complaining is the least on my mind, i want just to get it back on the raod asap

 

so basically everything except for the intake?

 

you lucky bastard...

I wish my daddy was rich and would buy me a sweat car...

I hope you know how lucky you are and I really hope that you love your dad alot... lol...

My best friend has a garage like that... vettes, bentlys, rolls royce(spell?), jags, cattys, blah blah the list goes on...his dad dont buy him nuttin... lol...

lucky guy you are... tell your dad that i could use a new front end

looks good be careful w/ all that engine!

 

Very nice, and you got a good dad there, mines never gave me dime....

 

anyone know how to torque down the intake, we need te sequence and torque #'s

 

google it and ask randy... i bet he'll know

 

You could have bought an engine with all the wiring and everything on it from a local ford racing dealer for 4500$

 

Rich people

I like your 69 vette, My dad has a 76 stringay, orig owner / restored late 90's



It needs.....to be washed.

Proof /w my mustang in the pic:

 

ill have to get some pics of my g/f's dad's 65 mustang I-6 fully restored, an older cadaliac (its pink w/ the airplane styling as they refered to back then), and both of his ss nova's..1 is semi completed, tubbed out, high compression corvette engine, and 2 speed powerglide, and the other is still rusting...then he has about 5 or 6 trucks from the 70's-80's

 

:stupid: why would i pay 4500 for all the wiring included when i can just do the simple task of removing and reinstalling all the stuff from the original engine?