Indeed, it looks like it is coming along great, a tremendous step in the right direction from where that under hood paint was going. =D

 

ya and thanx to yall for pointing me in that direction, if it werent for yall i would still have that filter sticking out from my hood, lol

(snorkel)

 

God don't ******* remind me of that. lol

 

hey but it was funny right


i was even laughing

 

I remember when we were all laughing at you before you even signed up here... Then you showed up and Everyone knew exactly who you were before you even said it... lmao

 

lol ya

but its cool cuz i have come a long way from that experience and im going on the right track

 

Yeah, you're getting there.. I must admit that the Valve covers look really nice.. I'm not sure about the intake though, it looks realllly glossy in the photos, I personally would have gone with a matte/flat finish to match the valve covers a little better.. For some reason that real gloss look makes the intake look plastic, seems maybe a little cheap looking.

JM2C!

 

well on both i used the same paint, i just dont know why the valve covers came out like that, i will give them another coat 2day

 

The Valve covers look perfect. The intake is just too shiny! lol

 

ohhh ok, lol

 

Lookin good! I'm still debating a rebuild or a 5.4 swap...

 

I didn't realize your car died

 

It hasn't yet, but it's my daily driver and it hauls me from Arkansas to Texas several times a year. I've put like 17k miles on it in a year, and I'm at 106k miles, so I want to either get a power pack for it and clean up the block while I'm at it, or just drop in a low milage 5.4. The second option is hard and hella expensive, but I really want a V8 haha

 

I was going to say that I would take your heads and upper and lower intake off your hands but I think I may have found what I need now

 

i feel for ya man same situation 4 me

 

just barly got my motor back from being bored 30 over















And that following night i Exhaust wrap just one header (freaking took quite awhile to do but i got her done)










And Today im going to spray it with that DEI HIGH TEMPERATURE SILICONE COAT and then start on my other header

 

Lookin good i want to see a pic of the filter stickin out like u were talking about

 

No, you don't. You'll have nightmares.

 

no you dont, lol

that was a racer moment i had there but im way past that ****, and im sure its on here sum were cuz when i introduced myself sum one reconize my car and posted up the pic, lol

 

Coming along nicely

 

I still want to see i will look through ur prev post and try to find it i love a good laugh. Thats pretty bad when u are just saying hello and u get made fun of though.

 

all this work for a v6? lol jk, good looking stuff man

 

*Sigh* I found the damn picture.





Before anyone that hasn't seen this makes fun of him, he has come a very long way since then and I respect him for it.

Here is the thread.
https://mustangboards.com/pictures/3...mustang-2.html


3.8LMustang, I actually can't wait to see the finished results of your car. It's coming along smoothly, it seems.

I do have one question for you, though. How in the hell did you not mess up your motor from that filter being there, sucking in rain, small particles of dust/dirt?

 

It is accustomed to small particles of dust and dirt, it would be the rocks and bugs that are hitting it now, lol
Thank god that changed.

 

that's some funny *** **** man, i do love what u are doing with it now. can't wait to see the final results after the engine is put back together. and i don't think i can ever forget that picture either. oh well it seems you learned from the error of your ways and will definately be respected with your finished ride.

 

to answer the ? about how i didnt mess up my motor with the filter out....

I only took it out when it was a bright and sunny day (and when it was cold at night my stang would fell badass with the filter out ), when i knew it was going to rain i would put the whole thing back to were it was and use black gorilla tape to cover the edges, even at night i would put it back in cuz in the morning if i would leave it out it would get all wet cuz of the humidity here. whenever i had it out it did make a big difference, felt a little bit more power and my exhaust was way louder too

it looked like this whenever it was back in (never posted this pic)

(damn gonna have to wait until next week to get it cuz i have it on my work comp)

but like right now i have sumthin similar to that

i only use it for when im at the drag strip and its nothin stickin out of my cowl hood, lol

 

ok here is a picture of how it looked whenever the filter wasnt sticking out








But anyways forget that **** already, now im on the right track and about to get my stang back already. Here are sum pics from the past few days i took of my rebuild... (hope yall enjoy)



The new pistons that are going in...(5 of the stock rods were good but one rod was bad so they went out and bought a new one)





The new rod and piston





Bearings installed



New crankshaft (had to buy a new one cuz the stock one was messed up)







Camshaft installed




Ported heads














Pics of wat i took just last night (pics were taking with my camera phone)

 

I love new shinny parts

 

i should already be getting my stang 2morrow or friday

 

it seems as you are missing two cylinders.