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Once all the holes were roughed out I ground the sides smooth, straight, and square with a tungsten carbide burr in my die grinder. I use a short burr to get the ports close and a 6" long burr to finish them. The extra length lets me see what I'm doi...
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I had to pull the complete intake system and swap out the truck pan for fox body pan/pick up tube. so the block got painted.
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378 hits | 90.34 KB | Posted: 10/2/07
I've upgraded the stock 5/16 pickup tube with a 1/2 aluminum pickup. This is view 1.
(Posted in: TractionLTD fuel system)

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378 hits | 105.78 KB | Posted: 7/21/13
she in.
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The Mustang uses a different power booster mounting flange. But notice that the LTD flange is a big flat piece of steel. It's held on with four spot welds. Drill them out, weld it on the Mustang part, and redrill, easy. Or do what I'm doing, just cut...
(Posted in: The third pedal)

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376 hits | 88.34 KB | Posted: 2/20/10
Fel-Pro 1415 exhaust gasket on top of the stock. I'll be cutting the ports to match the gasket but drilling the wider World Products 3" bolt pattern. This gasket is recommended by World Products for the 2" bolt pattern and it matches the ports well. ...
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372 hits | 76.38 KB | Posted: 3/8/08
Pistons in a box, on a cam, above a big hole where a 600hp motor resides.
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370 hits | 47.48 KB | Posted: 9/20/09
If it's carved out of one piece of metal, it's billet. My car has custom billet parts.
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367 hits | 104 KB | Posted: 12/19/08
Here I've already cut and welded a Crown Vic bolt pattern flange onto the Mustang pedal assembly. I had to heat and bend the Mustang flange out a bit to get the correct bolt spacing but it was a minor issue. It doesn't show up well in the pics but th...
(Posted in: The third pedal)

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365 hits | 105.23 KB | Posted: 7/21/13
wish i could find a B&M blower? lol
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363 hits | 67.17 KB | Posted: 5/13/08
A better shot of the fittings installed. The hard part was holding the manifold steady in the drill press. I don't trust any human to be able to drill a hole perpendicular to anything, not even myself. Drilled 1/4" pilot. Cut to 7/16 with step bit. D...
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360 hits | 87.56 KB | Posted: 7/21/13
this what 351W H.O looks like after I pulled it from the truck. NO FIRE DAMGE but it did have intake bolt broken and leaking coolant
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358 hits | 37.4 KB | Posted: 9/20/09
I roughed out the shape with saws, cut-off wheels, and drill bits. Then I trimmed it with a 1/4" carbide bit in a router. It worked for me but I cannot guarantee that it won't explode and slice you to bits so beware.
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356 hits | 66.3 KB | Posted: 5/5/08
The first of eight pistons in their home. I only took one picture because eight pictures would be boring.
(Posted in: engine build 08')

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356 hits | 95.54 KB | Posted: 7/21/13
with the new pan on but have block one of the two dip stick holes.

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349 hits | 76.4 KB | Posted: 5/5/08
Using a piston to square the rings so I can check the end gaps. They were fine.
(Posted in: engine build 08')

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347 hits | 91.56 KB | Posted: 7/21/13
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345 hits | 55.84 KB | Posted: 9/20/09
I whittled a new brake power booster spacer out of a chunk of 1/2" aluminum. The stock one was cheap plastic.
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344 hits | 104.25 KB | Posted: 2/20/10
I drilled a 1/8" pilot hole first with a step bit. Then finished it with a 1/8" twist bit. Next I ran a 3/8" bit down the pilot hole and used a second step bit to expand the 3/8" hole to 1/2". In this picture you can see that some of the holes are fi...
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342 hits | 88.08 KB | Posted: 7/21/13
by midnight,I have the new pickup tube. clean the bottom end and install the fox 351W oil pan on. the engine off the stand & tranny hooked back up to the block. clean shop bay and push the wagon in.
at 12:30 pm(this photo) installing complete engine...
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340 hits | 40.77 KB | Posted: 9/20/09
Just another view, it took awhile to make so I took a lot of pictures.
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LTD10-2-07gastank 003.jpg
337 hits | 60.6 KB | Posted: 10/2/07
This is the new tank I bought to replace the old. It's stock but I painted it flat black like I do everything that goes under the car. I like to keep it a sleeper and a load of chrome and braided stainless kinda ruin the image. My garage is properly ...
(Posted in: TractionLTD fuel system)

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332 hits | 79.19 KB | Posted: 10/2/07
And this is view 2 of the new pickup. It's strapped to the factory pickup and takes the place of the stock fuel return pipe. I glued it in place with gas tank repair epoxy after the JB weld I originally used softened in the gas. It's strapped in plac...
(Posted in: TractionLTD fuel system)

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I'm cleaning all the head bolts before relubing them with ARP moly lube. Cleaning old stuff is most of refreshing an engine. It takes a lot of lacquer thinner and time with a wire wheel. The engine is living in a bag while this goes on because wire w...
(Posted in: engine build 08')

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285 hits | 109.16 KB | Posted: 7/21/13
see all those rubber hose's are still in good shape.
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277 hits | 87.18 KB | Posted: 7/21/13
this what 351W H.O looks like after I pulled it from the truck
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248 hits | 62.85 KB | Posted: 4/13/14
Engine compartment as of April 2014. I'm just flushing the cooling system right here.
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242 hits | 66.71 KB | Posted: 6/7/14
Bracket installed. You can see the trimming I had to do so the bracket would clear all the reinforcing ribs and such under the plastic lip. Not sure how Chrysler secured this originally. Mine lifts straight up after you loosen the two bolts on top an...
(Posted in: Remote power steering reservoir)

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237 hits | 59.23 KB | Posted: 3/2/14
The wire harness for the Taurus electric fan. That's a Saab relay block. It holds two relays and four fuses; perfect for a two speed fan installation.
(Posted in: Details)

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The Saab relay box mounted to the Taurus fan. Pretty clean I think.
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232 hits | 65.5 KB | Posted: 6/7/14
Complete install. Took a few cycles to get the air bled out of the pump and gear but it seems to work fine. I hope it holds up; there's too much time in those brackets for me to want to start over with another reservoir.

Half of the feed line to the...
(Posted in: Remote power steering reservoir)

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226 hits | 36.33 KB | Posted: 2/8/14
Fan switches installed. Turbo returns installed. Just need to order the 1/2 NPT to 3/4 hose barb fittings for the heater hose.

The fan switches are factory parts from early 80's Chrysler cars. The low temp is from a 2.6 around 1983 and the high temp...
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218 hits | 55.86 KB | Posted: 4/13/14
Aluminum sheet heat shield for the passenger side air intake. Not that complex of a shape.
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215 hits | 51.33 KB | Posted: 6/7/14
About to weld the upright to the main bracket. In this picture the upper and lower pieces are together and trimmed so that I can rotate the reservoir into place. I wanted to weld a stud to the bracket so I wouldn't have to use two wrenches in a tight...
(Posted in: Remote power steering reservoir)

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212 hits | 58.94 KB | Posted: 6/7/14
Both brackets. The big bracket holds the reservoir and the smaller holds the 5/8" to 3/4" adapter for the hoses. The pump has a 5/8" nipple and the reservoir a 3/4" one. Not a big deal and having the bracket means the hose is more...
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208 hits | 74.05 KB | Posted: 2/5/13
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205 hits | 54.77 KB | Posted: 3/2/14
Made my own bell mouth adapters to bump the 2.5" air intake tubing up to the 3" required for the air filters. Just a 3" header reducer welded to a section of 3" exhaust pipe. Should be pretty good flow wise. These are just clamped...
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The top bracket is pretty close so it's time to start on the bottom bracket. The two pieces will eventually get welded together to form a single bracket but I need to get the general shape first.
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200 hits | 74.32 KB | Posted: 2/5/13
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197 hits | 70.08 KB | Posted: 6/7/14
Four Seasons 5/8" to 3/4" adapter. I welded it to the bracket and ground the welds flush. Not much strength needed. The adapter was a press fit into the sheet metal anyway. It bolts to the oil inlet flange on the turbo center section. The n...
(Posted in: Remote power steering reservoir)

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194 hits | 49.58 KB | Posted: 2/1/14
Trans bolted down with the spacer installed. The top of the trans just touched the floor pan. I later pulled the trans and hammered a couple divots for clearance.
(Posted in: The third pedal)

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189 hits | 24.69 KB | Posted: 2/8/14
3/8 inch pilot drilled out to 3/4 inch. Still straight enough. It took a lot of stepping up drill bits to get here. Clearing chips from 3 inches down the hole is a chore.
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189 hits | 60.95 KB | Posted: 2/8/14
All the holes drilled. Just about to start tapping.
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188 hits | 45.1 KB | Posted: 2/1/14
The stock driveshaft was a little too long for the TKO but it turns out that the later model police Crown Vics used an aluminum shaft that was a bit shorter. It took a couple conversion u-joints to adapt the bigger joints on the aluminum shaft to my ...
(Posted in: The third pedal)