85parts.JPG
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1985 Bronco, parts donor I bought for $100. Definitely turned out to be worth the 2 hour trip to pic...

engine-out-85.JPG
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Here's the '85, all hacked apart and sans engine.

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Only one cylinder with low compression, not a bad start.

headless.JPG
614 hits | 97.77 KB | Posted: 12/31/07
Exactly what I was hoping for, it hasnt been bored.

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Some jackass welded the fan to the water pump with bolts laid sideways. Couldn't even get the pump o...

engine-out.JPG
723 hits | 92.79 KB | Posted: 1/2/08
Motor's out, time to get rid of the rust bucket it came out of.

oilpan-off.JPG
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Bottom end looks nice 'n clean. There was only one bolt on the oil pump...

bottomend.JPG
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The odometer read 17K, and based on everything I've seen thus far, I believe it has an original 117K...

timing-set.JPG
708 hits | 94.51 KB | Posted: 1/4/08
Factory timing gears.

crank-out.JPG
1200 hits | 112.6 KB | Posted: 1/4/08
Crankshaft out, bearings even dont look bad.

crank-pistons-out.JPG
769 hits | 112.61 KB | Posted: 1/4/08
Pistons out.

broken-ring.JPG
658 hits | 84.64 KB | Posted: 1/4/08
No surprise to find a busted ring on the No.1 piston, the only cylinder with low compression.

bare-block.JPG
860 hits | 99.15 KB | Posted: 1/4/08
Block completely stripped, looks reeeaal nice. Pardon the shit laying around everywhere.

crank-pistons.JPG
690 hits | 89.79 KB | Posted: 1/5/08
Crank and pistons.

longtubes.JPG
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Long tube headers. Not sure if I'm going to use them, they dont look really great, and I dont know i...

blasted-oilpan.JPG
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Its nice to have an industrial sandblaster available to use. Should have taken a pic prior to show t...

inside-oilpan.JPG
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Its also nice having a couple different power washers, there was a good bit of sludge in there.

oilpan-painted.JPG
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Painted with Duplicolor engine enamel.

pushrodcover-painted.JPG
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Pushrod cover, also painted with engine enamel.

flexplates.JPG
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I was told the Bronco was parked for 2 years because the motor shook pretty bad. The flexplate on th...

timingcover-dirty.JPG
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Timing cover before cleaning. Thats pretty much what the oil pan and pushrod cover looked like befo...

timingcover-cleaned.JPG
582 hits | 64.52 KB | Posted: 1/10/08
After cleaning and bead-blast. JB Welded a couple gouges, then paint will come.

waterpump1.JPG
624 hits | 80.78 KB | Posted: 1/10/08
Got a NOS Ford Motorcraft water pump on ebay for $9. Needs a sandblast and paint.

offy.jpg
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Offenhauser Dual-Port aluminum, 4bbl intake manifold.

mockup1.JPG
929 hits | 87.37 KB | Posted: 1/24/08
Got to thinking about engine accessories today, and decided to do a mock up on an old motor to see i...

mockup2.JPG
625 hits | 85.97 KB | Posted: 1/24/08
Another view. I plan to use a serpentine setup, and the main problem is getting a serpentine pulley/...

machined_side1.JPG
730 hits | 84.92 KB | Posted: 4/5/08
Back from the machine shop.

machined_side2.JPG
562 hits | 81.82 KB | Posted: 4/5/08
Hot tanked, bored .030, decked .008, new cam bearings and freeze plugs.

machined_top.JPG
577 hits | 73.21 KB | Posted: 4/5/08
She now displaces 304.6 CI.

machined_bottom.JPG
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All clean and purdy.

machined_cyl.JPG
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81block_pipe_stand.JPG
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My $8 engine stand.

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