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460 project

From 1989 Ford Bronco “The Beast”, documented by Will H.

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1989 Ford Bronco - Gettin towed to the temporary garage...a 2 bay storage unit rented for 280 a month...2 weeks was 140 bucks...much cheaper than paying someo… 1989 Ford Bronco - She's in...plenty of room. Had to air down the tires and take off my lightbar and modify the garage doors there, but she got in... 1989 Ford Bronco - The cherry picker arrives in the lead sled...driven by my friend Ned....or so he said, it's painted red...ok enough rhyming 1989 Ford Bronco - Here is Ned...without him I wouldnt have been able to do this. He arranged for the 460 to be shipped to his shop Horsepower Unlimited, put… 1989 Ford Bronco - Started November 29th, 2003... 1989 Ford Bronco - Ned hookin the old 302 up... 1989 Ford Bronco - Since Ned had to leave to go to the Panthers game, I had to get it out myself. Due to me taking shortcuts I left the exhaust manifolds conn… 1989 Ford Bronco - She's out! And a little lighter in the front end too! 1989 Ford Bronco - Engine bay of a vehicle with the engine and transmission removed, showing the rusty frame crossmember, exposed steering components, brake m… 1989 Ford Bronco - Freshly remanufactored 460 being mated to rebuilt C6... 1989 Ford Bronco - Its dead.... 1989 Ford Bronco - Mike Fletcher on the left and Bill on the right. Mike helped alot with this project as well, couldnt have done it without him either. 1989 Ford Bronco - The new 460 sits in so nice and purdy! I cant help but smile... 1989 Ford Bronco - We made a mess....but we're done with the cherry picker at least... 1989 Ford Bronco - And an even bigger mess over here... 1989 Ford Bronco - Cut my frame thinking I needed room for my oil cooler hoses, but as it turned out I had enough room to point the filter a little to the fro… 1989 Ford Bronco - Lookin more and more like a real engine now... 1989 Ford Bronco - Puttin her back together... 1989 Ford Bronco - Oil cooler just kinda thrown on there, still has the shipping label on it 1989 Ford Bronco - Priming the engine with the biggest drill Home Depot had since nothing else I had or borrowed had enough juice to pump oil through my engin… 1989 Ford Bronco - Oil pump driveshaft is in the middle...a dropped socket might be disastrous, so be careful and tape the crap out of it to the extension. 1989 Ford Bronco - When your toolbox does not include a funnel, and you are sick of going out and buying tools you dont have, you improvise. Here, cut off one… 1989 Ford Bronco - AC compresser is gonna sit on top until I get a AC/PS bracket...to make a long story short I didnt have a Sag bracket and wanted one to use… 1989 Ford Bronco - Dagnabit! Either I'm not gettin spark or the timing gun wont work!! Oh....no wonder... 1989 Ford Bronco - My other godsend, Jim...goes to Nascar Technical Institute in Mooresville, NC...knows his stuff for the most part...right about this time h… 1989 Ford Bronco - This is how the filter sits with the hoses going the best way straight out to the front. Notice the unneeded hacking of the frame, courtesy… 1989 Ford Bronco - After tracking down the no-start condition due to afore mentioned blown fusible link, and tracking down a no-spark situation due to afore m… 1989 Ford Bronco - New computer... 1989 Ford Bronco - My broken rigged up throttle cable fits right in without any problems, so does the non working cruise control cable. 1989 Ford Bronco - Puttin her back together! Sold my old tires and rims to Mike, so I got some goofy lookin things on there till I can put my 37's on...which… 1989 Ford Bronco - On initial startup Jim hollered at me to stop since tranny fluid was goin everywhere...turned out to be a broken metal line. 1989 Ford Bronco - Me, Mike, JP, and Richard Dean helping to put the old motor in the back of my truck. 1989 Ford Bronco - Grimy V8 hanging tilted on a hoist above an engine bay in a cluttered garage, with the intake manifold and one aluminum valve cover exposed… 1989 Ford Bronco - In a garage, a man steadies a red engine hoist as a V8 engine hangs in the open engine bay of a white late-1980s Ford truck, its front gril… 1989 Ford Bronco - A pushrod V8 engine hangs from a red engine hoist in a home shop while dark oil drains into a black pan on the concrete floor below. A red… 1989 Ford Bronco - A greasy V8 short block hanging from an engine hoist over a red hoist leg in a cluttered garage, stripped of its intake with the valve cove… 1989 Ford Bronco - Close-up into an inverted engine block during a rebuild, showing the oiled crankshaft with polished journals, numbered connecting rods and… 1989 Ford Bronco - A gloved hand holds a used main bearing shell over an inverted engine block, with the crankshaft main journals and bolted main bearing caps… 1989 Ford Bronco - Nitrile-gloved hands hold a worn crankshaft bearing shell above an engine bottom end, with the crankshaft, stamped bearing caps, and an ins… 1989 Ford Bronco - Close-up of an engine rebuild in progress: a gloved hand holds a main bearing cap with its bearing shell above a polished crankshaft journa… 1989 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a metal machined part or bearing surface being inspected by a gloved hand, with a bolt or fastener visible at right and greasy… 1989 Ford Bronco - Custom Intake from Silicone Intake Systems