be. of III-second. eighth-mile timeslips (about 15t6_0 quarter- A5 3 baseline, I have 231:;an 254 Ib-ft on the rollers at Racers Edge Tuning in Downey, mile) and gures of 2 California- Trick Flow includes an instruction book. which illustrates the job being done on a Mustang with the engine still in the car. In my Ford service manual, stern one in the section on remov- ing the Cylinder heads was remove the eng'Te-'v TeCh hp: Unbolt the A/C compressor and oil lter adapter, but leave them in the chassis, / Remove the fan and coolant reservoir and unbolt the exhaust. torque converter and trans- misswn. and motor mounts from the frame. The engine lifts straight up and out. Removing the hood was necessary so the oil pan would clear the core support and front header panel. , y . .. Teardown is straightforward. Begin by prying the heater hose from the back of the water pump. The water pump needs a little coaxing with a soft-faced hammer to separate it from the engine block. Pry it off the rest of the way. It is sealed with an O-ring rather than a gas- ket. and I cleaned and reused it rather than buying a new one. .7 , ",4; The timing cover is retained with two different sized bolts, some of which have long studs that the wiring harness clips to. Mark the location of the studs before removing them and prying off the timing cover. Several of the gaskets on these engines can be reused (the oil pan gasket and valve cover gaskets, for instance): the rubber timing cover gaskets cannot be reused Take them off and throw them out. Though the overhead cam arrangement looks complicated. i really isn't. The roller cam followers pivot on hydraulic lash adjusters. and valvespring pres- sure holds the roller against the cam lobes. The lash adjusters take up the small amount of clearance that develops between the cam and valve stem as the engine heats up and expands. OCTOBER 2011 CARCRAFICOM 53 Thus car started [T's life as a Santa Barbara County Sheriff patrol car stationed m Lompoc Cahlorma by John McGonn of Car Craft magazme Over The next severa years it was featured Car Craft for a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria Police 1 erceptor Former Car Craft Magazme Budd a Panther Feature Car ImprovmenTs, do 11 yourself paint and much more The car was purchased by For more Info on MS car Visut Matthew Tatosmn and VICTOFIO Levesque m December 2013 in 2008 engme Lu