Engine - Part 1

Well finally got to Philly to pick up my "new" engine from my buddy Carl. Once again, the engine specs are as follows:

Rebuilt Ford 460 engine with less than 5000 miles
- Block hot tanked, magnafluxed, honed, bored .030 over
- Stock Ford Rods and Pistons, new Mahle rings, Clevite bearings, gaskets and seals
- Cam advance duration = 280/290, duration at .050 = 214/224, lift = .516/.543, centerline = 107/117
- New: Champion plugs, timing chain and high volume oil pump
- Crank ground and polished
- Heads prepped w/ 85cc combustion chambers, 9:4 to 1 compression ratio and 3 angle valve job
- New valves and bronze guides
- Exhausts ported to remove EGR hump
- Balanced
- Edelbrock Performer 460 intake manifold
- Rebuilt Holley 3310 4 barrel carburetor

Here are a few videos Carl sent to show me how smoothly the 460 ran....
 

After seeing the videos and a few pics of the rebuilt carb.....

 

I was sold! So the weekend before Thanksgiving I headed to Philly to get a new heart for my Tomato. When I arrived, Carl was still in the process of pulling if out of his S&H LE, so I rolled up my sleeves and jumped in to help. Before long, the 460 was dangling above it home of many years....

 

We trimmed off the excess exhaust pipes (in hindsight, I wash I had kept the pieces we cut off for future use in determining the run of the exhaust out of the engine bay) and wrestled the engine into the trailer and secured it for transport back to it's new home. The transport vehicle was a 4x8 U-Haul trailer hooked behind my Sable.......

 

 

When I first saw the trailer number, I thought I was really in for an unforgettable adventure.....

 

....but happily I was wrong! LOL

The next day I was given a special treat (see seperate post) before my 9 1/2 hour drive West thru the mountains of WV. While the hunk of iron I was pulling behind me did labor the Mercury on the upslopes, she never let me down and we made it safe and sound.

 

On Monday, I was off to the dealership early to unload the engine....
 

 

then on to U-Haul to return the trailer. With all that out of the way, I set about pulling off the various bits and pieces so I could mount it on my engine stand.......

 

 

Next installment, we'll crack her open and have a look inside...

Stay tuned!!

ZEBRA 3 OUT