As I've posted in the project thread, my 89 Colony Park's original 5.0 was smoking badly. Really badly worn rings. No fix in a bottle worked. Someone before me had overheated the car a few times due to the timing cover gasket leak (probably failure to change the coolant!!).
Anyways - I have a complete 1996 Ford Explorer V8 GT40 (not P) - 120K. Zach was nice enough to help pull that engine. It's on an engine stand now. I've torn it down. Plenium, lower intake and heads are off. Heads are at the machine shop getting tested, freshened up with new valve seals, etc.
I'm going to swap over valve covers from Colony Park as well as the oil pan. I have some 90 Town Car manifolds to install as well. I have the lightening EGR Spacer to install. And I'll use the Explorer lower intake with fuel injectors already on it/mounted. I guess I use the Explorer plenum too, turned around. Swap over the oil filter housing too - can't forget that!!
That's all easy...this is where I need a bit of assistance.
1) I believe I can use the throttle arm mount from the Colony Park on the Explorer throttle body (so I have the mount for the TV cable)? Grind the knurl off, move arm over and tap with a threaded hole or weld it in place. Is this correct?
2) IAT - this needs to have a hole milled into the lower intake IIRC. I imagine the machine shop can do that for me.
3) PCM - There's a Bill Blass PCM and an LSC PCM. Bill Blass is 3.08 (like my wagon currently) and LSC is 3.27 (what I'd like to do). Should I be able to use a Bill Blass for now? I know to swap plug wire routing.
4) Is the flexplate mounted at a specific point on the crank? I removed it from the explorer before noting its position. Or do I use the flexplate off the Colony park? I should have checked or marked its position at least. My fault...
Is there anything else to be aware of?
Anyways - I have a complete 1996 Ford Explorer V8 GT40 (not P) - 120K. Zach was nice enough to help pull that engine. It's on an engine stand now. I've torn it down. Plenium, lower intake and heads are off. Heads are at the machine shop getting tested, freshened up with new valve seals, etc.
I'm going to swap over valve covers from Colony Park as well as the oil pan. I have some 90 Town Car manifolds to install as well. I have the lightening EGR Spacer to install. And I'll use the Explorer lower intake with fuel injectors already on it/mounted. I guess I use the Explorer plenum too, turned around. Swap over the oil filter housing too - can't forget that!!
That's all easy...this is where I need a bit of assistance.
1) I believe I can use the throttle arm mount from the Colony Park on the Explorer throttle body (so I have the mount for the TV cable)? Grind the knurl off, move arm over and tap with a threaded hole or weld it in place. Is this correct?
2) IAT - this needs to have a hole milled into the lower intake IIRC. I imagine the machine shop can do that for me.
3) PCM - There's a Bill Blass PCM and an LSC PCM. Bill Blass is 3.08 (like my wagon currently) and LSC is 3.27 (what I'd like to do). Should I be able to use a Bill Blass for now? I know to swap plug wire routing.
4) Is the flexplate mounted at a specific point on the crank? I removed it from the explorer before noting its position. Or do I use the flexplate off the Colony park? I should have checked or marked its position at least. My fault...
Is there anything else to be aware of?
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