1988 Lincoln Town Car

[gadget73]

If you look close at the gear you can usually tell if its steel or not. The steel ones have machine marks, the iron ones tend to have sand cast marks.

[His Royal Ghostliness]

The Lincoln has a roller cam, truck being '96 ought to be a roller engine as well. '86 Mustang should also be roller cam. So yeah, all the same should take the same gear on the distributor.

[nfldfordltd]

Stock 1986 Mustang camshaft *should* have the correct distributor gear for either my truck engine (remote-mounted TFI) or Lincoln (distributor-mounted TFI), no? Am I correct in assuming only aftermarket parts would run me the risk of being the wrong gear material?

[nfldfordltd]

Make sure you measure the bore when you're done with all that to make sure its straight and not oversize. Very easy to do that. Need 6 measurements per hole to verify roundness and taper.

That I did already know. Everything seems good so far, will do the final measurements after the work is done. It's taking a nice bit of work to get everything smooth where the block was sitting for 10+ years not running. The cylinders have pitting and marks where the piston rings rested for that downtime. I haven't been spending any time it it this week as I've been unusually busy with work and junk. Hopefully the weekend I'll be able to get back at it.

[gadget73]

Make sure you measure the bore when you're done with all that to make sure its straight and not oversize. Very easy to do that. Need 6 measurements per hole to verify roundness and taper.

[nfldfordltd]

I've got lots of WD-40 on the shelf, I'll squirt some of that on it next time I go at it. Thanks for the tip.

[gadget73]

Shouldn't be making dust for honing. The walls need to be well lubricated for that. The old way was to use kerosene but pretty much any thin oil like substance will work. Cast iron machines very easily, but its dusty foul crap.

[nfldfordltd]

Reaming the ridges and honing the cylinders in the new engine.
The dust from that stuff is nasty.

[nfldfordltd]

87 was the first year for the HO stamped upper intakes. All lowers were the same

Interested in seeing the engine all put together in its silver and gold paint.

Me too lol. I think it'll look bitchin'.

[TecNickal]

Not everything has to be Ford blue or gray/silver. Have some fun with it why not . Best of luck getting The motor put together.

[87gtVIC]

87 was the first year for the HO stamped upper intakes. All lowers were the same

Interested in seeing the engine all put together in its silver and gold paint.

[gadget73]

I don't require them to be silent either but if I can hear it screaming while I drive with the radio off, its too loud.

[nfldfordltd]

Walbro pumps work fine. Mine was a Summit-boxed one for about 15 bucks cheaper than the Walbro boxed one. Same damn pump. I forget what I'm using, probably somewhere around 90 lph. Its been in there several years without a problem and its not noisy.


Oldsmobile and Owens (boats) painted their engines gold.

Thanks for the info on the pump. I actually don't mind a noisy pump because it's easier to hear when diagnosing stuff, so long as it's not a miserable high-pitched whine.
I was inspired towards the gold by the mid 60's Ford engines and it's availability at Canadian Tire lol. The blue has been done, grey is blah and I wasn't about to paint it red or orange like the Chev engines.

[gadget73]

Walbro pumps work fine. Mine was a Summit-boxed one for about 15 bucks cheaper than the Walbro boxed one. Same damn pump. I forget what I'm using, probably somewhere around 90 lph. Its been in there several years without a problem and its not noisy.


Oldsmobile and Owens (boats) painted their engines gold.

[nfldfordltd]

Essentially, it'll be an 86 HO engine with E7 heads to start with. Painted gold block, heads, valve covers, base pan. Silver intake assembly, timing cover and water pump.
Any recommendations for a good replacement fuel pump to feed the 19 lb injectors? The standard lopo pump won't work, it's getting weak now with the stock lopo engine.