Thats great man, that will be a great little motor for ya.

 

ugggggghhh !!!! i don't like that phrase dano , scabbing an engine together ....... just sounds horrible ! .i'm putting my flatty back together on the cheap . a set of eab heads that came with my 52 milled , i got 2 merc 8cm cams , 150 for a new one in the box as they say froma gent who used to race with my grandpa here'bouts , and a dain good one i'm gonna stab in a traded for , and my flatties specs are all well within listed tolerances . the merc in take cost 50 plus shipping , and the 2 jet i traded a frod 2 bbl for . this ain't scabbing , it's just being cheap !!!!!!!! welp glad ya got what ya wanted jeff . i myself am kind of still one of those there's no replacement for displacement guy's . i traded that 5.0 i had out of the 91 bird , and it ran and sounded good ,{ the car was a turd , but it was still more or less driveable if you didn't mind the flinstone floorpans and no exhaust !! LOL !! } for a minvan i sold . if i'da known you wanted one i'da 'prolly traded it off to you .

 

I didn't really think about it, until The crank needing replaced(not a big deal)
and the price of gas!(#2 kind of a bad deal) and I just want a run EFI and the
Mustang stuff is nicer looking than the truck units. also there are a lot more choices in the aftermarket world for the 5.0. But mainly fuel. I can also run mass air if I choose to. So now I got a little homework to do on the EFI but shouldn't be bad. I will have to find the EFI stuff. The explorer motor is distributorless ignition. AH THE FUN NEVER ENDS!!!

 

Win/win-you get to make the coffee table after all!

 

LOL !! And you get to answer all my 5.0 efi questions!

 

Jeff- Glad to hear you got what you wanted. Hey man, it's all good. Its your ride, you should have what you want. The good news is that you shouldn't have any trouble selling that 351W core and even making a few bucks. Lookin forward to seeing your progress with the 5.0!

Yeah i know. Scabbing... I probably made it sound worse than it really is. It is certainly not what i normally do, that's for sure. A couple years ago I dropped $2800 on a 460 for my SCab got all the 'good' stuff as I wanted reliability and towing power. With the 390, I know there are defects/problems, but am refusing to fix them. I probably have $400-$600 into the engine and if i were to rebuild it, it'd be an easy $2k. Economics says, spend the extra $ elsewhere on the truck, whats done to the engine will be fine. If the 390 lasts through the summer, great. If not, well, I'll cross that bridge when i get there. I'm lookin at subbing the front and at that time i may go with a 351C or 351W with an AOD. That's partly the reason for 'scabbin' the 390 together. It's got 1 odd piston, worn cam bearings, and looks like someone took an 8" angle grinder to the deck of the block. I bought it running, and kept it that way, but performing what i call a Krylon rebuild. Fresh set of gaskets, oil pump, timing set and i upgraded the cam and lifters and added the 4bbl. New water pump, fuel pump, and rebuild carb. (all posted in my build thread) I've done this exercise enough times over from my youth (being broke) that I think I'll be ok. We'll just have to wait and see!!

 

Dano, you sound a lot like me. I have spent some big bucks on other vehicles and I just don't enjoy them like this truck project. Trying to scrounge up parts to make it work. I hate to say it, but , for me that's the only way I can do this kinda stuff. Maybe there will be a day that will change, but don't see a light at the end of that tunnel! I don't need pretty, I need function. Pretty is nice, but if I can polish a factory aluminum bracket for free and learn from it, hooray for me.

 

I totally have the same train of thought as this.

I even am fortunate that I have a little money to burn on projects, but I choose to do things the "hard way" and learn as Im doing it.

I love using the projects I build and work on when they are done, but I love even more working on them and buling them!

 

Jeff,

Congratulations on your new engine. That engine will make for a great powerplant.


Lance

 

the one out of the 91 was a roller cammed 5.0 . biggest difference in it and gt was the lower intake ....... cuz has it now , don't know what he's doing with it . used it for mockup for his 347 in his 53 . he call's it his " hipo 289 " like anyone will fall for that ....

 

Good for you Jeff! Looks like my 460 is back on the market!

 

LOL! I couldn't afford the gas to start that monster! Don't they measure fuel by the pound on a motor that big? Like 500 lbs an hour?

 

Oh yeah? At this rate, you'll be helping me troubleshoot mine.

 

It was worth a shot...

 

Got my 5.0 home today. gotta see if the front stuff is interchangeable between the 351W and 302. Timing cover, brackets and such. That would make life a little easier for me. The place I got it from, took the bracketry,alt,power steering pump. I guess that will cost ya more...