5.0 build & swap

[5.0Flareside]

alright guys.. finally got everything in last night..

took everything over to my buddy Greg's Shop..


got the rocker arms set correctly, checked valve to piston clearance.. all good. oil pump installed. it's a legit long block now.. did a lot of ********tin and cuttin up is why it took so long..


i'll let the pictures speak.. and i guess i didnt get a pic of the cam swap..

as of 1 am (right now is 8 am got home at 230 slept maybe 3 hours total) last night... this is how far we got.. today is yanking the old one.. cleaning and painting all the stuff transferring and then see how far we get..

 

[Blue Goose]

.. and i guess i didnt get a pic of the cam swap..

*ahem*

 

[Blue Goose]

BTW, lookin' good!!

 

[LEB Ben]

Lookin really good Chris...you have to be excited. Looking forward to the final results.

 

[Beach66Bum]

nice Christmas present

 

[kiwi f150]

Looks great Chris .... looking forward to the "firing up" video

 

[Truckin4life]

looks good man...
You going to run it on dyno and get some real world wheel numbers?

 

[5.0Flareside]

Let me say this for a quick update...

The old engine is out and surprised me and Greg both lol...

But I'll also say this.... It was TRASH!!! I'll post pics in the morning to show

 

[5.0Flareside]

....... UPDATE....

 

[5.0Flareside]

OLD wornout POS coming out...

EWWWW!!!

porting the intake!!!

 

[smokey]

Looks like you ran Valvoline in that engine from all the sludge build up on it.

 

[5.0Flareside]

remember i havent had the truck but 1 year and 5k miles...

 

[SuperCab]

I was gonna say pennzoil

 

[Beach66Bum]

Wow, that's really a lot of sludge build up!! Would those brands really cause that or is it from the previous owner before adding some chit into the oil?!

when I replaced the valve cover gaskets, the old 351W didn't even have that crud build up.

 

[aussie_f350]

Looking good mate

 

[5.0Flareside]

Just quick pic update

 

[Blue Goose]

Just quick pic update

 

[DNFXDLI]

Looking good Chris...Brad....

 

[primetime]

Wow, that's really a lot of sludge build up!! Would those brands really cause that or is it from the previous owner before adding some chit into the oil?!

when I replaced the valve cover gaskets, the old 351W didn't even have that crud build up.

I personally think it has more to do with a lack of oil changes. I`ve had people tell me the same thing about Quaker State, and others say their engines looked perfect after a couple hundred thousand miles of being maintained with Quaker State. I always ran Valvoline in my first truck, and when I tore that engine apart it was clean. I`ve got a 5.0 short block in my garage that has 250,000 miles on it and still has cross hatch on the cylinders and is clean. I bought it with 139,000 on it. For a while I ran 15/40 Rotella, then Car Quest or Wolfs Head 5/30 depending on my mood. But I always change my oil at 3000 miles.

Looking sharp Chris. Is your friend going to tweak the fuel curve for you once it`s running? I did read in a Super Ford many years ago that they will self learn after about 1500 miles of warm up/cool down cycles. Whether or not that is true though, I don`t know. Keep it up though, it looks good.

 

[DNFXDLI]

I agree Justin.