block looks great...what colors you finally decide on doin when your done? its coming along great and i love following this thread and seein what the 6s can really do...

 

Haven't decided on a color. Still thinking silver at the moment.

I'm in Utah for Speed Week at the Salt Flats again this year, so I've not been working on my motor. I was working on porting my heads, and took my glasses off since they were fogging up. I promptly got metal shavings lodged in my left eye and had to get driven to the emergency room to have it all removed. Glasses stay on from here on out. That was a very bad experience.

Also ordered my Comp 130# valve springs, comp locks, comp retainers, and comp re-usable rocker arm bolts. All I have left to order are my cometic mls headgaskets and paper timing cover gasket. Heads are taking a long time to work, I've got un-steady hands and don't want to hurt the valve seat.

edit: oh, and my short block is assembled, got all the pistons, rings, and bearings in finally.

 

isnt it fun stuff? we've been putting the motor together this week. we checked valve clearance and torqued the heads down tonight.

 

It would be more fun if I had it done, lol

I finished the intake ports on 1 head, spent many hours on them. Still have the exhaust on that head, and the other head that I haven't touched yet to do. I'm taking my time, no hurry.

Also flashed in a stock tune, the pcm4less one was giving me hell. The old engine is also guzzling oil faster now, I've gotta get it out of there.

 

I'm ashamed that I don't even know of the events that are taking place in my own state. (Utah) ha

 

weres the pictures. lol. utah sounds hot.

 

the pics are in the sights and sounds section

 

Springs, retainers, locks, and rocker bolts came yesterday, just got back from a second vacation up to Silverwood in Idaho. btw, awesome wooden roller coasters there

We've been pulling the engine out of the mustang today, threw a rod threw the oil pan a week ago. Haven't had time to mess with my engine. Tomorrow I'll be ordering my headgaskets and paper timing cover gasket from ZZP, and will call Abbott Racing to order their NA cam. I won't be going custom, budget just fell apart, and can't afford the machine work on the guides to run a bigger cam.

 

Sooo, I looked at my check book. I'm almost out of money. I've got enough to finish the engine, but I have to use the felpro headgaskets now, can't afford the $180 cometics. I will still be able to spray 100 easily, but that's it.

Here's the shortblock as it it sits right now. Just need to get the cam here and I'll put the timing cover, chain, balancer, and water pump on it.

 

so should we start a jazz fund. lol. u should wait and make more money.,,, not.