Bearing failure?

[Huskinhano]

Put the P heads on and be done with it. The Mustang short block with it's cam and the P heads will be a real nice running combo from what I've read on Corral. I'm putting a HO cam in my P. Well actually it's in, just want to degree it. Anybody have a set of 1.72's ?

[Beagle]

get it done! I was talking about the Gt40p stock v. a ported e7 bit.

A stock E7TE that's installed and driving will outrun any "super duper head" on a stand.

[Deaf Bob]

Get it done and running, then swap it around!
It ran fine when pulled..
I sold my Gold Wing to an ass.. Told him to leave the baffles on it, nooooo swapped HARLEY MUFFLERS on it and slowed down and got lots of noise tickets..
From that experience.. Install it as Dan gave it to you THEN monkey with it..
Pure common sense.. To me atleast..

[Russell]

?? I am having a slow day! What's lopsided?

I drove 5.0 mustangs for years that had stock motors they are fun, reliable, slow cars! Mine is not get any closer to running mark another week off the calendar with no progress. It's not that much harder to swap the heads in the car, or a couple more hours and I can have it back on the stand.

1)I have to finish the floor.
2)Then start moving hoses lines and wires.
25 hp extra on the stand is not helping one or two get done.

[Beagle]

Not much, huh. I get it. :|

[Russell]

Not much now but it's missing a lot of parts

[Beagle]

I am not going to put any money in the E7 heads. I might put the GT40P heads on later. But I still don't plan on putting money in them either. Long term goals are a turbo. Even the E7 can flow enough with boost to split the stock block.

that takes all the fun out of it. You're gonna want those GT40p's.. don't want it to be too lopsided. What's the '87 weigh?

[Russell]

I am not going to put any money in the E7 heads. I might put the GT40P heads on later. But I still don't plan on putting money in them either. Long term goals are a turbo. Even the E7 can flow enough with boost to split the stock block.

[Scott Liggett]

Don't waste your time with E7TE heads. They are awful for making power. You can make near 80 hp more with just a head swap with fairly mild cam..Good aluminum heads are about $650 each these days.

[Russell]

A belly mower would not work it's flint stone power. Pull behind might be an option. Tell Dick we can have a old motor vs. New motor race if I can hook and he spins it might be close!

[DanStokes]

You're more than welcome. Ms. Elliott was a hoot and SUCH a good girl! Hope the engine works for you. I think Dick will be interested to see his "old" engine running down the track - pretty sure he'll be at at least 1 meet coming up.

Can you put a mower deck on Elliott's coupe? Then she could take care of the lawn.

Dan

[Russell]

took me a second to realize the right one is upside down... kept looking at the accessories going "Barooo?"

after I put the main caps back on I will flip it back over.

[Beagle]

took me a second to realize the right one is upside down... kept looking at the accessories going "Barooo?"

[Russell]

I want to thank Dick and Dan again for the Volvo engine. I went ahead and unloaded it I hate for them to sit outside. Dan also had an some goodies to help with rhe head swap!

I have to mow the grass tomorrow after that hopefully I can get some welding done. Once the floor pan is finished I can start moving things from the 89 to the 87

[Huskinhano]

Yeah, the regular Mustang 5.0 used the E7 heads up to the end. The Mustang went from 225 hp to 200 hp. The 25 hp loss was solely due to a different SAE testing that was a more accurate rating.

The whole reason for the P heads was that the Explorer GT40 engine wasn't going to be able to meet Emission standards for 98. The new Explorer that would hold the 4.6 was a few years off and 4.6 wouldn't fit in the current Explorer. Ford needed the V8 option to compete with the Durango that had a V8. Ford was forced to spend the money on R&D new heads for a couple years production that they really didn't want to do. The P not only met the new emissions standards but did so without a smog pump and made more power.

I think it's something like a .020" cut will bring the CC down to 55 CC which will put you around 10:1. I've read due to the efficient combustion chamber of the P heads it only needs like 28-30° total timing.