521 Stroker Motor for the Fairlane

[PatFromJersey]

Dont know what rocker arms you have but I am going with Probe 1.8s. Tired of loosing lift with the Chevy rocker arms most sell you for boss 302, 351, 400, 429 and 460s.

I'm using Trick Flow 1.73 roller rockers. This is the only part of the valvetrain that is not Ford. These rocker arms provided the best geometry for the SCJ heads. I was going to use the Ford (Crane) roller rockers, but they were ALOT more than the Trick Flows. The Ford ones are Cranes, but anodized blue. The same as the Crane Gold.

Here's some progress from what little weekend time I had. I should have it started to break in the cam tomorrow, but I won't be able to drive it until I get the driveshaft shortened. I thought I'd just make it and luck out, but the driveshaft is 1.5" too long. My center to center with the C6 in there, was 54.5", and with the 4-speed in there, I need 53". I'll take it up to the guy who made it for me, and have him cut it, and re-balance it. I'll have him put on new U-joints, since these have seen some drag strip action over the past few years. I'm going to hunt down the fitting I need for the clutch master cylinder this morning, hook up the exhaust, wire what's left in the engine compartment, trim the fuel line to the carb since I relocated the inlet behind the carb to clean up the front, put in the radiator and my new upper support bracket with hood latch delete. I should have it started by tomorrow, because I'm quitting early today to watch the NY Giants on Monday Night Football with an old neighbor friend and family. I'll post back then........

Here's the engine finally off the cherry picker. I put it in with the trans attached, so it was a piece of cake. I'm glad I notched the shock towers, because it sure frees up alot of room to do plugs and get to the header bolts.



Here I welded up reducers on my new 3" Dynomax Ultra-Flo's. I'm going to keep the full 2.5" system for now with tailpipes, but I needed to get the restrictive Slow-Masters off, that came with the kit. I also welded up the collectors, to eliminate more clamps. When I first put the kit on last year (I think), I made the H-pipe a slip tube, to make it easier to remove. If I go to a 3" down the road, at least I won't need mufflers.





Last but not least, the 4-speed shifter is in!!!!!!!! I have to come up with a trim piece of carpet where that blue towel template is laying now, to cover up where the old B&M auto shifter was and the carpet was cut. I may just order another carpet for it, because I wanted darker blue anyway. This will get me by for now. The shifter is in a perfect spot, and I'm impressed how Hurst seemed to shorten the throws on the Competition Plus shifters. My Dad's is the same shifter in his Falcon, that I had on my Torino, and throws are alot farther.

[Grand Marquis GT]

Oh my goddd....

I now have masturbation fodder in the middle east!

[PatFromJersey]

haha....

Just a little update on my hydraulic clutch setup. I finally finished it last night, after gettting the correct fitting for the master cylinder. I need to add a bracket to the top of the pedal bracket, to support it just a little bit more than the two bolts I have in there already. I had plenty of adjustment on the ball and socket setup on the slave cylinder. Here's a short 15 second, 1.4meg video of the movement. I also made up a new throttle linkage setup, using two ball and socket 1/4-20 fittings, and then making it look good with some brass tubing I had laying around. I picked up my driveshaft from the shop who made it a few years back, because I need it shortened 1.5". Now I'm good to go. I just need a new lower radiator hose, and I'm ready to start it up. Almost there!

Clutch movement video *Dial Up Warning - 1.4megs*

http://www.patfromjersey.com/521stroker/clutch01.mpg

Here's my new throttle linkage.....

[88grandmarq]

No more half open throttles, eh?

[Archangel]

Nice work, love the brass piping touch

[PatFromJersey]

No more half open throttles, eh?

LOL....No Eric, all four barrels open up now.

I like that brass pipe too. If this engine doesn't start up, I'm going to start smoking from it. I actually attempted to start it yesterday, but I need to shim the starter. It was making a God aweful noise when I first fired it up, so it looks like it's not far enough away from the flywheel. I had to shut it down. I'm going to shim it with washers, and once I find out how much I need, NAPA sells Ford starter shims. I was so relieved when I took off the starter, and the noise went away. I almost started crying when I head that aweful noise. I'll try again on Monday......stay tuned......

[PatFromJersey]

I have officially broken in my new 521. She ran like a champ for the 20 minute break in for the cam, and then she idled down with that sound of the C460 cam I was hoping for. I only had one small water leak out the O-ring on the t-stat housing, so I took out the O-ring and put a regular gasket on there. I even took her for a test ride up to 60mph, and she was smooth as silk. The 4-speed shifted nicely, and that hydraulic clutch setup worked great. I have just a few more extra's to put on, and then I'm finally done! Here's the specs on my build, which was the first time I ever put one together myself.

D1VE block .030 over
Scat 4.3" crank, 6.8" H-beam rods, JE forged pistons (9.8 to 1)
FRPP C460 cam, SCJA heads, FRPP timing gear, FRPP G429 intake (Victor)
FRPP 3/8 pushrods, Trick Flow 1.73 roller rockers, CSR water pump
MSD Dizzy, 6A Box, and Blaster 2 coil
Holley 850 DP and Holley "blue" pump
Crites 2" primary / 3.5" collector headers, Ultra Flow Mufflers
Melling HV oil pump, Canton main support and windage tray
Canton deep sump front pan and pickup (15-750)
Top Loader 4-speed, big spline in/out close ratio
Lakewood Scattershield, McLeod Flywheel, Pressure Plate, and Clutch Disc
Wilwood clutch pedal and master cylinder, CNC slave cylinder
Stock clutch fork and TO bearing

Here's a couple videos of the 2000rpm break in, and one at idle. Both are 1.4megs and 15 seconds long.

http://www.patfromjersey.com/521stroker/startup001.mpg

http://www.patfromjersey.com/521stroker/startup002.mpg

Here's a couple pics too....

The vital signs during the 2000rpm break in.....




Here's a couple shots of the finished engine....





Once I get the grille and hood back on, the rest of the new shocks, the swaybars and a good cleaning, I'll take some more videos. I want to get a good 500 miles on it, before I dump the clutch and see how much rubber she burns.

[Grand Marquis GT]

Now I really can't wait to see this at SF07!!!

[interceptor1985]

ME too

[Blaze86Vic]

HELL YEAH! That thing is sweet! I wish I had the resources to do a project like that for the vic. Nice work Pat, that's a pretty good first build lol

[gadget73]

Nice.

[Lincolnmania]

excellence!

[p71towny]

Holy shit thats gonna haul.

[boXman]

I finally got on some high speed internet and checked this out...DAMN, Pat. That's friggin beautifulright there ! Very nice work.

[Cable Guys FGMQ]

Nice work Pat on the Fairlane & when u get your steelies then the HPP`s will be mine for my box & I`ll join Scott,Tom & u for Patfest........