@bird_dog0347 You Sir are a bad influence! Every time I think I have myself talked into keeping my 5.0 "stock" I see something like what you're doing and I find myself wondering what It'd be like to have an HCI motor and about 300'ish rwhp
Like Collin, LOL! What you don't know is that I already have a complete HCI engine with T5 trans hooked up to it with a PIMP engine management ECU sitting in my garage under my work bench ready to install. I'm trying to talk myself out of a potential HP addiction problem like others have.LOL, just take your time man. I have been slowly doing this over like the last 3.5 years, just picking up parts cheap when I find them knowing it might be a while before I can install them. You want to talk bad influence though, I see all these guys with nice clean engine bays and good paint like @Davedacarpainter or @hoopty5.0 and I just wanted to yank the short block while it was down to that and go whole hog cleaning it up. But I know that really I just want to drive it for now and enjoy it, it REALLY needs a paint job and when I do that I will go all out on it but since I don't have the time or money I won't start it yet. Just waiting as long as I have been already on the HCI swap has me unable to focus or care about other minor things like work and family... I'm gonna work from home again Friday, and hope to have the car running by early this weekend.
Just keep your eyes open for deals that fit the goal of your car, and don't change your goal every five minutes like @hoopty5.0 and you'll be fine.
Regardless this next winter my stock motor will be coming out for a new main seal and oil pan gasket. Question is, which motor is making it back in to my car? Will my welder and grinder stay away from my engine bay? I can say this much, smoothing the engine bay wasn't that difficult and would go faster and easier the second time around. Who knows what will happen, only time will tellNo, he means resemble... lol
And yeah, I totally forgot you had that motor. Drive it for a summer as is, then swap it all out this winter. Just make sure you're able to get miles on it and enjoy it.
And STOP showing me engine bays like that!
I've been staring at it since those nice Scott Rod panels came in! Now that it's painted, it just looks so good.Regardless this next winter my stock motor will be coming out for a new main seal and oil pan gasket. Question is, which motor is making it back in to my car? Will my welder and grinder stay away from my engine bay? I can say this much, smoothing the engine bay wasn't that difficult and would go faster and easier the second time around. Who knows what will happen, only time will tell
Oh by the way, have I posted a picture of my old coupe yet?
@Davedacarpainter Do you find yourself just staring at your engine bay and smiling after smoothing and painting it? With a beer in your hand? I have smooth engine bay envy. lol
Yeah, he'll want to see it in red anyhow. Like this:No, he means resemble... lol
And yeah, I totally forgot you had that motor. Drive it for a summer as is, then swap it all out this winter. Just make sure you're able to get miles on it and enjoy it.
And STOP showing me engine bays like that!
Yeah, he'll want to see it in red anyhow. Like this:
A color change?!VERY pretty, but no, I really don't like red cars. When I do it, I'm going to paint it Bright Atlantic Blue or a color very close to that.
A color change?!