thanks. i have been wanting to do this for a while and finally had an excuse to do it............kinda lol

would the heads that came off the motor be worth anything? They would have to have another insert put in. actually it would probably be best to do all of them.

They are non PI heads and i really have no idea what they would be worth.

progress?? keep the pics comin!

not a whole lot of progress. birthdays and a dentist visit killed the pay check. I did get a few of the parts i ordered though.

I tore apart the dodge motor that came out of my other truck this weekend and the thing is wierd. I guess it is three times as old as me though.

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Unless you are building for some race class and looking for every last hp, no. The stock forged crank is already a sweet piece, and if you start removing material it will just make the balance job that much harder and more expensive. You are going to balance it, right?

yes i called a machine shop today and they are going to balance everything down to .5 grams once i get my rods.

okay so i ordered some more parts today.

This isnt going to matter for a while, but what would be the best thing to do about the tranny later on.

it is an e40d with a shift kit right now and i'm just wondering what i should replace it with when the time comes.

How much power can a factory E40D handle. I looked around on the internet a little bit and i couldnt really find any built transmissions, just remanufactured ones. I dont know a whole lot about trannys or what swaps in and what doesnt so hopefully some one can help me out.

they are the one that led to the 4r100 and can be built to handle somepower

The trans depends on the power you intend to run through it.
Discussed here:https://www.f150online.com/forums/su...nsmission.html

I'm with wade. You have all the cool toys. Nice vette and bike!

Just a quick question for you about your pistons? How did you decide on what dish to get for those. I am planning on building like you staying n/a and later adding a lightning top end or something. Thanks Looking good by the way!

I am using the ones with an 18cc dish.
with a 38 cc combustion chamber it gives me right around 9.4:1 compression ratio.

you will have to figure out which heads you are using and what size combustion chamber they have before you can figure out what the compression ratio will be. PI and non PI heads are different. I'm using trick flow's.

. If you want to supercharge it later on you dont want the compression ratio to high.
10:1 is probably the highest i would go and i think 9:1 is stock.

i think this site is actually for motorcycles but it should work the same
http://www.rbracing-rsr.com/compstaticcalc.html

Awesome. Thanks man. I plan on just using PI heads and putting cams in. Your engine is looking good so far by the way.

got a few more parts today

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hey five0merc i seen in your sig that your doing a zf swap. how hard is that to do? all i really know is you need a body lift because it is so big.

so i ran in to a problem.

i was putting my crank in and the 3rd main cap doesnt fit over the main stud on one side. i pulled all the main studs out and tried each one and none of them fit through the hole. the stud fits untill it gets to the bottom of the threads and then it wont go any further.

i ordered them through JLP and the box says 4.6 4 valve but it thought they would be the same as the 5.4
has anyone else ever had this problem before?

Is that the hole that had the bolt for the oil pickup?? Good luck with your bolt issue. And just looking and trying to find a zf right now. I know body lift or redoing the tunnel but I think the body lift will be easier. Once I get that since my truck is no longer my dd I will be putting it up there and going through and trying it out. I know you need to run the zf6 clutch as well. If you don't mind where you ordering most your parts from?