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Engine Overhaul |
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The plan for the engine was a rebuild with some upgrades inside and lots of chrome outside. |
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When the engine came out of the car it looked pretty rough, but ran well |
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| The plan is to strip the entire engine down and go through each component. There were no major mechanical problems discovered during disassembly. |
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| Here is the block after it came back from the machine shop. They cylinders were bored 0.030" with torque plates, it was line bored, new cam bearing and freeze plugs were installed. |
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| New pistons were installed that increased the compression from 9:1 to 10:10. The rods are stock, but they were machined |  |
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| Here I am putting the engine together. This is my first rebuild so I have the manual close by. |
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| Here is the block with the rotating assembly installed. I was going to use a front sump pan, but switched back to a double hump pan. Either will work in the Cobra, but with the front sump pan I needed a new oil pump pickup tube and relocated oil dipstick. |  |
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| I got lazy and did not take a lot of pictures, so here is the nearly finished engine. You can't tell, but it still needs rocker arms installed. |  |
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