Go Big or Go Home

It has been a long time since I posted anything to the blog. I thought I would post up a couple pictures of what I have been working on lately.

I purchased a 1988 Ford Mustang LX with a 5.0L engine several years ago. I have been working on the car/engine slowly over the past couple years. Recently I sold the 5.0L engine and purchased a Ford 460 big block. The engine was rebuilt (bored .040) shortly before I purchased it. (Thats 7.7 Liters if anyone is wondering) Since I know very little about carbs (and engines for that matter) I decided to build an engine run stand so that I can get the engine running before installing it in the car.

Here is the bad boy:



The engine run stand is nearly complete and turned out better than I expected. (My welding skills are very poor) My plan is to complete assembly of the motor over the next couple of days and I hope to attempt to fire the motor this weekend!

Here is a picture of where I plan to stuff this big motor.

Currently the car is completely stripped and is awaiting sandblasting several areas in the interior. I am not looking forward to this work which is why it has been sitting in this state for several months. I hope that hearing the 460 run will motivate me to finish the body so that I could maybe drive this car sometime before I am 30.

I have big plans for this car but am trying to take one step at a time.

Hopefully my next post will be pictures/video of a running engine.