Winter Capri Upgrades

**yeahloh95** · 12-06-2012, 06:07 PM

very cool parts when will they be installed?

**Martin0660** · 12-06-2012, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by yeahloh95

very cool parts when will they be installed?

Getting my new short block out of "involentary long term storage" at the machine shop is the driver for my schedule at this point. Thinking about buying him a new calendar before the 1 year anniversary of when I dropped it off to be assembled.

^^^ lots of sarcasm

But seriously the plan is fit all this up / get it indexed on the new short block before I put it all in. I just can't narrow that down right now :(

I do have all the parts for the new exhaust and the upgrade / refresh parts for the G Force ... Likely going to do the trans over Christmas.

**THE BIG KOALA** · 12-06-2012, 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by Martin0660

Big day in my little world. I got my adapter plate to adapt the 2.3 block to a 5.0 Bellhousing. Yes Joe, it's shiny but will be wedged between the engine and bell ...

I'll still know its there.

**yeahloh95** · 12-07-2012, 07:47 AM

very cool whos kit is that? g-force?

**Martin0660** · 12-07-2012, 08:54 AM

Trans parts are bits I pieced together from a number of vendors. It's Tremec parts for the synchros, the billet slider keys & bronze shift pads are from The Gear Box, solid bearing retainer is from Astro, etc ... Trans needs freshened and some of these was little upgrades we didn't put in last year.

**map351** · 12-07-2012, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by Martin0660

Big day in my little world. I got my adapter plate to adapt the 2.3 block to a 5.0 Bellhousing. Yes Joe, it's shiny but will be wedged between the engine and bell ...

I guess this would solve the hard to find 2.3 C-4 Bell and puts a SFI C-4 Bell in the 2.3 game.

Maybe I will take the offer!

**Martin0660** · 12-07-2012, 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by map351

I guess this would solve the hard to find 2.3 C-4 Bell and puts a SFI C-4 Bell in the 2.3 game.

Maybe I will take the offer!

Offer still stands, but it's not that Easy ... The converter pilot into the crank is the issue ... Andrew and I worked through that math and you would need a spacer on the crank under the flex plate plus a thicker adapter plate. The pilot on the converter is the issue unless you machine the crank like a 5.0 ... Also, no one is making the SFI flex plate (reactor said no). Andrew and I planed to adapt the bolt pattern on the crank spacer when we laid that whole scheme out.

Also FWIW, QuickTime makes the SFI 2.3 bell to C4. The first ones was wrong, but I heard they fixed that.

One other FYI... For the first time EVERYTHING in my system will be SFI cert, flywheel, clutch assembly, and Bell housing ...that makes me happy :)

**yeahloh95** · 12-08-2012, 08:01 AM

bob there was a guy at cecil with a 87-88 t-bird with an auto, he sprayed it off the line and was going 11.50s

**Martin0660** · 12-15-2012, 05:44 PM

Another big part of my winter plans is a fresh shortblock. Nothing exotic, stock displacement, good rods (finally!), good pistons, basically a solid foundation. Spent the day at the shop checking all the clearances ... Just need to do the final hone, one more cleaning, then it's ready to assemble ...

**yeahloh95** · 12-15-2012, 05:52 PM

what ci will you be now?

**Martin0660** · 12-15-2012, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by yeahloh95

what ci will you be now?

Lol, a .030 over 2300 is 2340 cc's, so the 140 cubic inches stretches out to a massive 142.79 ... I guess it rounds of to 143" :)

**THE BIG KOALA** · 12-15-2012, 07:11 PM

more=better

**Martin0660** · 12-18-2012, 11:01 PM

Rod clearances fit tonight. I'm in que to get the final hone done then on to assembly

**cwh19** · 12-19-2012, 02:18 AM

How much is a set of good rods for that?

**Martin0660** · 12-19-2012, 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by cwh19

How much is a set of good rods for that?

Like anything, depends on your deffinaition of "good" and what options you want. The buy in on a Crower rod is like $100.00 each... Add in bushed ends, capscrew, etc and you end up at ~$120.00 rod ...

**Martin0660** · 12-21-2012, 10:57 PM

Ring gaps set tonight. You can't believe how nice it is to do them with a proper machine.

**Martin0660** · 12-22-2012, 01:46 PM

Crank installed today, bang on bearing clearances and end play. One more wash of the rods and pistons tomorrow (hopefully) and it will be a rotator.

**map351** · 12-22-2012, 02:34 PM

No GLYPTAL?

**Martin0660** · 12-22-2012, 02:46 PM

Debated on it. There is so little wetted area down there and it's all very smooth. All the drain backs are via ports in free space. My oil pan has a scrapper and windage tray (plus trap doors). It was a debate, but we decided there wasn't anything to be gained.