At 430 Sunday it looked like this.

Before 6 it looked like this.


Just before 9:30

It took a about 3 hours to completely strip the block minus cam bearings.
It isn't lightning fast but I would say 8 hours to pull the motor and strip it completely isn't bad. I had about an hour of down time in those 8 hours.

I didn't realize you an accomplish 99% of this job with a 8 mm, 10 mm, and a 15 mm socket.

I am going this weekend to pick up a used 408 short block with nitrous cam installed. It will take me a month or two in order to buy the little parts needed to finish installing the 408.

 

How many miles did you have on this piece?

 

241,000 plus. I didn't look at the odometer last night but I know it is around there.

There was no ridge in the cylenders and every looked really good. There was a tiny bit of scuffin on the piston skirts but nothing bad at all for the millage. No sludge, bearings looked good.

 

That was one dirty motor.

 

There was a good deal of grease and grime.

The truck was a company tire truck till 2 years ago(230,000 mi or so) so it spend allot of time in quarries and other dirty and dusty environments. I am still cleaning dirt out of little crevices.

 

Yea...engine mount, trans bellhousing, bumper bolts, alt and alt bracket are all 15mm. Intake is 8mm. Waterpump and exhaust are 10mm...
Starter and flexplate bolts are 13mm... steering shaft is 11mm on the lower and 15mm on the upper...efan and rad bolts are 13mm... hell thats about it to pull the engine...

 

It almost sounds like you've done this a time or two

 

Atomic How many times have you swapped motors?

I am pretty confident that should only have to do this once. The motor I bought has 40 passes and he said most of them were aborted because they were trying to set up drag radials.

I am excited the plans for a 408 have been a year and half in the making. It is so close I can almost feel me pissing my pants with excitement.

 

I think Cody and Atomic should have a motor pull race.... Both seem to have done it a time or two...

Congrats on the engine!

 

gona be sick when its all said and done. in for the burnout vids