Picked up Goose's motor yesterday from Wintermeyers Scrap Yard. Cool guys down there, the owner had a 1600hp Procharged Camaro sitting in the shop.
Ford 4.6 FI DOHC Aluminum block/heads - same as the Cobra motors. It is absolutely huuuge with those dual-cam heads.
Ford designed the trunk/ride height to be able to slide engines directly onto stands, its great. Not sure how many miles are on this beast but it's clean as hell inside, the bottom end looked the same. Left off here for the night - need a crank pulley puller.
Finished this up a few weeks ago. This is copied over from this post on zilvia.
Not sure why all my pictures got cut off but I'll roll with it.
Total Cost - $35
55gal Drum $5
Ebay Blast Gloves $20
Latch/bolts/seal $10
Everything else was scrap sitting around - lexan window, air fittings, scrap metal and I already had the siphon gun
Finished product on skateboard ramp stand-
Everything measured up
I knew I needed to have as few weld/riveted pieces as possible... So i 'perforated' the barrel and used the existing metal for the window frame. Cut everything with a dremel cutoff wheel/air cutoff and a jigsaw.
Sometimes character comes from neccessity - chopped up some texas plates for the rest of the window frame.
Where I left off
Glass cut to fit.
Perfect jigsaw circle. It fit so well I didn't even need a hinge, it held itself snug.
Barrel end cut out.
Finished door.. ballin bronze closed nuts and cream cabinet hinges from pops. Had to add a 1/2 piece of plywood as a spacer since they were flush/hidden cabinet hinges Used some sort of squishk door/window stripping from home depot for the seal.
Made the glove rings from a paint can, 'pie cut' them and riveted them in place.
First thing blasted.. Subframe bracket. Not too bad for a little compressor and playsand.