09-30-2011, 08:05 AM
So I had the opportunity this past Monday and Tuesday to spend a little quality time with my Mustangs! I dropped the FMX transmission on the Grande to bring it back to Mexico with me to clean it up, paint it and put in new seals to take back and put in the Mach 1. I also pulled the heads on my Mach 1 to see what I inherited with my purchase. I found that everything is new! That's good - but what do I have?
Can anyone tell me from looking at the picture with the piston what it looks like I have. In know the .30 over bore but what about compression or any tell tale manufacturing marks on the pistons?
The lifters are Johnson HT 900 which according to what I have read on the Cleveland forum and the Pantera forum are the best that I could have hoped for in a hydraulic flat lifter. That's encouraging!
How about camshaft. I have not taken the timing gear cover or timing gear out yet but that would be my next step. Are there any marks on the front of the camshaft to tell me what I have or do I have to remove the camshaft to read markings on the back?
I figure that I might as well know what I have before putting it all back together. The next step will be to buy a four barrel intake manifold for it and a 4 barrel carb.
Can anyone tell me from looking at the picture with the piston what it looks like I have. In know the .30 over bore but what about compression or any tell tale manufacturing marks on the pistons?
The lifters are Johnson HT 900 which according to what I have read on the Cleveland forum and the Pantera forum are the best that I could have hoped for in a hydraulic flat lifter. That's encouraging!
How about camshaft. I have not taken the timing gear cover or timing gear out yet but that would be my next step. Are there any marks on the front of the camshaft to tell me what I have or do I have to remove the camshaft to read markings on the back?
I figure that I might as well know what I have before putting it all back together. The next step will be to buy a four barrel intake manifold for it and a 4 barrel carb.