Little engine Porn on this fine cold Thursday morning

[2001Bullitt]

Well, the time has come to tear into the Bullitt after years of it acting up and me not having any desire to look into the issues or drive it. I bought an 03 100th HD F150 to replace it as my fun vehicle, which has been an absolute blast for the last 2 years. But I miss the car, soooo the time came to fix it. Tore the engine out and found a melted piston which also melted a good portion of the cylinder head, and the opposing cylinder had valve contact. Too many limiter rips, whoopsie. So rebuild commenced, and here it sits as I clean up the wiring and get it ready to put back in. View attachment 1829758View attachment 1829759View attachment 1829760View attachment 1829761View attachment 1829762View attachment 1829765View attachment 1829766View attachment 1829767


Sent from my iPhone using the svtperformance.com mobile app

 

[2001Bullitt]

Not sure why they didn’t attach the first time lol

Sent from my iPhone using the svtperformance.com mobile app

 

[03cobra#694]

Looks good. What did you have done to the block when it was apart?

 

[2001Bullitt]

Looks good. What did you have done to the block when it was apart?

Nothing, I checked the block and it was good, I just gave the cylinders a good hone for the new pistons and rings

 

[Klaus]

 

[gimmie11s]

Very nice.

 

[03cobra#694]

Nothing, I checked the block and it was good, I just gave the cylinders a good hone for the new pistons and rings

OK, just curious if you put mains or rod bearing seeing you had it apart.

 

[LS WUT]

That’s awesome man. I wish I had the knowledge to tear down a motor like that and not forget where shit goes. I have to use ziplock bags and take photos before, and during.

 

[2001Bullitt]

OK, just curious if you put mains or rod bearing seeing you had it apart.

I got you. So I actually freshly built this 03 Cobra shortblock back in 2015 but it maybe had 5k miles on it since then. So I just checked the rods as I had them out anyway, they were absolutely perfect so I reused them all again.

That’s awesome man. I wish I had the knowledge to tear down a motor like that and not forget where shit goes. I have to use ziplock bags and take photos before, and during.

I get that haha. Sometimes I still forget, I’ve been a Toyota Master tech for 20 years now, things just kinda fall right out of the memory bank haha. These engines are pretty simple though.

 

[bullitt2735]

ugh, your really making me feel bad about neglecting my bullitt LOL been sitting for the past few years as I've played with other toys.
engine looks great! what turbo kit is that?

 

[2001Bullitt]

ugh, your really making me feel bad about neglecting my bullitt LOL been sitting for the past few years as I've played with other toys.
engine looks great! what turbo kit is that?

Haha I think I have 400 miles on it in the last 3-4 years. It’s the on3 kit. I put the original kit on it back in 2012 with the stock engine. I switched to the forward facing kit in 2015 with the new engine. Made 604/626 with the previous combo.

 

[supercharged91m]

That’s awesome man. I wish I had the knowledge to tear down a motor like that and not forget where shit goes. I have to use ziplock bags and take photos before, and during.

Same here man. One of my dreams as a child was having someone teach me how to tear down a pushrod block and an overhead block from start to finish maybe later in life someone on here will help me I have tons of faith in MY SVT peeps!!

 

[2003RedfireVert]

I love humble 2V builds. I have a teksid block and ported 2V heads in my basement. I need to build it and put it in a corvette or Camaro to piss people off.

Engine looks great dude!

 

[triple-s]

Dam I miss my bullitt.

 

[2001Bullitt]

Same here man. One of my dreams as a child was having someone teach me how to tear down a pushrod block and an overhead block from start to finish maybe later in life someone on here will help me I have tons of faith in MY SVT peeps!!

Just get a junk motor off marketplace or maybe even a dealer replacement that they are going to junk, we toss just engines all the time into the metal pile. You want to talk complicated… I had to remove and tear down a 23 Tundra with the new TT V6 that spun a rod bearing. So. Many. Parts.

 

[03cobra#694]

Same here man. One of my dreams as a child was having someone teach me how to tear down a pushrod block and an overhead block from start to finish maybe later in life someone on here will help me I have tons of faith in MY SVT peeps!!

A 2V push rod, no issue. Not sure I'd mess with a 4V OHV.