Engine Completion and First Start Mach1 Mustang
![Mustang V8 Muscle Car Engine Build and First Start](https://restorationmustang.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/amazing-gorgeous-mustang-engine-v8-nitrous-7-1024x1024.jpg)
I wanted to share some of the photos and the first start experience of this fully custom built 302 by yours truly. This engine started life as a Ford Explorer engine. From there I completely tore it down and rebuilt it with the highest quality components. The exhaust you hear in the video are Magnaflow […]
Removing the camshaft, timing gears, crank & pistons from the small block ford | DAMAGE FOUND
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Today was a fun & exciting day that quickly turned bad once I discovered what was making all that tapping noise when this engine ran. All looked good on the cam and 7 of the cylinder walls. The eighth one wasn’t so great. I discovered very large gouges in the cylinder walls and on the aluminum pistons on the […]