Cracked Block Need a New Block....

[Loco1234]

I sent my block to the engine builder and found out that it is cracked....
My first thought was just shoot me... but now I need a new block....

anyone have a cobra Teksid or a 5.0l cammer block or an 04 Marauder block lying around...?

Im very interested in a purchase of one....

I have inquires on almost every forum I can find..... Please help me out if you can.... My motor is vortec supercharged (10#) and makes around 425RWHP & 430RWTQ before...

Now I wanna go and up the annie.... im going up to a 12# pulley and more...
I plan to bore .20 over etc.... more power... If I gotta have it all apart and put it back together might as well do it the right way once....

Any help appreciated....

Thanks

[Zack]

Go see the crack for yourself.

[Joe Walsh]

Where do you live and how far do you want to ship a block?

I might have a line on a Teksid block...

[Zack]

I sent my block to the engine builder and found out that it is cracked....
My first thought was just shoot me... but now I need a new block....

anyone have a cobra Teksid or a 5.0l cammer block or an 04 Marauder block lying around...?

Im very interested in a purchase of one....

I have inquires on almost every forum I can find..... Please help me out if you can.... My motor is vortec supercharged (10#) and makes around 425RWHP & 430RWTQ before...

Now I wanna go and up the annie.... im going up to a 12# pulley and more...
I plan to bore .20 over etc.... more power... If I gotta have it all apart and put it back together might as well do it the right way once....

Any help appreciated....

Thanks

More torque than horsepower?
Id like to see THAT graph. Not with a Vortech dude.

[Loco1234]

Ya Zack

Sr. has the dyno graph somewhere upstairs in his office.
This is the dyno from when Jerry W. did the tune in Erie Pa.

The numers as I remember it were 427RWTQ Peak and 425RWHP Peak.
Horsepower was still climbing at 6000rpm or so.... would have gone higher then torque...


We are going to the engine builders as soon as Sr. gets off the phone.
I bringing the ford tech whom removed the motor with us....
I just picked him up from work....
He is here at computer with me now...

[rocknrod]

They have em:
http://www.karkraft.com/bare_blocks.htm

Complete with EFI also:
http://www.karkraft.com/used_engines.htm

[MitchB]

anyone have a cobra Teksid or a 5.0l cammer block or an 04 Marauder block lying around...?

Im very interested in a purchase of one....

Jim O'Neil at Ford in Michigan. You can reach him at:

fastford@peoplepc.com

Give Jim a call before you make a purchase. He'll know what you need.

Mitch

[Tallboy]

I sent my block to the engine builder and found out that it is cracked....
My first thought was just shoot me... but now I need a new block....

anyone have a cobra Teksid or a 5.0l cammer block or an 04 Marauder block lying around...?

Im very interested in a purchase of one....

I have inquires on almost every forum I can find..... Please help me out if you can.... My motor is vortec supercharged (10#) and makes around 425RWHP & 430RWTQ before...

Now I wanna go and up the annie.... im going up to a 12# pulley and more...
I plan to bore .20 over etc.... more power... If I gotta have it all apart and put it back together might as well do it the right way once....

Any help appreciated....

Thanks

Has anyone asked Annie about this?

[shakes_26]

Annie is gonna be sore as hell.....damn orphans always complaining about something

[Loco1234]

Well Zack good advise to go see it for ourselves. We went straight over to the engine shop with the fors tech whom removed our engine. Lucky it was discovered that it is not a cracked block. The line was a mark in the cylinder from when the edge of the piston gave away. (reason why motor is down)

A small chip of the edge of the piston cracked off and shot out of the exhaust valves shortly after noise started. Once that occur the noise went away but you could tell something wasn't right. The compression ring was intact and all.

....But to get back on track the ford tech and the engine builder discussed things over for a few and the agreement was made the mark on cyclinder wall is a scratch in the sleeve. (....and not the crack which was breaking my heart)

Now we plan on going .20 over with this motor. so our hopeful thoughts are this scratch will be gone once motor is .20 over. Hopefully it is not deeper than that....
Any suggesttions if it is deeper than that....?
I heard changing sleeves is not a easy task with these motors....

[Zack]

Im sure a .020 will clean it up.
Make sure you get a good oil pump from MMR or VT.

[FordNut]

Well Zack good advise to go see it for ourselves. We went straight over to the engine shop with the fors tech whom removed our engine. Lucky it was discovered that it is not a cracked block. The line was a mark in the cylinder from when the edge of the piston gave away. (reason why motor is down)

A small chip of the edge of the piston cracked off and shot out of the exhaust valves shortly after noise started. Once that occur the noise went away but you could tell something wasn't right. The compression ring was intact and all.

....But to get back on track the ford tech and the engine builder discussed things over for a few and the agreement was made the mark on cyclinder wall is a scratch in the sleeve. (....and not the crack which was breaking my heart)

Now we plan on going .20 over with this motor. so our hopeful thoughts are this scratch will be gone once motor is .20 over. Hopefully it is not deeper than that....
Any suggesttions if it is deeper than that....?
I heard changing sleeves is not a easy task with these motors....

If it has to be sleeved, two suggestions...
1-Just get another block instead, or
2-Put big-bore sleeves in it

[Loco1234]

I guess the tenative plan now is to go with .020 cp pistons, Oliver billet rods, new mmr oil pump, (?any suggestions on rings?) file fit rings?, new bearings etc, and 12# pulley for supercharger

[Zack]

I guess the tenative plan now is to go with .020 cp pistons, Oliver billet rods, new mmr oil pump, (?any suggestions on rings?) file fit rings?, new bearings etc, and 12# pulley for supercharger

yea, 18lbs of boost.

[Loco1234]

Ya I'd love to Zack....

unfortunately, we have the SQ trim and from what I understand it won't support that boost on our setup unless we upgrade to the T-trim....

I've been all for that but Sr. want's to retain some MPG quality....

I'll let you try and convince him next time you guys talk....

If we upgrade to the t-trim will the 42# injectors you put in run short on furl....?