That room you built it pretty neat! I've been assembling mine in my basement and it gets an engine bag that it taped shut whenever I'm not working on it. Very good advise about cleaning everything and then white gloving it. It's amazing how something will look clean and then you take brake cleaner to it and the white rag comes out dirty.
@Tyler Hawk Thank you! When you worked at the Honda plant how do they do the final cleaning before assembly? I know Chrysler Pentastar engines have issues due to sand casting the block/ heads and leftover sand causing cooling system and head gasket problems.
Great idea , you see way too many people trying to set an a symbol. an engine and a very dirty environment and then they always wonder why it breaks , great information .
I’ve Been considering LS swapping my 96 merc but the more I watch these videos I just wanna rebuild what I have. I just honestly like 4 or 500 horses to fuck around with but I also have big wheels 26s
I have a 138k 4.6 2 valve police interceptor why I'm I starting to have problems with my timing tension is so early oil is changed every 4,000 miles full synthetic with motorcraft filter you can hear the tick at startup and then goes away should I be concerned or I still have time is it worth putting the money into it thank you
@@MikesGarageRoute66 I just picked up a 02 Mercury mountaineer, it's a pi motor but it's rated at 239 instead of the 260 mustang has..... What's the difference?
@@MikesGarageRoute66 I'm hoping I got it right I rebuilt it and disassemble it about four times so hopefully I nagged anything that could go wrong Great content on your end by the way
Thank you for watching. I saw on another channel a guy that spent so much effort building his 4.6. After he had a rod knock on the dyno he pulled all the bearings and found one that needed to be re-torqued. But he also noticed weird scratches on all of them. A dirty engine can ruin the bearings that quick and I felt so bad for the guy. A lot of money and time goes into putting them together...
@@MikesGarageRoute66 Hi Mike. I just had my Terminator engine rebuilt and I have an important question that I want your opinion on for the break in procedure... Do you recommend engine braking during the early miles of the new engine? I've heard opinions going both ways from supposed experts and I'm unsure what to do. My engine only has about 25 miles on it so I need to get this figured out. I appreciate your input Mike!
@@tomkjr1 My recommendation would be varying between 1/3 and 2/3 load with the occasional engine braking. Engine breaking puts zero load on the rings but helps bring fresh oil past the oil ring to the top two rings to remove debris. The most important thing is vary your speed, no cruise control and don’t let it idle. That’s the worst thing you can do. Also change your oil at 25 miles, then again at 250, 1000, then every 3000. You want to keep removing any debris out of the engine as they creates additional wear on all internal parts. At 1000 to 1500 miles it is fully broken in. But the first 100 miles is the most important.
I have an oil leak on my 1997 f150 with the 4.6L .. pass rear head to block leaking , Ford diagnosed as I could not see back there.. Diagnosis, head gasket OR rusted out block.. It gets better, My mechanic went over the entire truck before he replaced the exhaust manifolds. Was not long after that it started leaking Oil. If the leak had started before the manifolds were replaced I would have been able to decide. Could have done the top end and the manifolds would have been cake on the bench .. Anyway talk about bad luck..Bunch of money wasted ... Dumped in a can of Lucas stop oil and hoping.. I should mention, it drips right on the exhaust pipe :) , Icing on the cake !!!
Lucas will not fix your problems. It will be a temporary bandaid and may accelerate areas where you never had leaks. I was a ford Stars/PTS technician as well as a master auto tech of 6 years. You are better off stopping the leak before it's a complete loss of oil pressure in operation.
I sourced parts from a few places and made 2 videos on it. Here is the first one. Hopefully this helps. 2003 / 2004 Mach 1 Mustang Engine Build. Part 1 - Forged Parts for my Mustang 4.6 DOHC Engine Build! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-md-QvT5GZI0.html
@@Miggz03Svt There are a lot of good ones out. Moroso is one of them. I stayed stock. I’m only going up to 6200 rpm because I’m over spinning my blower.
So will my stock windage tray on my current engine fit on my teksid engine that I'm working in? I heard the 3v windage tray and this and that. I'm not sure what else I would need.
@@Miggz03Svt I’ve heard that the 3 valve tray works well. I’d but more concerned about fasteners. Using ARP is key. Windage trays help save hp from oil sloshing.
It’s hard to find a good builder and a lot of people are being screwed over. You can ask Todd Warren who he recommends or see if Jordan will build it at Modular Head Shop in Florida.
@@MikesGarageRoute66 Thank you… I live in central Florida so that’s a big help… I talked to power by ford in Orlando and they said they can do it…. I think it’s important to keep these cars in the original configuration… I get why people do engine swaps but I feel one day it will pay off keeping this car factory.
@@anthonywithem2272 If you’re in Florida contact Jordan at Modular Head shop. He builds the engines for Mustang Lifestyle and helped me with engine parts.
Some do but you are right, most don’t. One of my favorite builders is Jordan from Modular Head shop. If you look at his videos everything is spot on. I’ll have one of his videos listed below showing his clean room that he uses to build engines in. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sykRg0tLP9A.html
@@LegalLowGround I hear ya, but I’ve seen a lot of freshly built motors grenade or eat themselves. Mod motors are hard to build and many don’t last 5k miles. But I respect where you are coming from.
@@MikesGarageRoute66 Mod motors (2v-4v) are actually stupid easy to build compared to coyote's and other brands ov V8's. I've literally never seen a more simple engine in my life than the 2v 4.6.
@@LegalLowGround Yet ppl n shops fuck them up.. Shop i'm using just told me they don't degree cams, after i asked them repeatedly before allowing them to install my TFS heads n MHS TFS cams.. Now i'm worried af, told them to get it done or shit might hit the fan..lol
I’ve Been considering LS swapping my 96 merc but the more I watch these videos I just wanna rebuild what I have. I just honestly like 4 or 500 horses to fuck around with but I also have big wheels 26s
