A little more Engine porn for ya…. The block fully finished & all buttoned up now… painted in Ford racking Blue, there was a big push from some to paint it black, but I really like Ford blue & I’m paying so I win..
The custom carb is also finished now…
the heads are finished, all valves & springs set..
We’ve bolted the heads to the block now & fitted the electric water pump… I decided that since I plan on using a 4 core Aluminium radiator with twin electric thermo fans for this engine that there was no point in using an old style mechanical pump that would be a lot heaver & would steal HP
We dummied up the high rise manifold, carb & rocker covers so that I could get some measurement to work out if this will all fit under the bonnet of the XB with the stock bonnet or if I would need to fit a Cobra style bonnet scope to make this work, I have a spare bonnet with a shaker hole cut in it anyway, so I’ll do both bonnets for the car & then make a choice when it’s together…. if I use a drop base air cleaner it should all fit under the stock bonnet…..
