Thread: 351W EFI into Classic Rangie

Ok I bought the CDL shifter assembly from Ashcroft but it turns out I can't use the shifter part afterall.
So here's a roughy of my dual shifter idea...



Machining the stainless shaft...



Finished shaft with dual ball races per shifter...



It's going to sit about here. I ran out of material to keep going so, more soon...

Righto update time;
Finally put together the engine. It's a std bore low k '97 F-series 5.8 hyd roller block. We checked it out and nothing needed doing. So I reassembled it using new bearings, Double roller timing set, and Mellings std volume pump. I re-used the near new Balancer and flexplate off the old engine. All 5.8's are 28oz imbalance.



Here's the block engineering number for those trying to find one...



The heads are stock Ford GT40 Y302 aluminium. Not as good as the X302 head but still a good head with excellent port velocity in the low to mid lift range. They come with 1.94"/1.6" stainless valves and good quality double springs,retainers and locks. Plus they only cost $1300 complete for a pair from Ford racing




Beware though. They don't come with the thermactor plugs but you can get them from the likes of Pioneer for about $8. Because they are a thread within a thread as it were, with what looks like screwdriver tangs they aren't easy to put in....



So I made this little tool out of a cap screw...



Now it goes in easy...



I used custom length Trend pushrods, Crane 1.7 roller rockers for a little more lift and Felpro 1250-S2 intake gaskets which have a steel sandwich plate inside and are re-useable and stock Ford roller lifters.



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These re-inforcing rails work great and a one piece steel sandwich silicone gasket..



Flexplate on...



Ready to go in...

It's been running well now for a few months. It's got torque in spades but could actually do with a bigger than stock cam. At some stage I'll probably go with a Comp XR264-HR14 cam I've used before in a coupla Falcons with the same engine spec.
Oh and I still haven't actually tuned it...still running on a stock EB GT 5.0L calibration.

As always - great work.

Would love to have even some of your talent.

Cheers Bacicat,

I picked up another one identical to this for spares but I'm tempted to do this one as well I know, I'm terrible Muriel

I've read your build thread more than once, it's very impressive.
I recently picked up a 95 discovery to do a ford engine/transmission swap on myself and have a couple of questions if I may.

You shortened the ZF adapter 45mm and then moved the transfer case back another 45mm. I want to leave my transfer case in it's stock location. Was there room/material to have made the adapter shaft 45mm shorter? Possibly trim 45mm off the transmission main shaft if needed?

I couldn't see clearly from the pictures, but where did the oil pan end up in regards to the axle housing? In one picture, it kind of looked as if the small front sump was inline with or on top of the axle housing. In another picture, it looked like the axle housing lined up with the area between the sumps, or maybe near the front of that area between the sumps.

Thanks