My street car build.

darren October 16th 2011, 6:25 pm

Hi guy's here is some pictures of my 557ci build and a link to my build on photobucket
enjoy, Darren
My street car build. IMGA0109

https://s890.photobucket.com/home/557f1/index

cool40 October 16th 2011, 10:21 pm

shaft rockers.got any green oil? Wink

dfree383 October 17th 2011, 5:35 am

Gonna have alot of Squeeze..... Twisted Evil

darren October 17th 2011, 9:49 am

Cool40, I run redline oil in my supercharged honda dragbike engine ,loved the stuff so I will use that or joe gibbs,

dfree383, it worked out to be 12.5 comp and I have snowperformance muscle car methanol/water injection to carm it down.

the Coug October 17th 2011, 10:18 am

welcome broken rocker stand pedestals

dfree383 October 17th 2011, 10:34 am

How big is the cam?

Need to look at your calculations, FT with those heads and typical 0 deck get you in the 13.5:1 + range.

darren October 17th 2011, 10:45 am

Cam is isky .730 valve lift,274 @ .050 108 lobe center

pistons are .020' down the bore,
chambers were finished at 75cc.
I will have to dig out my book with all the measurements

dfree383 October 17th 2011, 12:29 pm

Cam specs are going to cost you some power. Might consider something custom.

D-Rail October 17th 2011, 5:48 pm

I'm not familiar with the screen in the bottom, is it to control oil splash?

darren October 17th 2011, 6:10 pm

Hi D-rail.It is
that is a downwards crank scraper .
http://www.crank-scrapers.com/What%20is%20a%20crank-scraper.html

darren October 19th 2011, 7:23 pm

My new oil pump arrived yesterday.
Thanks! B f evans Ford Raceparts.
Wow! there is a hugh differance between the Mellings and the Kaase oil pump

dfree383 ,how much would I gain from a custom grind camshaft.

the Coug October 19th 2011, 7:30 pm

[quote="darren"]My new oil pump arrived yesterday.

Wow! there is a hugh differance between the Mellings and the Kaase oil pump

yes but once you break an oil pump and totally trash the whole engine it seems like not so much then, pay now or pay later

IcallhimGeorge October 19th 2011, 8:11 pm

This is going to be a pretty nasty "street" engine.

darren October 19th 2011, 8:49 pm

The Coug ,you are absolutely right,

IcallhimGeorge ,Yes it is, I gotta beat on my frineds with their Chevys.LOL!

the Coug October 19th 2011, 9:45 pm

darren I see you have invested lots of cash in this engine, why skimp now and Kaase makes great pump, it is way beefier than any Melling I have a cracked one, I am glad I bought a Kaase...

darren October 19th 2011, 11:23 pm

Thanks for that ,I appreciate the imput and honesty

dfree383 October 20th 2011, 1:10 am

darren wrote:My new oil pump arrived yesterday.
Thanks! B f evans Ford Raceparts.
Wow! there is a hugh differance between the Mellings and the Kaase oil pump

dfree383 ,how much would I gain from a custom grind camshaft.

Depends, could be a bunch depending on the combo. Issues you have are a single pattern, ford don't respond well to those, due to the weak exhaust port.

jbozzelle October 21st 2011, 9:51 am

Mock up that Kaase pump and check it for crank clearance. We've all had to grind on the pump a bit to get it to clear the crank...

darren October 21st 2011, 10:16 am

Cool Thanks for that.

I did see on another post a picture of one that had been clearanced,

darren April 13th 2012, 3:41 am

Yeah it's been a couple of months so I better update it.
my engine is fineshed except for the drive mandrel for the vacunm pump.
My street car build. 98304487-38b1-4a2a-ae18-0d06614b18d2

My street car build. 98304487-38b1-4a2a-ae18-0d06614b18d2

I have finished all the major work on the chassis ,front suspension,steering,x-member and the irs is done,
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