SVTnSD

This project continues in the "mock up" portion of the rebuild. I have received a new engine. The previous one was for a FWD. Took a pic of the new arrival to my garage.. The 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII 4.6 DOHC engine is one of those desirable engines by most Ford car builders and hot rodders. Ford used the Tekskid block manufactured in Italy at a foundry owned by Fiat. Ya, I know..

Anyhow, this engine is much lighter than the Cobra motor and the block (once its built), can handle as much HP as the 03/04 SVT Cobra block (I own one of those cars to). The difference is.. The Tekskid block is some 60-80lbs lighter. Most guys build the Tekskid block with the "C" heads or some Cobra heads off a donor engine.






Most of last weekend and this week has been about making the car a roller again. Seems both my welders ran out of shielding gas and I went through a lot of cut off and grinding wheels. One thing after another lately.. Not to mention the hot temps in the garage.

Here's a few pics of the suspension, bracing and the torque arm. TCI really did their homework and I broke four drill bits!



The torque arm (heavy)


This is a panhard bar bracket (passenger side). I'm missing a bracket so finishing the installation had to stop for now. I have to order a few parts from TCI to replace the lost bracket that is supposed to be installed on the drivers side adjacent to the bracket pictured below.




This picture shows the re-enforcement plate bolted to the top side of the frame support. There is one on each side and smaller ones on the rear frame supports.


One of my pet-peeeeevvvvsssszzzz is rust. Found small amounts in the rear of the car so it was all cut out. One issue were the remaining patch panels from the previous owner. The patch panels were placed over the rusted areas that should have been cut out first. Instead the previous owner installed the panels over some putty that was placed on top of the rusted areas. OMG!

The pics show some of what I found when pulling off the patch panels.