Engine, Plumbing & Electrical

I acquired a lightly used long block 351 as the base for my engine. The block is a 9.2” deck height Ford Performance SVO race block designed for dry sump oiling. It has 4 bolt slayed mains carrying a 3.480” stroke crank with 6.250” Crower Maxi Lite rods and 4.040” pistons giving 347cuin displacement. The heads are 10 degree angle milled Roush World Products heads iron heads. For good measure (and in the essence of time to meet the first event timeline) I stripped everything down and ended up replacing the cam due to a chip on one lobe.

The accessories include a 3 stage dry sump pump, 150amp single wire alternator and KRC power steering pump.

The intake system took some matching up to the 9.2 deck height block. I particularly wanted EFI even though I’m a carb guy at heart. A Holley Hi-Ram manifold for a 302 was used with Price Motorsports adapter plates underneath along with Holley Terminator EFI system.

My neighbor and friend owns Laser Edge Engraving so I couldn’t resist adding the AMCM logo to the valve covers. The injector used are 36lb and the injector harness was routed in the manifold air gap.

I fabricated a dual 3” exhaust to match up to the Shoenfield crossover headers. I ended up wrapping the headers to keep engine bay and cockpit temperatures down. I’m glad I did this but am aware there are some downsides to wrapping as the headers tend to become brittle sooner than normal due to the contained heat. The driver’s side header extension pipe is not shown here but is a separate piece which allows the system to be removed more easily. All welds are TIG

This mid way through wiring. The two bus bars are dedicated +ve and -ve and the majority of the wires terminate here. on the dash side there is a weatherpack connector to allow easy dash removal if needed.

All hoses are braided stainless with AN fittings. I reused a few fittings from another car to keep the cost down but will replace them over time as needed, hoses are new of course.

I fabricated a sheetmetal housing for the oil cooler and protected it with stainless mess. It’s mounted behind the right side front wheel and grabs a decent amount of air in the location. This location also simplifies plumbing as it is along the route the 1” scavenge hose takes heading back tot he oil reservoir mounted in front of the right side rear wheel.

Above it is the Holley fuel pressure regulator which regulates the return side of the fuel rail before going back to the fuel cell.