ford modular V8 reliability? (Page 2 of 2)

I never reread what I write I guess. The wga is blown 25lbs isn't intentionally. I'm looking to do some sort of swap after this engine blows. First race is sept 13th. T minus 14 days until the engine blows lol.

The XR4TI mafia will be knocking on your door in the not so distant future.

The 2V modulars can take an impressive beating. My empirical evidence is beating the snot out of one for the better part of a day with a broken accessory drive (read: no coolant circulation). The engine would eventually get so hot the pistons would seize in the bores. We'd pour a couple 5 gallon pails of water directly on the engine which boiled off. After a few minutes it fired right up and continued on. Eventually the transmission gave out completely and we decided to pin it at WOT to see how long it would take to let go. After 5 minutes of that we got bored and shot a a few 30.06 rounds through the front cover to put the ole girl out of her misery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGBJH-8-30Y

ORLY?

There was a Crown Vic that was in circulation awhile back ended up dying here. It had been plagued by cooling problems. Turns out this cooling problem backtracked to a giant crack in the valley that went straight through to the water jacket, persumably from freezing the pure water coolant that it lived with forever. When I tore down that motor, the innards were completely fine. I found exactly two things wrong with the engine:
1) A spun water pump impeller. Again, probably because of ice.
2) The crack.

Bearings all looked great. Cylinder bores were great. Pistons were great. Decks and heads flat as can be.

But it had gone a race or two without any meaningful cooling capacity and looked brand freaking new. The heads and rotating assembly are now spares.

You cannot kill a 2V.

challenge accepted.

That's what we were hoping for,  We are going to stuff the biggest radiator and oil cooler we can and hope for the best.

This is a 92 or 93 engine, non PI, completely stock with 54k miles.   190hp version from a single exhaust Grand Marquis.  Picked for 3 reasons,

1) non-OBD II
2) Lowest performance = lowest stress on the motor,
3) 93 transmission was not computer controlled, so wiring is more simpler.

We're even running the factory marquis computer.

Trans is a t45 from a 99 mustang that was "good when pulled"  we'll see about that.

We're hoping the factory merkur fuel system can provide enough fuel with its goofy sequential pump system, because we are out of Lemons budget territory if we start messing with that stuff. 

Luckily for us, the old merkur 2.3t parts sold mostly for more than I expected, so our budget is actually within reason.

I think our next big hurdle will be the driveshaft.

Measure, go to a salvage and start going through them and measuring. If you cant find one the right length, get one an inch or two longer, and then find a driveshaft shop to cut it down for you.

P71 Vic's make a great driveshaft donor. 3" one piece aluminum, about a mile long. I got mine for $90 on ebay, shortened for $60.