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- 1987
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Type
- 2.9 V6
- Engine Size
- 177 CID
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
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- A legend to the old man, a hero to the child...
I found a (hopefully) suitable heart transplant...
Yes its oily. Lol. But the exhaust is clean, it has good compression and i didnt hear anything bad when i spun it over.
Got it for 450bucks. Im going to clean it up, regasket it, drop in a new oil pump, timing set, etc. Plop it in and see what happens.
The junkyard i got it from seemed pretty legit...i had a good gut feeling. Supposdly motor has 85,000 miles on it from a conversion van that rottted out.
Its a 85 2bbl...loaded with 80's emission hang-ons. But from what i read power output is the same as my 77 motor.
They do test them....they run them till they are warm and make sure the oil pressure stays up, it doesnt knock, etc. It was pulled sitting on a shelf, holes covered.
I have a good gut feeling about it. But time will tell.
Ill end up rebuilding my current 77 engine. I do wanna do some "build" on it, but im also super anxious/excited to drive this thing again. But this way i can atleast move the car eaiser and see what else its gonna need...and hell if this motor works out ill run it. But as of now its kind of a "stop gap" lol.
More to follow.
Yes its oily. Lol. But the exhaust is clean, it has good compression and i didnt hear anything bad when i spun it over.
Got it for 450bucks. Im going to clean it up, regasket it, drop in a new oil pump, timing set, etc. Plop it in and see what happens.
The junkyard i got it from seemed pretty legit...i had a good gut feeling. Supposdly motor has 85,000 miles on it from a conversion van that rottted out.
Its a 85 2bbl...loaded with 80's emission hang-ons. But from what i read power output is the same as my 77 motor.
They do test them....they run them till they are warm and make sure the oil pressure stays up, it doesnt knock, etc. It was pulled sitting on a shelf, holes covered.
I have a good gut feeling about it. But time will tell.
Ill end up rebuilding my current 77 engine. I do wanna do some "build" on it, but im also super anxious/excited to drive this thing again. But this way i can atleast move the car eaiser and see what else its gonna need...and hell if this motor works out ill run it. But as of now its kind of a "stop gap" lol.
More to follow.