The Mark Being Featured in a Magazine

[mlschultz]

The bottom end is done, and back at Aric's shop. Here are the pictures of it. I do not have the spec's on everything, but I asked Ryan some general questions, and he said it has a forged steel crank shaft, and all the stuff I mentioned before like the 302 stroker, Manley rods and pistons, ARP bolts, etc. The heads and cams are still at Pro Line, and as soon as they are done, Aric is going to put all this stuff together.

[kustomizingkid]

Those internals look sweet!

Couldn't clean the outside of the block though... lol

[mlschultz]

Thanks, It machine work and assembly looks real nice in person. If this is any indication, I will be very happy with the reliability, and the power it will make. lol Yep, looks a little scaly now

[mlschultz]

Heads are done, and back at Aric's shop. He is good to go now for the engine build after the Fun Ford event here in Atlanta.

[NYC LS8]

Awesome, man. Can't wait to see that thing run again at SSHS8.

[Sal329]

That is pure beauty

[AbrahamLincoln]

beautiful - i wish i had more money!

[Scorpio1118_2000]

incredible ride good luck with it and let us know when the mag hits the stands.

[98LSC32V]

That motor is beastly, should easily make 500rwhp...

[mlschultz]

Thanks, guys! I am really looking forward to SSHS8 - the shootout is the best event you will ever see if you like big 4000 lb cars racing down the 1/4 mile. I hope to be somewhere in the mid-high 11's this year with all the changes being done.

Here is the skinny on the heads and cams - they are 96-98 Cobra heads and cams that were freshened up. They were disassembled and cleaned, surfaced, and the valve tips were machined - valve job. The valve guides are new bronze, and were sized and matched to valves and the spring height has been set using new hardened valve spring shims. Everything was done to safely spin the motor at 7k rpm, and beyond...?

[mlschultz]

Here are a couple photos at SSHS7, and the best run of the day video. Enjoy!


SC Mark VIII SSHS7

[slowmkviii]

nice vid were the lights delayed or were you sleeping on the tree

[devilchild]

either way he still smoked the guy from Jersey !!

[mlschultz]

No snoozing for me that day But, I have been known to do that once in a while lol... We were bracket racing, and I was spotting the chevy a tenth or two by the looks of it. I ran him down on the big end even though I won it on the tree because he red lighted, and I even broke out running him down. Sweet victory when that happens.

[Markviiiedrea]

Wow Sex-e!

[mlschultz]

Update - Will from Ford Builder magazine had a photo shoot of Aric building the motor at Injected Engineering today. Aric tore down the entire bottom end, and started over with the bare block for Will to shoot pictures from the very beginning.

We had a great day, and it was a real pleasure meeting Will. He is very well informed with the mn12 & fn10 chassis. He drove his really nice t-bird super coupe here, and he has more t-birds back at home.

Aric took it as far as he could, and really wanted to have the chains on it today, but wanted to put new tensioner's on the motor, so he has a new list of parts for Ryan to hunt down.

So, it should be very soon now for the new motor swap. Here are some pictures...

[ford nut]

Looks nice....that motor screams 11's sitting on the stand.

[Markviiiedrea]

I'm drooling! nice man keep em comeing.

[Goddard-MarkVIII]

Sick dude free issues to all forum users?

[ONEBADMK8]

NICE stuff.

[mlschultz]

Thanks, Everyone I will be happy with mid 11's - I have no plans for a roll bar going in the Mark. The track I go to will send you home if you run a 11.49 with no roll bar.

Will has not scheduled a date yet for the magazine. He said once the car is done, and has been on the dyno, he will then do the feature pictures of the outside of the Mark and wrap things up. More to come...

[GMAN]

So, when you are done, what will the displacement be? Will it be considered a 5.0?

[driller]

I don't see any beer in the cooler!



LOL!

[mlschultz]

GMAN, Aric has the build sheet, but 5.0 is close enough. I believe he said the other day that it was bored 20 over.

lol JP Aric was bitching about that thing the other day. He filled it up, and everyone empties it for him. So, his friend Bobby is going to get him another one that is coin operated and dispenses bottles, so he can fill it up with beer, and the moochers will have to contribute to the fund to restock it if they are thirsty. Knowing him though, he will leave the key in it and everyone will help themselves anyway...

[mlschultz]

Update - I dropped the Mark off at Aric's shop last Friday. He is going to take the motor out, and send some parts to be powder coated, and transfer other stuff from the old motor to the new motor.

Will Smith is going to come back to Aric's to shoot photo's of the completed engine, then, come back again and shoot the feature photo's of the car when it is ready to go on the dyno.

I understand that the plan is to feature the Mark in a special edition of Super Rod magazine, that will focus on late model cars.

While the engine is out of the car, the engine bay is going to be cleaned up and made nice and purdy for the new motor. And, Aric has a couple sets of Mustang rims with slicks that are going to be test fitted on the back of the Mark, to get an idea of how wide of a slick tire can be fitted in the wheel well.

I am going to try and get a set of off the shelf Mustang drag rims if I can. If not, Ryan has a vendor that will custom make some drag rims.

The goal here, is to shoot for everything to be done and dialed in by the rescheduled Atlanta Fun Ford Weekend event, on June 13, 14, 15.

[Joeychgo]

Congrats man! Sneak in a mention of LVC will ya?

[MediumD]

This is an awesome setup man... wish I had the cash to drop like that. Although the pics do make me appreciate my pushrod V6 I'm putting back together now (spent 8 hours on mildly porting 6 exhaust ports today.) I have the same harbor freight engine stand, too

[mlschultz]

Thanks Guys. Joey, I am going to try and get Will to mention all the boards that I frequent. They all deserve props in my book. No way I would have ever done this without all my cyber friends helping me out with their vast knowledge, resources, and inspiration.

Ryan called me today, and said the motor is out of the Mark! Waiting for the cam covers to return from powder coating, and then transfer the accessory parts over to the new motor.

Will is going to come back and take a couple more photos of the complete engine assembly, and then come back again when the Mark goes to the rollers for the dyno session, and the final photo shoot of the car.

All this is going to take place before Fun Ford Weekend at Atlanta Dragway - June 14th. I will try and get over to the shop tomorrow to take some pictures.

[mlschultz]

Oh the carnage... lol Take a look at all my junk scattered all over the place.

Some stuff is going to be pulled off the old motor - like the front cover, and get a chemical bath to make it look like new again.

Ryan has to go over and pick up the powder coated cam covers (used a pair of Aric's covers that I am trading him for}, and he is calling the Bradshaw Bros. and PI to see if they can either ship me a triple disc in a week and a half, or at least tell me if there is any chance the single disc in it now will survive at the track with the new motor.

Crunch time... Ryan found a extra set of 16" steel rims and MT slick's off my friend Steve's Marauder that bolted right up to the Mark. Just need to get one inner tube replaced, and see what Steve will sell them to me for. I have not seen them, but Ryan said they have a spare tire look to them - just much wider than my 255's I had on the stock rims. Here is a link to some more photos:

http://picasaweb.google.com/papapeac...76708149637698

[midwestbird]

What converter are you running?