94 Progress (BB)

[danny_holtermann]

I seen that Laser had his own Progress thread so i though i would start my own.

94 Lincoln Mark VIII Black on Black. I was driving one winter night when i was playing around in the snow when all the sudden the tranny felt likeit dropped into neutral while going about 35. Anyways longstory short I have decided to re-do the whole car inside and out. Here is where i am at the moment. Not exactly the richest guy in town so i am working out of a 10x20 storage unit without power. I got the motor down to just the block sitting in the car, and the tranny is still there, driveshaft is out. This spring come tax season i am gonna get my Heads ported, new valves and polished. I have read a lot about doing cams and that they are a big wast of money. I have the interior pretty gutted out, still have the dash in and thats about it. I also have a pic on some parts i recently got powder coated

 

[jrherald420]

Powdercoating looks good.

 

[NoLimit95]

Is the intake going to be done the same way? Someone had one on here not long ago with that color and it looked good.

 

[danny_holtermann]

what part of the intake?

 

[NoLimit95]

manifold

 

[danny_holtermann]

hmmmm, that might be a possibility

 

[danny_holtermann]

the only thing is is that aluminum is hard to powder coat, it gives off a gas when heated up, hard to powder coat

 

[k9t8m]

sell the blast and buy more go fast goodies for the mark!

 

[danny_holtermann]

plan in it, i hate that bike. no balls

 

[stone17]

what part of the intake?

jamie made this 2 year ago.

And this

 

[kustomizingkid]

Looking good!

Why did you take apart a running motor?

 

[stone17]

Looking good!

Why did you take apart a running motor?

To make it fast. :shifty:

 

[danny_holtermann]

, kinda to make it fast, but for something to do and say ive done, maybe in the future i go blown, but i don't quite know yet so i am doing it right the first time

 

[kustomizingkid]

Just curious as I have seen a few builds where people took their engines apart and then they never ran again lol... gotta know what you are doing with the 4V...

 

[danny_holtermann]

i know a few people that have done sorta the same with a tb and a cobra, so they gotta lot of info for me

 

[NoLimit95]

Someone on here came on and had pics of a build they were doing and mentioned something about their wife building hers next but the color was more of a cranberry look. The engine was on a stand and I can't find it anywhere.

 

[BAD97LSC]

you can powdercoat aluminum all day long whoever told you it gives off gas, it isnt heated like welding it its heated as much as a pot roast dinner lol i am a welder by day and we make 95% of our railings and spiral staircases out of aluminum and everything gets powdercoated. i powdercoated all those valve covers and intake above myself and they were great, chadly actually has the blue valve covers on his 2nd gen and i polished then powdercoated his intake chrome, still looks good!

 

[danny_holtermann]

well then god dam, i am gonna powdercoat everything

 

[Aquabrit]

One of the parts you already powder coated is aluminum. (the coil pack / power steering reservoir support)

 

[danny_holtermann]

Jamie, you had to sand blast the intake manifold i am assuming, how did you keep the plates clean from powder?

 

[danny_holtermann]

One of the parts you already powder coated is aluminum. (the coil / power steering reservoir support)

ya i know it is aluminum, but there are tiny little bubbles here and there, the guy told me when aluminum heats up it gives off some type of gas

 

[BAD97LSC]

they make fiberglass tape that doesnt burn in the oven, anything you dont want powdercoated you tape it with this, eastwood.com is where you can find it. and no i didnt sand blast the intake i cleaned it with purple power, then washed it off, blew it dry then sprayed the whole thing down with pre-all and let it air dry, then powdered it.

 

[danny_holtermann]

they make fiberglass tape that doesnt burn in the oven, anything you dont want powdercoated you tape it with this, eastwood.com is where you can find it. and no i didnt sand blast the intake i cleaned it with purple power, then washed it off, blew it dry then sprayed the whole thing down with pre-all and let it air dry, then powdered it.

Wow, thanks for the tip.

 

[danny_holtermann]

Where di you get the fiberglass tape?

 

[jrherald420]

Anything you want is on this site

http://www.eastwood.com/