RECO2 CLEVO

[gerg 10,871]

I just made the (possibly wrong) assumption that they changed over along with the introduction of the crossflow in 76, to meet ADR 27a when the XC came out. This included stuff like retarded cams, lower compression, EGR valves, etc that weren't present on the blue motors.

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I have only ever seen 1 xc fairmont coupe 5.8 auto 1978 model with a black engine,i dont no if it was reco or factory but it looked very factory.

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The manifold turned out to be the rare 2 barrel one that is cone shaped ,pretty sure this one came on the 1974-75 351 cleveland,ford was looking for some better fuel consumption.

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The block de-codes to 13th june 1977 cast

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After cleaning the timing cover i could see someone butcherd it where it meets the oil pan,for first timers that take the cover off it just unbolts and a few wacks she comes off,but you are supposed to undo the sump about 1/4 inch so it will come out easy,i no this cause i fooked mine the first time i changed cam and couldnt get it back on ,so i will go the wreckers tomorrow and grab a good one.

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Tomorrow i will drop the block, sump,rocker covers,manifold off to the machine shop to clean them right up b4 painting,also expecting rings and bearings to show up.

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I took apart the heads and apart from the soot inside looks good,seats look ok,but will need new stem seals these ones are hard as a rock.

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More stuff to get hot tanked,also the rods were 020 and mains 010,all coming along at full steam.

[gerg 10,871]

Maybe you could get a price on bronze guides and press-on seals. If I had my time over, I'd have saved up a bit more and done that instead of keeping with the shitty umbrella seals. The engine started leaking oil through the guides at less than 30,000k. The local cylinder head guy reckons it's modern fuels that do it. Causes the seal to crack in no time.

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yeah those teflon seals are good as well,i have a felpro set of normal seals they will be fine in this application,im also thinking of putting these heads on my 351 engine,i have done the math's on the compression calcuator and comes in at 10.64.1 thats if i leave the chambers at 58 odd cc.

[bear351c 10,270]

Yeah, agree with Gerg, those umbrella seals are shite. 

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I found an original factory replacement chain (lol) the old timing gear was in such good condition ,just the chain had a small amount of play so instead of paying $140 for a double roller i got this one for $14 yee haa.

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new old stock

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Got a fair bit done today ,cleaned 4 pistons ,4 valves,re-co the water pump (looks better than new),cleaning those ring grooves is the most time consuming thing to do .

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You saw how much caked on soot was stuck on these valves,spent about 1hour just on these 4 but well worth the time doing it.They are the std 2.05 intake and 1.65 exhaust.

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Also old fuel pump came up nice,water pump was cleaned-painted silver then 2 coats of clear,looks fine to me.

[Free.51 2,717]

Like like like

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This motor is gunna be gangsta from what it was,i will be selling it when its finished in a few weeks,it wont be expensive if you need a nice engine to replace your old 302.

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i got the parts back from the wash tank,i have wd 40 the things that are not ready yet,and will paint the rocker covers tomorrow and the block.

[gerg 10,871]

Nothing like a rebuild in a can

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Here is a picture of the last 302 i built ,a 1972 xa fairmont engine.

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Painted the covers and clear coated them.

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Spent most of the day cleaning the dizzy came up ok,single point bosch,i also replaced the rubber seal around the housing.

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Old mate came up from sydney today and popped in to pick up a flywheel and he spotted the ford 4643-3  2 barrel 375 cfm holley that came on the engine,since he no's his stuff he offerd to re-co it for free if he can have the throttle shaft as it was a rare one he said,so when it comes back it will be perfect and clean ready for running.

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starting to get in order of assembly