95 Eaton Swap

waltnono · Sep 13, 2011

945.0 said:
i think you need to model in or on that car who agrees with me...

lmao

waltnono · Sep 14, 2011

Ordered the rod today. My parts guy told me they he had two weights for the rod. One was 565 grams and I don't remember the other.

I was told that 5 grams shouldn't make a big difference if I'm not rev'n that high but I'm not going to take a chance. I will shave a little off the new rod after I weight it to get them close.

So I rig up my spring compress and it took me 15mins to finish. Wish I would have thought of this in the beginning.

Will start lapping the other head 2morrow and hopefully the rod will be here Monday.

waltnono · Sep 15, 2011

I really, really hope my rod comes 2morrow.

mikey94gt · Sep 16, 2011

That has to be frustrating. seriously.... lol.

waltnono · Sep 17, 2011

Clean the other head up and assembled everything. Both heads are done and my rod came today. So the short block is done but I'm not sure if I should get the heads shaved of not. In the worst spot I can get .003 feeler gauge when checking for warping. I want to assemble everything tomorrow but I think I'll wait and talk to my machinist Monday.

waltnono · Sep 19, 2011

One step closer. Hopefully tomorrow I will have the motor completely assembled.

MustangChris · Sep 19, 2011

where did you grind the rod?

waltnono · Sep 19, 2011

MustangChris said:
where did you grind the rod?

Took a little off the cap.

waltnono · Sep 19, 2011

Couple more pics.

Widow Maker · Sep 19, 2011

Looks good

MustangChris · Sep 19, 2011

waltnono said:
Took a little off the cap.

is this common practice?

Musturd · Sep 19, 2011

Could this throw them out of balance ?

MustangChris · Sep 19, 2011

Musturd said:
Could this throw them out of balance ?

his new rod was over-weight. he removed some material to balance them.

waltnono · Sep 19, 2011

MustangChris said:
is this common practice?

Yes, some stock rod have a dimple on the cap for that.

waltnono · Sep 19, 2011

tylers98stang said:
Looks good

Thanks, it's been a slow process but I'm starting to see the finish line.

MustangChris · Sep 19, 2011

waltnono said:
Yes, some stock rod have a dimple on the cap for that.

very cool.

is grinding 5 grams off a cap a challenge? lol.

waltnono · Sep 19, 2011

MustangChris said:
very cool.

is grinding 5 grams off a cap a challenge? lol.

Yeah, I was worried about taking to much off. Grind a little weigh, grind a little weigh........

MustangChris · Sep 19, 2011

lol. sounds like hell.

waltnono · Sep 22, 2011

Random pic, just waiting to install the cams this weekend. After I get everything assembled I will start working on the custom bracket for the eaton. As you can tell, this is not a 03-04 timing cover.