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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snorky" data-source="post: 1577078" data-attributes="member: 29157">Well my wife and daughter went up to cape vos to her parents this week. So I had 3 evenings to hammer things out.Disassembled the v10 shortblock. Opened the top ring from .010"-.016" gap opened the  2nd ring from .016"-.022" gap.  Reassembled everything with new rods bolts.  Now she spins happier. I realized the sound from rotating and the coarseness is from ford's factory hone job for seating the ductile iron rings. The factory hone job is in the 30-45 RA so it sounds like a zipper.  It'll smooth out once  it's started lol those rings will seat fast like a factory unit.  Hammered in the front block galley plug.  Hammered in the missing freeze plug on the head. Wiped the bores with a light coat of assembly lube since this thing will probably sit a bit. Cleaned and stoned the deck.  Shocked the locating dowels in. Head gaskets and heads are on. Used the tty bolts 30 lbs 90° 90°  yay.. [ATTACH=full]45874[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]45875[/ATTACH]Figured out which cam was drivers and popped it in.  Didn't torque the caps yet though.    Removed the factory balance shaft gear and the passenger cam spacer and cleaned them.  Today I cleaned the balance shaft and trigger wheel(39 tooth for all of you interested)  I bolted the oil pan up to test fit motormount positions. Tried my relocation brackets to bring it to a factory mustang position.  K MEMBER hit the oil pan.  Turned them upside down. Wouldn't fit in the K slots. Then went normal orientation. But swapped sides like so.[ATTACH=full]45873[/ATTACH]  it moves the engine ~1.25" back from factory position, but the K member clears!!! Great success!![ATTACH=full]45869[/ATTACH]Now I just need to locate oil pump bolts, timing guide bolts, cam bolts, and more oil pan bolts. Then I can continue the process and get to timing this hunk of pig iron.[ATTACH=full]45876[/ATTACH]Anyway the car was looking pretty so I snapped some pics.[ATTACH=full]45872[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]45871[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]45870[/ATTACH]</blockquote>