Rebuilding a Ford 2.3T (v. Pictures)

(Can you tell I got a digicam for christmas yet?)

Since the weather was so nice last weekend, I thought it'd be a fine time to break the engine down enough to carry into the basement from the love shed:





ps, how many million dollars are these mint babies worth?

Ohhh, mint Xratti panty liners. At least a million (Canadian)

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Head bolts were a tad stubborn. Any particular reason there are metric head bolts on a largely US engine? Only took out one 13mm 12pt in the process...



What's this? 030 on the pistons, looks like a rebuilt engine, perhaps I lucked out:



Cylinder bores are still nicely cross-hatched, but then, so was my old 260,000km original motor. I don't remember these marks on my old pistons, hopefully this isn't a sign cast ones were dropped in by whoever did the rebuild:



Hmmmmmm, were 25's stock on the 2.3, or has the crank been ground as well?



More to come, but the crank pulley seems to be rusted right on and refuses all reason and prying...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/01/2006 07:19PM by PAddy.

Largely US engine? Engine built in Brazil, car assembled in Belgium...

Yay Metric.

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Skye Wrote:
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> Largely US engine?
Was built first year at FROD plant in Lima, Ohio.
Thereafter at Industria Brasilia in Brasil.
Oh that's a great tune.
Brasil

Brazil Lyrics (Frank Sinatra)


Brazil, where hearts were entertaining june
We stood beneath an amber moon
And softly murmured "someday soon"
We kissed and clung together

Then, tomorrow was another day
The morning found me miles away
With still a million things to say
Now, when twilight dims the sky above
Recalling thrills of our love
There’s one thing I’m certain of
Return I will to old brazil

<instrumental>

Then, tomorrow was another day
The morning found me miles away
With still a million things to say
Now, when twilight dims the sky above
Recalling thrills of our love
There’s one thing that I’m certain of
Return
I will
to old
brazil
That old brazil
Man, it’s old
in brazil
Brazil, brazil




Engine built in Brazil, car
> assembled in Belgium...

Sorry Skye ol bean, but mainline Sierras were assembled by my relatives in
Genk, Belgie (which is controlled by Cologne.
Xratties, like the Escort Cos and that Scodrroccadho thing you're wheeeeezing round in were assembled at the Karmann plant in Osnabrück im Harz der Ruhrgebeit.
Wieter lesen sie hier:
http://www.osnabrueck.de/
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> Yay Metric.
You fuckin betcha!!!
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> Rally car's almost done I swear...
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Yo düd, it sure as hell ain't original pistons, and they sure as hell look like cast.
Any marks you can read?
You ought to sell those panty liners for enough to get some fresh forged units.
Now show me the combustion chambre to be sure you got a Turbo haid.
And the rods.
Good thing you looked before you went and put 20 PSI to them and suffered a beeeeg fat 'splosion.

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Anybody got some Ford lookup tables handy to see what descriptions these correspond to?

Pistons - H559P
Rods - D42E A051, Caps - D42EBA
Crank - E2ZE-BA .... 8F6
Oil Pump - D42E-6604-A5

Looked through the bills I got with the car, looks like it got a new short block back in 98 at 200,000km, but they put the original head back on. Pistons have what look to be casting marks on them, which sucks. Guess I'm in the market for a 30 over forged setup now, yarg, and I thought I'd get away easy with the reman motor!

Yarg, here's the head photos. Looks like the std turbo head, w/ heart shaped CC and D port intake, round exhaust.

Pistons are *not* a Ford part number.

Ford part numbers are awesome, they tell you in the first four letters what year the part was introduced and what chassis line it was originally for. The next four are a non-specific part number, and the last set is a revision code.

A nice set of charts can be found http://www.classicmustang.com/decoding_part_numbers.htm right there.

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Pete Remner
Cleveland, Ohio

1984 RX-7 (rallycross thing)
1978
Silence is golden, but duct tape is silver.

OK here is the answer:
Ford 2.3 Turbo 83-7/15/86 - Rering Kit
INCLUDES
# Federal Mogul Moly Rings
# Federal Mogul Rod Brgs
# Federal Mogul Main Brgs
# Victor Gaskets (head bolts not included)

Make: Ford
Model: all
Year: 83-7/15-86

Category: Ford
Manufacturer: Engine Kits
Model Number: Rering Kit
Price: $131.68

E-MAIL THIS PRODUCT TO A FRIEND

Required Options:
*Main Brgs:
*Rings:
*Rod Brgs:
Upgrade Options:
gaskets: Felpro # KS2333 (head bolts not inclueded) + $17.86
Felpro # ES72137 head bolts + $28.80
--->>>Pistons: Federal Mogul Hypereutectic Pistons # H559Pstd, <<---Set of 8 + $108.20
Federal Mogul Hypereutectic Pistons # H559P.20 Set of 4 + $108.20
Federal Mogul Hypereutectic Pistons # H559P.30 Set of 4 + $108.20
Federal Mogul Hypereutectic Pistons # H559P.40 Set of 4 + $108.20


Ugh.
Bearings are Federal Mogul. Not my 1st choice.

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Ohhh, Hyper-Erotic pistons, my personal (least) favourite.

Looks like I'll just be doing up a new shortblock, perhaps I'll give you a ring later tonight Janne.

PAddy Wrote:
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> Ohhh, Hyper-Erotic pistons, my personal (least)
> favourite.
>
> Looks like I'll just be doing up a new shortblock,
> perhaps I'll give you a ring later tonight Janne.

Yeah maybe the easiest thing is just a fresh--different motor although finding decent blocks with reasonable bores is getting harder.

Only about 300 for a set of 4 forged from various places, 2300 IS popular.
But then you'd have those pesky circlips to worry about.

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I think I'll stick with this block, it's a fairly recent overbore and should be in decent shape once it gets tanked. My (questionable) reasoning being if I stick with 30 over now and melt down a piston later on, I'll just need to overbore another block and get a new piston, not 4. Perhaps if I buy a rod/piston setup from you you'll put the clips in for me?

Funny.... I've always had one helluva time removing the clippies that I put in to my things; and as for having one come undone unexpectedly? Fugheddaboutit!!

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JohnLane

Volvo 260turbo AKA The Fire Breathing Monster
Overkill is consistently more fun

Paddy the only thing not metric on that motor is the turbo oil drain fitting in the block.

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Scott Manley
Spokane, WA
86' XR4Ti
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