Project 460 Fox Mustang Part 2

Porting and polishing the cylinder heads, assembling and firing up the 460. This engine was built for Project 460 Fox Mustang when the plan was for a street/strip car. After finding a super deal on a lot of go fast(er) parts, the plans have changed. This engine will be sold and a new, more powerful motor will be built for mainly drag racing. To see the engine run, skip ahead to 5:50. Thanks for watching!

Specs on this engine are...

1978 460 Ford Engine Std. bore
New Speed Pro flat top pistons
new rings and bearings
new high volume oil pump and pickup
new Fox Mustang oil pan
New Edelbrock Performer RPM intake manifold
New HEI distributor
New Summit hydraulic cam .503 lift 280 duration
D3VE cylinder heads ported and polished
Holley 780 cfm vac secondary carb

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Ford
• 460
• Fox
• Mustang
• project
• car
• drag
• racing
• NHRA
• IHRA

[bigorangetrucker]

question 1) How long did it take you to port your heads?

2) where did you buy your abrasives from to port the heads?

3) where did you buy the HEI distributor?

if you could get me that info i would really appreciate it.

I have a running/driving 460/C6 driveline in a 1986 E-350 Ambulance and I want to do a reasonable build in it and stick it in my 1968 Galaxie.

I have spent enuff money on my 390 and picked up the ambulance for cheap, the guy even delivered it. its got 82,000 miles pd 700

[jrsn2cars]

@bigorangetrucker About 20 hours were spent machining, porting and polishing. The work was done in a tool and die shop where the porting tools were available. Try Traverse Tool Supply. The HEI distributor was purchased new on E-Bay. If your '86 motor is carburated the heads should be the same as these and they can benefit from extensive porting to the exhaust ports. Check out Les Morris' channel (bigblockmustang). He has a Fox Mustang running 9sec with these heads. Thanks for watching!

[cheeverracing89]

what happened with the trick flow heads from part one?

[jrsn2cars]

@cheeverracing89 The Trick Flow heads are going on the new engine that is being built. The engine in this video has been sold and will be replaced by a higher horsepower race-only engine. Sorry for the confusion. Thanks for watching!

John

[seatun]

are the d3's (or any other head then c8's and d0's) worth the effort when porting? I was thinking about taking a crack at a set and if they came out good shave em'. . . my old man has a 429 shortblock but no heads. where do you find the most gains with these heads?

[jrsn2cars]

@seatun The exhaust ports are restricted by the air injector system. The early heads or the truck heads have no holes but the castings are the same, just solid. They can be ported without having to plug the holes. Big gains can be made by porting the exhaust ports and minor porting to the intake ports. Les Morris (bigblockmustang) runs 9sec at 134mph with these heads.

[odessaboy]

Where did you learn to do all this stuff?!

[5150jafo]

Those heads look phenomenal after you got done.

[jeffjwp]

that's what you call "ported & polished" 4 sure...

[kris7oh2]

please answer this question

i have a 1980 mustang with a 460

the problem is that the block was a 1973 block and ford decided for emmisions reason to add bumps to the ports is it worth porting them or to just by a new set of heads the car runs ok but another weird thing im haveing is this green mold build up in the distributor its an msd distributor my car runs but dosent sun how a 460 is suppsed to run if that makes any sense

[seapeddler]

I can see why Ford went to the modular Triton engines. The resonance is much less, and the engines are smoother running. But are they better?

Why were the AIR injection ports removed?