here's a photo of all the pistons, look at all that charcoil! obscenely rich mixture maybe? and then there's the hulk, not much to look at really, never liked the original all black look of these engines.
when cleaning the pistons i found out the were from a 302, so it turns out my 289 is really a 302?! then there's the new timing chain, and cylinder polishing.
Ditto. But you only need to check the forging numbers to differentiate the two. C80E is a 302 rod, 289's were (if I'm not mistaken) C3OE. The crank numbers will tell too.
This here folks, is a prime example of what many here hope to find in an engine block. This is the Mexican 289/302 block. Note the thicker main caps. OOOPPS, the link to those pics didn't make it here.
Note the odd looking water pump and crank pulley. definately not what you find up here in the states.
SHouldn't the dots on the timing gears be lined up when installing, Or did you already turn the crank over by hand after installing the timing set?
Looks great, I do have a question though.............. Did you check the valve springs by testing pressure or did you just look for no broken or cracked springs? Reason I ask is I highly doubt any high mileage valve springs still meet the required pressure.
Actually I didn't check the pressure since the springs had something like 2500 miles, practically brand new, I did check for cracks though, found none.
Yes they do but this was a test to see if it fit. Of course if you already have the engine mostly disassembled you can easily line the dots.
