Second Wind: the 200mph Merkur

[horsewidower]

You bet!!!

[4-barrel Mike]

Slow ugly jobs: scrapping loose paint, wire brushing light surface rust, re-caulking all interior seams.

The fuel cell is mounted in the spare tire well.  The well needed cleaning and painting, so I pulled the fuel cell out.

Eureka!  In front of the fuel cell, I found 100 lbs of dead weight ballast that Grib didn't find and remove for running the Merk at Maxton:



Painting the spare tire well in low-bucks mode:



Drained old racing gas out of the fuel cell, cleaned it out, and installed new rubber hoses for the fuel pump pickups:



More as it happens.

Mike

[Jonny Hotnuts]

......Why is it that I have a sneaking suspicion that you visit Parkrose Hardware from time to time?

I love where you are going with this project!!!!!


~JH

[4-barrel Mike]

......Why is it that I have a sneaking suspicion that you visit Parkrose Hardware from time to time?

~JH

Only 4-5 times a week  for this and other projects.

Thanks for the compliment.

Mike

[jb2]

got an update?

[Hot Rod Lincoln]

Any progress in 2013 ?


Jon

Hot Rod Lincoln

[4-barrel Mike]

Well, after a long, tortuous, often depressing, 18-month journey, I finally have all of the hard to get pieces to begin assembling my engine.

Bore: 3.858", stroke: 3.745", rod length: 5.850", compression ratio: 10:1

Pretty much full mock-up:





Cylinder head (Esslinger ARCA via Boport Racing Heads):





Dry sump pan:





Girdle:







Fully counter-balanced crank:



Intake (Esslinger Racing):



Header (Boport Racing Heads):



The dry sump is Barnes, picked up off of eBay for a song, sent back to Barnes to swap the mount from passenger (turbo) side to driver side and a complete rebuild (replaced the bearings, otherwise it was perfect).  Total cost: much less than the asking price of most eBay used 6-stage pumps.

The block is a new Esslinger Racing tall deck block (which carries a Ford part number) but is non-original thereby qualifying as an engine swap suitable for F/BGC.

Assembly may be done by Denny Aldridge http://www.aldridgemotorsportsinc.com/ who is a meticulous builder of all things Ford and offered to do it for a price that's hard to refuse (although I'll probably turn down the use of his engine dyno - the logistics of getting fuel system, intercooler(s), system wiring, etc. look to be overwhelming).

I probably left a lot out.  Ask, please!

Hopefully, I'll have more updates soon.

Mike

[Stan Back]

We'd forgotten all about that project -- but, WOW!  Great pictures.  Real progress.

[desotoman]

Well, after a long, tortuous, often depressing, 18-month journey, I finally have all of the hard to get pieces to begin assembling my engine.

Girdle:








The dry sump is Barnes, picked up off of eBay for a song, sent back to Barnes to swap the mount from passenger (turbo) side to driver side and a complete rebuild (replaced the bearings, otherwise it was perfect).  Total cost: much less than the asking price of most eBay used 6-stage pumps.

The block is a new Esslinger Racing tall deck block (which carries a Ford part number) but is non-original thereby qualifying as an engine swap suitable for F/BGC.

Assembly may be done by Denny Aldridge http://www.aldridgemotorsportsinc.com/ who is a meticulous builder of all things Ford and offered to do it for a price that's hard to refuse (although I'll probably turn down the use of his engine dyno - the logistics of getting fuel system, intercooler(s), system wiring, etc. look to be overwhelming).

I probably left a lot out.  Ask, please!

Hopefully, I'll have more updates soon.

Mike

Mike,

Don't get depressed, I am impressed. You have come a long way, and making good progress.(more than I can say) Please keep us updated and thanks for the pictures. I love that Girdle.

Thanks,

Tom G.

[Sumner]

.... I love that Girdle....

I agree that is beautiful.  The girdles I've seen just support the existing bearing caps.  That one actually has the bearings in it.  Was it made close and then a final line bore while installed on the block?  

Lots of engineering and work done there.  Congrats on the whole deal,

Sum

[4-barrel Mike]

Thanks, Tom.  Hopefully I'm passed the depressing stage, you know, where phone calls and emails go unanswered, or, worse perhaps, when phone call questions about progress are answered with "Gee, I guess I need to be pushed."

With assembly being done locally, if needed, I can camp out on their doorstep or hire someone with a baseball bat to do a Nancy Kerrigan job.   

Sum, yep, align bored with the block.  More girdle pics (from Esslinger Racing, btw):









Mike

[Sumner]

....Sum, yep, align bored with the block.  More girdle pics (from Esslinger Racing, btw)....

Thanks, I'm saving them all.  I need to make or buy a girdle eventually for my motor and will use these for ideas.  I'm sure I won't be able to duplicate them, beyond me, but maybe some simpler ones that support the existing caps.  I can buy one, but if I can make it I will,

Sum

[Richard 2]

Mike, How much boost and what size injectors are you going to run.
Richard 2

[4-barrel Mike]

Richard 2,

Straight answer: right now I don't know.  Brian @ Esslinger's says 40 pounds of boost shouldn't be a problem (assuming, of course, a REALLY good tune) so I'm going to start low and work my way up.  And I haven't done the research yet on injectors yet, although I have a set of 160lb-ers that probably aren't suitable.

I'm open to any and all advice 

Mike

[Sumner]

....I'm open to any and all advice    Mike

Do you have a turbo picked out?  If not Borg Warner's MatchBot...

http://www.turbos.bwauto.com/aftermarket/matchbot/index.html

... is a great program to use either with their turbos or plotting their output pressure ratios and air needed on a different turbo's compressor map.  With theirs you also have a good idea how the turbine side is going to work for your application.  Also it will give you the fuel requirements that helps in selecting the injectors and the rest of the fuel system.

I used it on picking out the turbos for Hooley's Stude and my lakester which is also a F motor.

It has a good tutorial on using it and other info in general at the bottom of the screen of the link above,

Sum

On Edit:  I see you do have a turbo so guess you don't need the above  ,  which turbo do you have now?