- Hey everybody.
Welcome to the next episode of the redline rebuild 289
going in the 260 Tiger.
I've made pretty good progress actually and
(metal clanging)
some interesting points of this
since the last segment that we did.
I've made made a little bit progress behind the scenes.
I ended up having to do some fancy stuff.
- [Brad] With these new flow cool water pumps,
it's got an improved impeller on the back.
To make it work with the tiger I had to get the
the hub pushed down about a quarter inch so it would made up
with the way the pulley works because all this has to also
run the generator and if you know anything sometimes
that's a bear in the details getting pulleys
(buzzer sound)
to line up.
David our redline rebuilder shamed me into putting new valve
covers on it so these are really nothing fancy.
These are Scott Drake hypo Mustang reproduction.
They're steel, they're just chrome and they'll look nice.
and I'm gonna...
Let me take the original tiger one's and put them on
the original motor which I have over there.
But I am excited things are working on pretty good.
(metal drops)
I think what we're going to be able to get done,
I should be able to get the new clutch pressure plate,
the pilot bearing is actually in the freezer.
You gonna see that, that's a neat
trick is to get it, it gets it just a little bit cold,
I guess to what works in there just a little bit easier
and as it warms up it's really snug forever.
And since, in our dyno testing
the stock 4 distributor gave up the ghost at about 4800 rpm.
This engine revs to about 6500
and it's still making power up there.
So we're going to go ahead and put this
pro billet distributor that I bought for this car,
so that'll be fun
(drops the box)
These are kind of all my things I've got going on
But I think we're getting there.
All right, here we go.
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Yeah, better.
And that's it.
Alright, so I actually have to
(hits the engine)
Put the old intake manifold on this thing.
(breathes heavily)
So...
I can move this engine around or at least put some bolts
that so I can lift the engine up.
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That's the way this what it looked like
when it was first born.
(coughs)
Big to borrow fairly motor
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(drilling)
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(rolling)
So here is the new map with my
(hitting)
enhanced areas that will not hopefully fall or slip.
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Look at that.
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sits right down on that just the way I need it to.
That is sweet.
(metal clingin)
Okay, that's the 289 on an engine stand
that can now roll into the car.
(metal clinging)
With all kinds of other stuff.
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That is fantastic.
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(breaths heavily)
Okay, obviously what was happening there was a struggle,
and we had to stop was covered in sweat.
- [Brad] My son had to come out and help me,
He's out running the camera.
(hitting metal)
We had to get the lift out, I was not getting the sound
of this thing in here and I was running the risk of just
really buggering this whole thing up.
So had to kind of punt, but I think we got it.
Now we're letting the bolts millimeter by millimeter
work it in, I think it's gonna be okay.
Obviously, when you're doing this kind of thing.
Yeah, it's going in now.
And you're trying to hold it up in your hands.
I mean, I don't know what this thing weighs 75 pounds,
100 pounds that's probably pretty stupid to try just lift it
I forgot how much easier it is to pull it off of the engine
as opposed to doing it on.
So I think we are just a couple of bolts away from having
the engine make it back in this thing.
And, yeah.
Yep, this feels really good.
So obviously we have a few more things now that this is up
and it's on the old cradle again.
That can actually go back into the car.
We need to put the exhaust manifolds on it
and the tiger motor mounts will get fluid back
in this probably, well, I'll probably wait till it's
in the car since it poured out anyway.
And then I'll pull..
You know know I may leave it just like this,
get it back in the car and cause I can certainly pull,
the intake manifold and put the injection system on it
and everything while it's back in the car.
And then it doesn't have to sit up quite so precariously.
Get the radiator, get the hoses in,
there is a lot of work still to be done.
But this is huge to get the transmission back on this thing
and it is hot, it is humid, what a mess.
This happens every single time.
So, thank you to my son, you help me with this very much
and we'll finish this up now.
But I think this will be pretty good here.
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