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Ford 289 motor - $3,500 (Fair Oaks)
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Ford Block
4H28
C5AE-6015E
One of the best (if not the best) casting number for this year range.
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I have a running 289 motor that is in a 1966 Mustang. The motor has now been pulled from the car and is on an engine stand. The motor is a BEAST. It has a solid lifter racing cam. It has Crane roller rockers. The guy who built the motor put a ton of time in porting the heads. I had a borescope down the intake and inside the cylinders through the spark plug holes. It has TRW forged pistons, and it has ARP head studs. The motor has an 8 quart high volume oil pan that fits in an early Mustang frame. The motor has 60 pounds of oil pressure. The motor had about 400 miles on it when we purchased the car. It now has about 2000 miles on it. It runs great but it uses a little coolant and I do not know where it is going. There is no contamination in the oil or oil in the coolant. There are no bubbles in the coolant. As I said, I do not know where the coolant is going but I need to top it off about once a month. UPDATE...The coolant seems to be leaking from the side of the head gasket. After pulling the motor, I can see where the coolant is leaking. Maybe the engine builder did not properly torque the ARP head studs. It is my understanding after talking to ARP that new studs should be torqued and then retorqued a few heat cycles later. As I have said, there is no coolant in the oil or oil in the coolant. it is leaking out of the block at the junction of the head and the block at the head gasket. I am selling the motor as a LONG BLOCK. I am including the high-volume oil pan and the timing cover, but I am keeping the rest of the accessories. The flywheel and balancer (and clutch assembly) are included with the long block. As said above, this motor is a BEAST for a 298. I have a motor with a mild cam that will be a better match for my son to daily drive the car. This motor can and would be fine for a daily driver, but it turns heads wherever you go. When we got the car, I had to replace the Flowmaster mufflers with a set of turbo mufflers because the vehicle sounded like a sprint car. I finally ended up adding a second set of mufflers, so the car now has 4 mufflers, and it is still loud. Solid lifter cams have a much more staccato exhaust pulse. The motor produces way more power than this little Mustang needs. For my son, a milder motor will be a better fit.
To be clear, the price is for the LONG BLOCK with pan and timing cover.
$3500.00
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