Mustang Sally Restoration: Big Summit Racing parts order

 With the bare block at Reynolds Machine for cleaning and inspection, Poppi got on the phone with the helpful customer service folks at Summit Racing, and ordered up all the "pieces parts" needed for the rebuild. Seriously, we've had great service from the Summit Racing people. They're very helpful and detailed and do a good job of making sure we got the right parts for our needs.

Hmm, not sure how good of a picture this is. About $1235 worth of goodies. A big chunk of this arrived today actually and Poppi said it was like Christmas!!!

Here is the flat top hypereutectic piston from Summit Racing, p/n SUM-17302C-30. Being the quality geek I am, I can see the 302 signifies the engine it goes to and the -30 meaning .030" over bore size. This will give the engine 306cu in of displacement. This piston design will give a slight bump in compression as its flat top. In combination with the AFR165's smaller combustion chambers, there will definitely be a compression increase. Poppi is thinking he might have to run octane booster. We'll see. :)

$193 for this set of 8 pistons. 

In no particular order, here are the hardened steel pushrods from Comp Cams in stock length. Poppi is crossing fingers that these will be the right length. $41 for the set of 16.

Mahle Clevite main bearings ready to go! $42 for this set.

A McLeod "StreetPro" 10.5 clutch kit was purchased after the recent throw-out bearing and worn/damaged clutch fingers in the current set up were noticed. $275 for the whole kit.

Here's a view of the damaged and "deformed" clutch fingers of the out-going piece up against the new McLeod stuff. 

Here is the stock oil pump driveshaft next to the stronger ARP (in a Ford Perf box) unit. $33 for this guy.

The new oil pump is $65.

Cam bearings are on their way and they were $32. Apparently, per the guy at Reynolds Machine, there is a shortage of supply of cam bearings. I'm pretty sure when we looked at Summit's website they said they were out of stock, but when Poppi talked to the person, they had them stock. Here's to hoping their inventory system was correct, err incorrect, and that the cam bearings in the mail are the right ones. :)

So, our original estimate on cost of parts and machine work was about $7900. How close did we get? Here's a summary of what has been spent so far (should be everything except for some engine oil, oil filter and some more spray cans of engine degreaser. heh heh

-$2990 T5z transmission and gear oil

-$2277 AFR165 CARB E.O. egr heads, Ford Performance lifters

-$420 Comp Cams XE264HR .512" lift camshaft

-$498 24lb reman LMR injectors and BBK 76mm calibrated MAS meter

-$1235 pistons/rings, pushrods, bearings, gasket kit, roller rockers, clutch, oil pump/shaft

-$1010 Reynolds machine work and cleaning (boring, honing, decking, crank polish, balancing)

TOTAL: $8430

We'll see how the machine shop waiting game goes. The cam bearings arrive next Tuesday, so theoretically, the next day Poppi could drive the parts down to Bakes' and hand deliver them to the shop. Then, who knows where in line he will be for getting his work done. I'm hoping to be able to drive down to Tehachapi to be there the final assembly and install back into the car for the first start up.

Crossing fingers...