Brad just got your VMX ,Rons committed to coming to pick up the motor and his Jet Sat pm , Josh is going to "clay it' ,degree the cam, put the heads and pan etc etc tommorow am ,should be ready to "dump in the boat Sunday when Ron drops it off to you Were stoked to .good to see everyone pull together, its truly refreshing in todays world ! Tom

yes...a BIG thanks to Ron (76 Bonneville) for picking up the motor for me.

... Josh is going to "clay it'...

Not trying to thread jack here but what is "clay it"? (Guessing checking for piston to valve clearence??)

Correct i'll post pics of the process, cam degree etc  Tom

Thanks! That was my next question. 

looks killer tom....

sleep on it...im sure you guys will figure it out!

Thanks again!

OK boys gettin down to it !!!!,a little more left ,got the valve train figured out !! Lets get this m'fing Hot Rod in the water !! Tom

Looking good Tom, are still planning on breaking it in before delivery? If so whats your timeline?

way to go guys. Really awesome seeing this all pull together for Brad.

absolutely beautiful.....I cant thank you enough.

What your seeing here is my Dad crankn away on the oil pump drive rod with my speed wrench, and its a bit hard to read but the gauge was shown almost about 75 psi.   Thats an out of the box Melling....love those ford pumps.

Lol, I was wondering why you didn't just use a drill?  Only thing I could think of was maybe the pump shaft would slip inside the drill and drop some metal shavings down into the engine   Doh that was me once upon a time

Lol, I was wondering why you didn't just use a drill?  Only thing I could think of was maybe the pump shaft would slip inside the drill and drop some metal shavings down into the engine   Doh that was me once upon a time

Actually Charles your correct  we would normally use a drill and a "pre oiler tool" I was just screwing around at the end of the day ,I was amazed however at nearly 80 psi cold (15/ 40 rotella oil) and my "hand turning" with a speed wrench (standard pressure and volume pump) Tom

Dizzy in the wrong end?? now Steve 

Rod  450 + hp @ 5K (sims program),10 to 1 compression , cams in 2* advanced , Comp hydraulic ,anti pump ups ,standard OP ,Scat 9000 cast steel crank ,reworked ford rods (arp bolts) Dove heads stainless valve ,Comp valve train components , summit hardened pushrods and roller rockers holley 750 DFDP probably left alot out too frikkin tired (sorry) Brad Its up to you and the pit crew now ! Tom and Josh
ps how do you like our "run in stand"?  ) ps "ticking noise" is wet logs ,2 bolts each no gaskets 

Sounds good