RobKat Progress!
It's a 1999 Zero deck height, factory forged piston Explorer engine with a custom ground Oregon hydraulic roller. It's a GT40P engine. Has about the best cast iron heads Ford ever made for the small block. It should be pretty snappy. I modified the Explorer serpentine drive to accept alternator only. I alsu used the Explorer water pump, as that is about 1.5" shorter than the Fox Mustang stuff everybody uses for Pinto/Bobcat swaps. I did that, because almost everybody hacks the radiator support collar out and puts the radiator between the collar and grill. Eliminating the collar makes the front end floppy as hell. This one is going to be nice, like the factory had a V8 option.
It's a 1999 Zero deck height, factory forged piston Explorer engine with a custom ground Oregon hydraulic roller. It's a GT40P engine. Has about the best cast iron heads Ford ever made for the small block. It should be pretty snappy. I modified the Explorer serpentine drive to accept alternator only. I alsu used the Explorer water pump, as that is about 1.5" shorter than the Fox Mustang stuff everybody uses for Pinto/Bobcat swaps. I did that, because almost everybody hacks the radiator support collar out and puts the radiator between the collar and grill. Eliminating the collar makes the front end floppy as hell. This one is going to be nice, like the factory had a V8 option.
