Dropping a new crate engine in my 65 Mustang

I've had a 65 Mustang for right at five years now. I finally got motivated to drop the crate motor I have into it.
I spend some time talking about the motor mounts as they were the most difficult part of the install. (Which isn't saying much).
I should have done this years ago.
Parts list includes
7/16" x 1" coarse thread grade 8 bolts to go into the block
3/8" x 3 1/2" coarse thread grade 8 bolts to bolt the mounts to the frame
1/2" coarse thread grade 8 nut to assemble the upper mount to the lower.
Bought my upper mounts a local autoparts store, got them within a few hours, and paid half as much as online sources.
Link to the drawing I used drive.google.com/open?id=1NGo... If you have the source for this file let me know and I'll gladly give credit where credit is due.

[@bernieclark8458]

'65 'stang officially jealous. lol I personally love the late 60's fast back :-)

[@swdweeb]

I don;t blame you, they were sweet. ;-)

[@Mistertbones]

I'm a huge car guy, so I was pleasantly surprised to see this. I love classic American muscle cars.

[@swdweeb]

Thanks.

[@PaulsGarage]

'Bout time!! Glad to see the mustang back!

[@swdweeb]

“Bout time” Is that what they call an understatement???

[@cecil6711]

YEA!!!!! I am glad you finally got the heart back in your pony.. :-D I am going up to work on mine today. :-)

[@swdweeb]

Good for you, inspire me to keep moving on this one ;-)

[@garyhuston]

I look forward to the next instalment!

[@swdweeb]

Lets hope you and I should live so long :-D As they say in Spain "poco a poco" I think little stuff at a steady pace my actually get it done.

[@raydirkin9107]

Awesome car Perry, I know what it's like to have projects linger got a few of my own. Almost 5 years wow got a good neighbor😂

[@swdweeb]

Well, he actually had no place to put it until about six months ago so it wasn't like he was really missing it... or even wanted it back... until recently.

[@johnmccanntruth]

Now that looks like a fun project!

[@swdweeb]

it was fun dropping the motor and transmission in. I just hope I can keep up the momentum

[@askquestionstrythings]

Mustang time... get those horses running. 👍🏻

[@swdweeb]

Let's hope so.

[@carlericvonkleistiii2188]

Looks good!

[@swdweeb]

Thanks

[@nutsandbolts3729]

Perry! I’ve been thinking about some of the things that would be just cool to cast. And seeing as you are an car guy, and an aluminum caster. What a totally wonderful project it would be to cast your own custom valve covers! They don’t have to be high precision and you could put whatever images you wanted into them for a very cool custom part for your cool car.

[@swdweeb]

Oooo that's a great idea.

[@nolanwhite1971]

Good work!

[@swdweeb]

Thanks

[@ArtByAdrock]

Awesome mustang my friend! 👍🏻 let me know when your ready to race 🤪

[@swdweeb]

Well if I can, I might be driving it through Vegas in late August

[@jrsemporium5579]

Nice video!! I’m glad to see there’s a manual transmission on that bad mammajamma..

[@swdweeb]

What, did you think I was building it for my wife?? ;-)

[@jrsemporium5579]

swdweeb 😂😂 I have seen many.. I mean many “guys” building automatic muscle cars... Which makes me cringe.. But hey when you get old the clutch gets heavy 😂😂... Just glad to see you aren’t one of them!

[@olfoundryman8418]

A 65 Mustang - Ah well, we all have our problems 😏. I note that it was the friend who was crawling under and doing all the work - fair enough - as I decided at your age (Oh so long ago) that I was too old to go crawling under cars anymore. But did you cast the rocker covers 😊 - nice job... Martin

[@swdweeb]

Work smart, not hard ;-) Not I didn't but Randy suggested that casting custom cover could be most cool.

[@duaneaubuchon9453]

Good job sir

[@swdweeb]

Thank you

[@realcdnbacon1392]

Nice job. One day I’ll hopefully get a 67 mustang to fix up, one day.

[@swdweeb]

All it takes is money ;-)

[@JohnJones-oy3md]

The next block this guy is going to cast himself. LOL

[@swdweeb]

Speaking of blocks... I've got some cut in half to show you guys ;-)

[@bigstackD]

that's gonna be a sweet ride when it's ready to go🤘🏻😆🤘🏻. And what's with your neighbor🤔?? It's not like you had it for 6 years😉

[@swdweeb]

I know huh... He can be so selfish sometimes

[@jster1963]

I'm just like you and need to do things faster! '65 is my favorite stang. I have on '05 and would someday like a '65.....

[@swdweeb]

I watched a show the other night called "Auction Kings" They auctioned off a pristine 65, it was gorgeous, for $11,000 The appraiser told them it was worth $9000. Broke my heart.

[@jster1963]

@@swdweebI like that show and yes, that hurts.....

[@donniebrown2896]

Sister had a 68 fast back until some doofus rear ended her. Hit hard enough to push bumper into rear tires, her seat broke and she was thrown into back seat, impact pushed her car into oncoming traffic. Grill was pushed over front tires with engine pushed into dash. After she healed and the lawyers got through she bought a 70 black on black Merc. comet gt.

[@RockingJOffroad]

Well, now the old steed has a new heart! But I hate to tell you this but that is the wrong transmission you put in there! It’s just going to have to come back apart!😂 Seriously, I want to see it run for the first time! Be sure to video that. I have a 71 Pontiac Ventura that I need to change the automatic trans out for an overdrive auto that I had built 5 yrs ago. I had to quit driving it, I couldn’t afford the gas.

[@swdweeb]

Wrong transmission... good one ;-) T5 baby

[@bearsharkp3901]

My first car was a 1980 cj7 with an AMC 304 in it. That's all I can contribute.

[@swdweeb]

bearshark p ok ;-D

[@chucksterock]

Now finish the rest of it! You can't let stuff like that scare you from doing it. The rest of the job installing all of the accessories is a lot more work than that. And being a '65, still not so much. Just do it!

[@swdweeb]

Wait... you're not helping... everything else is going to be a lot more work?? ;-) I know that getting the front end put together is going to be difficult with multiple parts from 3rd parties going in.

[@chucksterock]

@@swdweeb not so much difficult, as detail oriented. Still not all that bad. Avoiding leaks is your main goal. Time to drive!

[@swdweeb]

@@chucksterock I hear that. I ran all new brake lines for the disc brakes I put all around. Forgot to tighten one little fitting and had a huge mess when I started trying to bleed them ;-)

[@carsdirtbikes_5454]

My dad put a 347 stroker in his 65 fastbsck

[@ericmorgan7796]

A bit late to this thread but I have a 1965 Mustang Coupe and intend to drop a 302 in as well. Was that the stock C-4 transmission that you dropped in with the engine? Did you have to have the transmission rebuilt prior to (or any modifications) prior to reinstalling it?

[@swdweeb]

Hi Eric, I'm late to to the reply 😄 I actually bought a T5 transmission for it. I had to cut the tunnel a little to get the box to come up through the floor. I needed to cut about 1/2" out of the front of the box.

[@hansolo5967]

Hope we are getting to see more. Of course NOT just to put some pressure on you... would never do that.... I swear... :D

[@swdweeb]

No pressure felt. I assume you’re still thousands of miles away ;-)

[@hansolo5967]

@@swdweeb Someone is teasing here. Clearly. :D You know that sometimes you worst wishes can come up true? Then you get a call where Im saying that im just 10 miles away... :P

[@swdweeb]

@@hansolo5967 far worst things have happened to me ;-)

[@adrianhutchinson5618]

It will be great if you test a casting with and without a stopper to see the difference 👌🏻👌🏻

[@swdweeb]

A stopper in the sprue opening?

[@adrianhutchinson5618]

Yes. It says that reduces the fill time by 60%

[@swdweeb]

I don't know how I would do that by myself.

[@unclebobsbees4899]

On V8's it is generally easier to mount the insulator assembly (see drawing) one side to the engine and the other side to the chassis. The engine mounted one drops in and holds the engine close to final position while you struggle to get the other side, the transmission, the flux capacitor, and the coffee maker lined up. 😂🤦‍♂️. Not really a Ford guy so your milage may vary.

[@swdweeb]

We didnt actually have to much trouble getting the bolts in from the bottom. At first the guy helping me was saying things like "We're waayyyy off"... always comforting ;-)... but everything lined up without any real problem

[@unclebobsbees4899]

@@swdweeb Excellent! Always fun stuffing an 8" brick into a 8.2" hole. 😉

[@swdweeb]

Now that its in there's actually tons of room in there. But it was tight trying to negotiate that length.

[@unclebobsbees4899]

I helped a friend with his '51 Packard straight 8. You could hide 2 bodies under the hood! 😂

[@smallcnclathes]

Excuse my down under lack of knowledge, but could you explain a crate engine please? We used to have funny expressions here, a long engine was complete block with head, whereas a short engine was sans head. No idea what a crate engine means, I imagine it came in a crate but that does not describe it very well to me.

[@swdweeb]

It came in a crate ;-) Mine came with the block assembled. I have to install all of the stuff on the front like a water pump, alternator, a/c. power steering... and all of the stuff on the top like intake manifold, fuel injection, air plenum,...

[@smallcnclathes]

Did It come out of the crate as we saw it, with the heads on?

[@swdweeb]

@@smallcnclathes Yes, all the way up to the valve covers

[@volgnit]

Well well. No metal melting. Never mind I said, we'll be able to hear a V8 start up for its first run........................................

[@swdweeb]

It'd be nice to hear it this summer.

[@rockelec]

5 years! Why do anything today, that can possibly put off until tomorrow? Lol

[@swdweeb]

Always a good thing to think things through

[@smallcnclathes]

Just buy him a new hoist! There were castings in this video, steel even.

[@swdweeb]

Ha! I actually thought about it but then just decided to put the darn thing in. It only took about half an hour.