My Turbo Foxbody Gets A New 363ci Longblock

I am finally crossing a line where not a lot of foxbody owners have gone. I am venturing into the aftermarket engine block realm. No longer will I be constrained to stock 302 block power levels.
Follow along as I talk about what I had to go through to get this engine built and shipped all the way over to the United Kingdom. As with anything here @Fox's Abroad nothing ever seems to go 100% as planned.
This engine is filled with parts that are not standard off-the-shelf items. I am dipping my toe into the waters where I have little experience and I hope to share it with you. This engine should easily propel my car into the low 10's and maybe even the 9's some day. That's not something to be taken lightly even with many other cars touting those figures, it still takes a lot to get there.
The engine specs are as follows:
- Dart SRP 8.2" engine block, billet main caps (4.125" bores)
- Diamond "semi custom" 2618 forged pistons
- Trend tool steel wrist pins
- Total Seal AP ring set, steel top and napier second
- Molnar 4340 forged 3.4" stroke crankshaft
- Molnar billet power adder H-bean connecting rods w ARP 2000 rod bolts
- ARP main studs
- Clevite H-series main and rod bearings
- Dart coated cam bearings
- FelPro one piece rear main seal
- Allstar timing cover
- Innovators West 6.5" harmonic Balancer w crank trigger
- AFR 185 Renegade heads (not a shelf item)
- PAC 1222X springs
- PAC machined retainers
- PAC steel machined locks
- 7/16" ARP rocker studs
- 1/2" ARP head studs
- Cometic MLS head gaskets
- Scorpion Race Series 1.6:1 rocker arms
- Johnson USA-made short travel HYD roller lifters
- FTI (billet core) hydraulic roller camshaft
- Rollmaster billet timing set w Torrington bearing
- ARP cam bolt
- Moroso oil pan w Billet rails and end seals (-10 A/N fitting welded on)
- Moroso pickup
- Melling oil pump
- ARP oil pump shaft and bolts
- Ford Racing one piece pan gasket
- Canton Stainless oil pan studs
These are the two shops mentioned in my video.
shop.zsrengines.com
flowtechinduction.com

[@christaylor5117]

Quality like that is never cheap,money well spent I say,superb!

[@jplperformance9073]

I bought my springs from E.C-Flow Teck.

[@Diondo26]

nice engine .... that thing will make some HPs.....

[@johnhickman106]

Cool, maybe my bits will be shipped soon....

[@TheBadasspony]

Awesome!!

[@jplperformance9073]

Congrats on the motor,looks amazing. It's exactly what I need but just can't afford that nice of a build yet. Hopefully someday and hopefully my stock block will live a while. What is your opinion on whp and stock block?? Where will it split??whp??

[@Mike-FoxsAbroad]

Thanks. As far as a stock block surviving... it truly is a roll of the dice passing 500hp. Some are lucky and can eek a bit more out of theirs but you're just playing with matches at that point IMO. By the way, I turn 50 this year. It's taken me this long to be able to afford something like this. I'm definitely not well-off, especially working out of a two car garage. Builds take time. This started out as just a shortblock. Then since there was so much of a delay getting parts, it slowly led to me getting more money then adding parts from ZSR to make it a long block.

[@timweb1510]

I was going to ask if that was a fordstrokers engine before I saw your description. I considered zsr engines but the costs are so damn expensive.

[@Mike-FoxsAbroad]

What I wanted for my turbo application just changed the build so much that regular components was just not going to work. When you step away from the mainstream the costs just start to get a bit out of control.

[@ferdinandcuevas8457]

Very well worth it ! Should be Awesome , Can't wait to see and hear it running . Please keep Us updated , Thank You & Best Wishes 🇵🇷🇺🇸🦊👍

[@RJ-zf7fw]

Hope you aren't using that cobra intake? You definitely need a better flowing one like the rpm2 or systemax.

[@Mike-FoxsAbroad]

Yes, the Cobra intake will be going on. It has been Extrude Honed. The car has already been 130mph in the 1/4 mile on the stock bottom end. If I feel it's causing me a severe restriction I can easily swap it out in the future. External engine parts are easy to replace. Getting this 363 in the car is important so I don't need to worry about the internals anymore.

[@RJ-zf7fw]

Sounds good. I like the video on you three when all were st the track together. I'd like to see more of that.

[@Mike-FoxsAbroad]

@@RJ-zf7fw Us too. It's not like the USA where the track is easy to get to, cheap and is not very crowded on test and tune days. Going to the track is a commitment. We hope to make it at least three times this year, possibly four.

[@matthewbollinger3820]

Nice! What compression is that 363?

[@Mike-FoxsAbroad]

9.5:1

[@timweb1510]

Comp cams can cut you a custom cam and they aren’t an old a hole like the other guy. Only $40 more? Yea right

[@jesusmunoz5184]

No, not Ed.