David’s Southern Indiana MK4 Build

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On August 27, Stewart’s Transport pulled up to my house and Mark unloaded my MK4 that had been in order since February 2023. First off, thanks to Mark with Stewart Transport for being such a professional and great guy. He called the day before with the heads up that he’d be arriving between 1pm and 3pm the next day. I asked if he would text me 15 minutes out so I could video him coming up the road and pulling up to my garage. And without fail he did delivered.

Here’s my build:

Complete MK4 Kit including:
1. 302/351W POLY ENG/TRANS. MNTS
2. TRANSMISSION TKO/TKX CLUTCH
3. SS SIDE EXHAUST SET & MNT HRDW
4. 302 HEADERS w/FAST
5. IRS w/COMPLETE KIT
6. F&R IRS SHOCK SET
7. 31 SPLINE IRS 8.38" DRIVESHAFT PWR STEERING PARTS (COMPLETE)
8. STEERING PARTS (COMPLETE)
9. VINTAGE GPS GAUGES
10. BLACK VINYL ROADSTER SEAT SET
11. FRAME COATING BARE (I WANTED GLOSSY BLACK)
12. LEFT CHROME ROLLBAR
13. FRONT BRAKES
14. STEERING WHEEL
15. 17" HALIBRAND WHEEL/TIRE PKG
16. WOOD STEERING WHEEL
17. VINYL DASH WITH GLOVEBOX
18. WIND WING SET
19. SUN VISOR SET
20. TRUNK GAS STRUT KIT
21. ROADSTER WIPER KIT
22. BRAKE DUCT WIRE MESH SET
23. Mk4 SS BUMPER KIT
24. BODY CUT OUTS
25. 1.50" ROLLBAR GROMMET SET
26. IRS FRNT & REAR SWAYBAR PARTS 15659X ASSEMBLED SIDE LOUVER SET

Engine:

I decided I wanted to build my own engine. I also decided I wanted to stick with a traditional small block Ford look and started with a bare 91 roller block. It had already been notched as a Stroker so why not go with a 347 naturally aspirated Stroker. Located my machine shop and they only had a 4 month wait to test and machine. One major change was going ahead and purchasing the new Holly Sniper 2 TB. Here’s the rest of the specs.
1. Internally balanced Scat rolling assembly with Mahle pistons.
2. Aluminum Strike Force Heads (2.02 intake/1.60 exhaust / 180 CC / 60cc Chamber setup for hydraulic roller cam
3. Bullet custom ground cam. 230/238 & 580/[email protected] / 112 LSA
4. 1.6 rockers
5. 10 to 1 compression ratio (maybe a little more)
6. Holley Sniper 2 / Holley Hyper-Spark Ignition and Holley intank Fuel Pump
7. Wieand Stealth dual plane intake
8. Cobra valve covers and air cleaner
9. CVF billet aluminum serpentine pulley system
10. Chrome plated alternator and power steering pump
11. 7 qt Milidon Oil Pan
12. Painted Ford Corporate Blue (color used back in 65/66)
13. A bunch other internal parts to complete this build

Transmission (Forte)
TKX with Mid Shifter
Clutch/pressure plate/Bell Housing and all hydraulic linkage and flywheel

Other items:

1. Radiator shroud, upper and lower mounts and radiator cowl cover kit (Breeze)
2. Firewall (FFMetals)
3. Upper/lower Radiator hoses and Harrison Tank setup for radiator (Forte)
4. Mechanical Throttle Linkage (Forte)

Lastly, thanks to everyone at FF for being super friendly and professional. I only had 4 items on back ordered when received and only 4 more small minor items missing when doing my inventory. Pretty impressive. Also a huge thank you to Jeff Kleiner who’ll be doing my body and painting (if he’ll have me) and Mike Forte for all their help and advice. In addition I would like to thank Mark with Breeze for his patience and help. If you need a machine shop and you are in or around southern Indiana I’ll give a big shot out to Brian and Cayman Wilhemus who own Farmers Performance Machine Inc. What I loved about working with all of these gentlemen was their willingness to be available to talk with you.

More to come. Time for a break.