[AndyM]

Well this weekend was 1/2 price weekend at the Chesapeake Pick-n-pull. I was able to retrieve a set of GT40P's from a 2000 Explorer. Only cost me $52.00 (and some change). They are in great shape!!

 

[Bad69cat]

Nice - I wonder if ours does that? They don't advertise it very well if the do.

 

[AndyM]

Supposedly it is semi-annual. There were a ton of people there. One group of guys took a complete suspension from a ranger pick-up!

 

[frankie3555]

That's a great score..I had some Explorer gt40's on a 5.0 Ranger it ran low 13's, I wouldn't mind having a set to put on my 351.

 

[67.5xr7]

Gotta love 2 for 1 or 1/2 price days at the pull n pay type salvages. On my last visit, during a 1/2 price weekend, I scored 4 leather bucket seats,...blemish free for $45.00,... usually $22.50 ea.

 

[AndyM]

It was fun but soooo hot & humid. I was on the verge of heat stroke and I'm used to this weather.

 

[Bad69cat]

LOL - gotta be hot when a southern boy sweats! I hear ya though - this summer has been drier than a popcorn fart and hotter than any for longer than I can remember....or maybe I'm getting wussier as I get older! ;>) know what I mean Vern>?

 

[AndyM]

My wife asked me if it wasnt all them beers and tequila shots at the football game............uh she may have a point!

 

[Seafoam jcode]

Well this weekend was 1/2 price weekend at the Chesapeake Pick-n-pull. I was able to retrieve a set of GT40P's from a 2000 Explorer. Only cost me $52.00 (and some change). They are in great shape!!

I pulled a pair of GT40P's for my '85 Mustang a few months back and ported them per the info below. Evidently it's easy to screw them up by cutting too much and in the wrong places. I did exactly what was descibed in the article and no more.
http://www.diyporting.com/gtpin.html
http://www.diyporting.com/gtpex.html

Info about exhaust port water jacket and head cross sections:
http://www.carbdford.com/viewtopic.php?t=11191

I just dropped the heads off at a machine shop to have a valve job because I wasn't getting enough contact with the valve seats when I tried to lap the valves. $130 for a 3 angle valve job at a shop in Spartanburg, SC.

I also ordered a new set of springs from Alex's Springs. http://www.alexsparts.com/sb-ford-gt40p-drop-in-valve-spring-kit-hyd-roller/
Many on the Mustang forums say the stock Explorer springs are too weak, even with a stock Mustang HO camshaft. I've already purchased a Comp Cams XE-264HR-14 cam and Ford Motorsport GT40P shorty headers. Are these going on your Cougar? Let us know what headers or exhaust manifolds you end up using.

 

[AndyM]

They will eventually go on but there is other stuff to do. I just wanted to "git while the gittin' is good" and it was the only v8 explorer in the yard. I plan on getting them re- worked and building a stroker maybe in the spring. I got my eyes on the Sanderson headers but would like to find something a little cheaper. I love this site and will definately be posting updates. South Carolina? Now thats a hot place.