My son and I just stated this project..this is mostly info for others. I hope to upadate this thread as we go.
Picked up the new ford racing 5.0 (M-6007-XB3) yesterday and began getting it ready to put into a 67 mustang with a C-4. The motor comes in a big wooden crate that fits in the back of a pick-up truck with a camper shell..at over 400 pounds it's not lite...the two of us were able to get it un-crated and onto the engine stand with some muscle. We began to swap out a couple of the things that need to be switched..from the old motor to the new one The old timing chain cover and water pump..you will also need to addd the esentric for the mechanical fuel pump if your still going that route. The new motor comes with a 50 oz harmonic balancer with a built in pulley for sepentine belts...so we needed to scrounge up a new 50 oz with double v-belt pulleys..so off to the local auot wreckers I went today..I think I got the right one..out of a 85 Thunderbird..the new one (from the junk yard) has a single pulley that takes four bolts to hold it on..the problem is we need a double pulley..so back to the junkyard tomorrow..to see if I can find a double 4 bolt pulley. The motor comes un painted..the oil pan is painted black but the block and heads (aluminum) are unpainted..so last night he painted the block..old ford blue.
Tony