Livernois Motorsports Powerstorm 3.5L Race Series Engine Build!

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A deep dive into one of the Livernois Motorsports Powerstorm Race Series 3.5L EcoBoost engine builds. We will be taking you through the steps form when the motor showed up in a crate, completely stock to leaving the building as a high performance race engine!

Some of the modifications are;

Short Block
Livernois Motorsports Powerstorm 3.5L EcoBoost Race Series Short Block
Livernois Motorsports Sleeves
Livernois Motorsports Deck Bracing
Livernois Motorsports Powerstorm 3.5L Pistons
Livernois Motorsports Powerstorm 3.5L Rods
Livernois Motorsports Powerstorm Main Studs

Long Block
Livernois Motorsports Powerstorm 3.5L Head Studs
Livernois Motorsports Selected Billet Oil Pan with Stage 4 pump
Livernois Motorsports Selected Race Balancer

Cylinder Heads
Livernois Motorsports Powerstorm 3.5L Race Series Heads
Livernois Motorpsorts CNC Porting
Livernois Motorsports Competition Valve Job

Join us on this journey through one of the highest performance 3.5L EcoBoost engine builds!

For all your performance engine build needs, contact Livernois Motorsports TODAY!

(313) 561-5500
info@livernoismotorsports.com
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It feels like Christmas! Cracking into the box to get the motor mounted up to a stand, then it's off to engine build for tear down.

 

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More photos!

 

[TopherSho]

More photos!

Have you guys ever experimented with a thermal isolator/insulator gasket between the block intake and the bottom of the intake manifold?  Just curious ..

 

[glock-coma]

Is this a 3.5 F150 motor?

 

[SHOdded]

I think so, looks Ti-VCT to me.

 

[glock-coma]

I think so, looks Ti-VCT to me.

Yeah I also notice the water pump is now outside the timing cover.
Just wasn't sure if this was a newer design with the transverse 3.5

 

[SHOdded]

I noticed that too, sad to say I kinda glossed over it.  OOPS

 

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Mounting up the motor from the box to a stand so it can be pushed into our clean, climate controlled engine build rooms for tear down.

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

Is this a 3.5 F150 motor?

Yes this is a 3.5L from the F150 but it will be going into an off-road racing machine.

 

[Livernois Motorsports]

More photos!

Have you guys ever experimented with a thermal isolator/insulator gasket between the block intake and the bottom of the intake manifold?  Just curious ..

No we have not had any experience with that sort of gasket with the 3.5L EcoBoost. We have seen on other applications and generally, if you can keep heat out of the intake, your going to be better off.

 

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Stock motor is in engine build! The tear down process is under way!

 

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Most of the engine covers are off before lunch, the heads will be off soon and over to our Cylinder Head department for cleaning, inspection, and tear down!

 

[ZSHO]

Nice!! you could of put it inside my Trunk while being at your Facility .LOL. Z 

 

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Heads and oil pan are off! Next, we bring the heads over to the Cylinder Head department to get cleaned, disassembled, and prepped for CNC.

 

[SHOdded]

Here comes the deck plate, open wiiiiiiiiide!

 

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With the crank, pistons, and rods out, we should be down to a bare block in no time!

 

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Now that everything is put away on the shelves, we move to the cleaning stages before the true machining work begins!

 

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The block is ready for the CNC machines! We will be following the process of putting in our deck braces within the next week, stay tuned!

 

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As we move into the next steps, we find ourselves in the machining area. Block is off the stand and ready to be put in the first machine. We have the deck braces, which are made of 6061 billet aluminum, ready for install!