Ok Guys & Gals; I'm starting construction on a Ford 400.
Pretty much every thing that pertains to the 351 cleveland,
will work on the 400. And most of the parts will Inter change,
with the exception of the Intake manifold, Crank and rods.
The piston pin height on the 351 cleveland and the 400 is also the same but the pins are different so the 400 rod end must
have bushings installed. The main bearings are much larger on
the 400, plus the Block webing is thicker there so they don't tend to crack like the 351 clevelands do. Now the oiling system has to be worked or beefed up just like the cleveland. And with the cleveland you would turn the crank journals down to the smallblock chevy size. But I have not heard what to do to these 400 cranks to make them spin some good RPM's. These motors
put out 400ft.pounds of torque with only 165 HP and a two
barrel carb with 8.5 to 1 compression and 2V heads.
Now think what a ford 400 could do with 4V heads a four barrel carb, nice intake and 12 to 1 compression. Just need some advice or experinced Info on working a 400 ford crank over please.
Thanks for all of your help with this!


~ Vegas ~