Thread: 390 Rebuild on a $2,000 Budget

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I agree. Techinspector1 knows what he is talking about and I would listen to him if I were u. If he's questioning the 390 I know he has a GOOD reason for doing so. and if i'm thinking right you can disguise the 460 for a 390 just by the air cleaner sticker so your customer would never know unless he really took the time to check.

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I didn't mean to sound all bad and stuff.
I got this customer that is driving me absolutly nuts over this rusted POS!
Help me a bit and give me a model and year to go to the junk yard with for the 460.
Please understand I don't mean any disrespect but this guy is driving me crazy!
I can't bitch at the wife about this, so you guys are the best I got!

The real bitch about this is, I'm not charging the guy real dollars for the work. It's a "favor" for helping me with another project.
It's a bitch being honest!

I do belive that Galaxies had 460's many Big block trucks had 460's. I do think that both should be readily availible at the junkers for the pickins. the Big block trucks are the F 350's from 1970 ( i think ) to 1987 ( with carb ) 1988 was the first year for FI Big block fords in trucks. Hope this helps but vulgairity is highly frowned upon on this site because there are youngsters on here to so, if you could please hold of on using the swearing, that would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Matt,
Didn't mean to be crude, Momma would have had a fit if she would have read what I sent.
She's 76 now but she could still spank my butt!
Us Southern folk get all upset over nothing!

Craig; I'm showing 1970 is the best year for the ford 460, it was 375HP with 10.5 to 1 compression. 1971 dropped by 10HP and 1972 the HP dropped to 212HP. So any 460 from 1968 to 1971 are good. The dove heads are the best, and the letters DO will be on the cast for 1970. Hope this helps you.


Vegas

vaRA4,
Was this a Galaxy or a truck for a 11970?

Also 75-76 Mercury Grand Marquis, I'm not sure of other years.

Craig; I would look in the trucks and the Lincolns cont.


Vegas

Call the local junkers for a ford 460, chances are they have one. Disguise it with aftermarket valve covers and air cleaner. Just go to www.motorchrome.com to get the valve covers that say Ford High Performance or, u can get plain covers and get a 14" cleaner that says the same thing, then build the 460 up with Tech's specs and tell him it's the 390.

I might be able to get him to look at the 460 if I mention the Lincoln thing.
He has money, the truck, and the need.
I'll make him anything he wants, I just don't want to make something that he maay be dissapointed with. Plus I would rather build something more "normal" than a 390.

Matt don't get me wrong but I personally would rather spend the bucks on HP rather than the chrome. I looks really nice, the site is really good but for the price of some of that chrome I could get some Keith Black stuff, Dart heads and make HP.
No offense!

Craig; I like the 390's and I'm sure you can get a 460 to stomp it but I've seen some 390's that would really run. I used them in ambulance, but these were all balanced and built to run the long open highways in michigan. we had a lot of problems with the 460's over heating. We found out of all the gas engines we put in to them the 454chevy to be the best or the least problem, We should have tryed the 1970 500 caddy engine. HE!HE!


Vegas

yeah, I know what ur saying. I just figured that u could do that if he said no you could streach the truth when u tell him it's a 390. That site did not have the ones that said 390 on them but I know there out there and, I would almost bet that he would never look past the lable on the Valve cover or air cleaner. But ur right even at 54.99 that could get u 2 or 3 of the 8 pistions needed.

See, know that's what I'm talking about.
Talk to me about the push rods.
FE's are known to bend pushrods if you change the cam, do I go with the adjustable rockers?