Thread: GREAT NEWS! Chevy engine is coming out!

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Originally Posted by ted dehaan

most ford guys evevtualy come to there senses.( except it may be too late for you dave L.O.L.) ....ted

Gee, sure am glad to see you rate me so special, Ted!!!! Believe it or not, I actually started out as a Ford guy, went to Mopars for about 10 years, then back to Fords. Now we run Fords on E-85---unless a new sponsor wants to give us more help then we're getting now.... Heck, for the right amount of money I'd run a Datsun on peanut oil!!!!! I can be bought, but I ain't no cheap date!!!!!!!

Such anguish. Brian said it right! For a long time that neat little engine grew on me but for a long time there was no way around the long water pump so gradually the SBC won me over. Ford-in-Ford seems right but everything Brian said is correct about the water pump and the pan. However, one other factor was when Camaros were running at 17 mpg the early Mustangs were running at 14 mpg; the Ford small blocks always seemed to need more gas and of course they run at higher rpm with less low rpm torque than the typical SBC. I even planned a Clevor as a neat engine but that water pump was still in the way! Today a 351W SBF would be pretty strong but you have to fit it in somehow. To refurbish my tarnished Ford credentials I note my last Ford was one of those little Rancheros with a 289 that was rebuilt by a NASCAR guy and it was a hoot! With only a warmed over 289 it was like driving a tin can with an engine in it so in a Model A it should be plenty good. Even so I like the way my SBC 350 just fits into the Model A engine bay, I have enough problems as it is but check with IC2 to find out he gets his Ford water pump to fit into the Model A.

Don Shillady
Retired SCientist/teen rodder