Thread: GREAT NEWS! Chevy engine is coming out!

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I have said it from the day that I purchased my car that my goal was to get the chevy engine out and put a FORD in it. That day just came a huge step closer. I got a 302 and tranny to put in the car. I'm going Tuesday to talk to the guy that's gonna rebuild em both for me and pt em in the car about how soon he can start.

Youther, what Chevy engine/trans are you taking out? Plans to sell them?

Mike

Originally Posted by Mike52

Youther, what Chevy engine/trans are you taking out? Plans to sell them?

Mike

It's a 350 and 350 turbo. Gonna sell them both. Florida is an awful long way to travel to get an engine and tranny.

Originally Posted by youther

It's a 350 and 350 turbo. Gonna sell them both. Florida is an awful long way to travel to get an engine and tranny.

Well, for me going across the street to get a another chebbie 350/350 would be too far!!!!!!

Excellent decision, glad you're doing it. Ford in a Ford gets the universe one step closer to being right!!!! but then my universe is shaped like a Blue Oval anyways!!!!!

Puttin' a Ford in a Ford.........it jus' don't seem right to me.


J/k intended for Dave.

Originally Posted by pro70z28

Puttin' a Ford in a Ford.........it jus' don't seem right to me.


J/k intended for Dave.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Better hope I find something for my 'maro before necessity forces me to freshen up that 460 I've got!!!!!

Originally Posted by youther

It's a 350 and 350 turbo. Gonna sell them both. Florida is an awful long way to travel to get an engine and tranny.

I wasn't planning on coming to WV to buy an engine, lots of them here in Florida, I was just curious what you had. Thanks. Good luck with the conversion.

Mike

A Ford engine in a Chevy, is an abomination, and should be punishable by imprisonment!

Originally Posted by Sinister

A Ford engine in a Chevy, is an abomination, and should be punishable by imprisonment!

yep next thing you will hear of guys having babys ? oh i guess that has happened

Originally Posted by Sinister

A Ford engine in a Chevy, is an abomination, and should be punishable by imprisonment!

Now you know how I feel about chebbies in a Ford.............LOL!

Dad has a newspaper article on a late 70's Camaro stockcar that was powered by an AMC 360 if I remember right. All of the Chevy powered Camaros had a hard time beating it.

Hee, hee! It's always funny to see what comes up in one of these discussions. Seems like it's OK to put a Chevy engine in anything, but it's a travesty to put anything else in a Chevy. The only exception is a Hemi; if you have a Hemi you can put it in anything and that's OK.

Actually, the use of small-block Chevys is/was a matter of practicality. I remember when flathead Fords were everywhere. The big overhead Olds and Cadillac engines were the "holy grail" back then, but flatheads were cheap and plentiful and speed equipment was readily available... But then Ford stopped making them! And along came this little Chevy engine that produced twice the horsepower of the stock flathead, could turn 50% more RPM's without breaking anything, and was a few pounds lighter to boot. What's more, it was small enough externally to fit in place of the flathead without butchering the engine compartment, hence its instant popularity. The modern small Ford (302) is a screamer and parts are steadily becoming more available, but it's almost 4 inches longer, so they are a problem to install in some engine bays, especially '35 to '40 Fords...

Years ago I saw a custom Mustang that was really unique and probably the ultimate of not being "brand-loyal" - it was built on a Corvette chassis and had a Chrysler Hemi engine!

The reason that Chev V8 engines have been so popular in hotrods over the years is not because they are better than Ford V8 engines, (although some would argue that). As J Robinson points out, its far more a matter of size. To run a stock Chev V8 in a model A with a stock length hood, you will need a 4" recess in the firewall. Ford engines are between 3 and 4" longer than a Chev engine, so either you have to stretch the frame and run a non stock length hood, or move the radiator shell foreward 3 or 4" and run a non stock length hood, or live with a 7" recess in your firewall, which puts your knees up around your ears!!! Ford has caught on to this failing in the last few years, and offer a bunch of super short water pumps and pulleys and front cover, but they coast well over $1000 to buy as "aftermarket" peices.
Another major issue with running Ford V8's, (at least in the past) was that Ford motors had a front sump oil pan, and the sump was exactly where the tie rod and possibly the drag link (if you had cross steering) wanted to be. This problem has been alleviated somewhat by the famous Bronco rear sump oil pan, but for many, many years, if you ran a Ford V8 you had to drop the tie rods to clear the oil pan. Chev has always had a rear sump oilpan, right from the factory. So----hotrodders being what they are, and not wanting to buy any more work than was absolutely necessary, adopted the chev V8 as their darling.---Brian

As Brian says there are short systems out there . This is one of the 94-95 Mustang 5.0 really help out on the 302 length they are also on the Explorer of the same years . There are V pulleys for this but again more cash but not real bad for the period look . They offer PS delete brkts also so you won't have to mod large ac-ps brkt.



Stock 84 water pump




94-95 short pump .

UT OH! I did'nt even think about that. That may be a problem for me.......

I'm going to talk to the guy that's doing to do it for me and get his input on this.

Crap! LOL!