1940 Ford Tudor Build Thread

[40FordDeluxe]

Well, the wife's daily driver, (97 Caddy with a Northstar), is starting to blow a head gasket. So, now I get to make the big boy decision and put the 40 on hold and get her 2000 Excursion running. This car will be on hold until June I'm guessing. I did get the body seperated from the frame though.

[34_40]

Well, you better take care of the one who takes care of you!! Sometimes life gets in the way right?!?! LOL..

[Scooting]

Real life gets in the way sometimes and you just have to take care of it. Mine is in pause for a family reason also. Just keep daydreaming on the 40, we will be waiting for news.

[M.T.1]

New here but really like what your doing on your ride. Sometimes, while it doesn't seem like it at the time a little break from the project can be a good thing. When you get back after it you might attack it in a slightly different way. Or just be a bit clearer on what your doing. Looks great! Just dont wait some 30 plus years like on my project! LOL

[40FordDeluxe]

Yeah, life can throw you a curve ball. Right now we have the transmission out of the corvette trying to fix it, my brother's 92 F-350 has a triple disc clutch in it and it is making some awful noises. We went to Torque fest and that was pretty cool. On Monday my injection pump crapped out on my daily driver, on Tuesday I figured out the engine I rebuilt last year is locked up. Some how water got in the intake and the #6 intake valve was open and filled the cylinder with water. Guess what? This was the engine for the excursion............ So now I'm taking the fuel system stuff from this engine and putting on another. Boy oh boy.

[34_40]

OUCH! Boy, when it rains on you it pours! Hope it all comes together easily for you...

[40FordDeluxe]

OUCH! Boy, when it rains on you it pours! Hope it all comes together easily for you...

Yeah, me too. Luckily I've been hoarding parts for these for a while. My brother just had his spare injection pump rebuilt, and he's going to let me run it for now. I happened to have a spare 24v 5.9 but it has high miles on it. It'll have to work for now until I rebuild another engine for it.

I forgot to add the Caddy is getting worse as far as the heater core. It was missing horribly on Sunday but that went away. Fingers be crossed on that. Haha

[40FordDeluxe]

No progress on this thing, but my carb adapter from hot heads showed up. One of my older friends wants to build a new frame for the car now. I told him that's fine, but it'll have to wait. If I build a new frame, it's going to have to be tubbed some, then I'll need a blower, and then, yeah it's going to have to wait. Haha

[40FordDeluxe]

I was looking at some work a guy in Ohio does, and I saw a frame he did. I really like the way he did the new X member and I think I might try to go this route.
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[40FordDeluxe]

I just got a little closer on the ol parts list today. I remembered I ordered a gallon kit of Hot rod flatz black last year for my buddies pulling truck, but it still isn't running. I guess I'll use it on the 40 since he doesn't want my donation.

[40FordDeluxe]

I know some of you have Megasquirt systems on your cars. I haven't taken the time yet to research what all I need, but I'm contemplating the idea of putting a turbo and megasquirt on my 354. Do you end up with $3500 or more in a megasquirt setup?

[40FordDeluxe]

Yep, no real progress here. I have been compiling more on the want list, and I did aquire a big piece that will require some hood modifications..................





My plan is to send the blower to Rick Dean Blowers and have him triple pin the rotors, install new seals and high speed bearings, and reset the clearances. My plan for now is to buy a new aluminum dual quad intake, use a piece of 1" aluminum to adapt the supercharger to the dual quad intake. A standard intake won't work as this blower case is a V design instead of an inline and the mounting on the sides differ. I'm pretty sure I can rebuild this blower and purchase all the parts needed to install it and make it work for $2000. This will save me $2500 or so compared to buying a new unit. I plan to under drive the blower for now to only run little boost so I can street drive it next summer. Then build the engine the next winter as doing it all at once will keep the car torn apart longer.

[rspears]

I know some of you have Megasquirt systems on your cars. I haven't taken the time yet to research what all I need, but I'm contemplating the idea of putting a turbo and megasquirt on my 354. Do you end up with $3500 or more in a megasquirt setup?

Ryan, I can't speak to the total cost of going MegaSquirt, but when I was looking I was initially blown away by the $4000 price tag for the packaged Edelbrock system. But then I started adding up the cost of all the pieces & parts that came in their package, which were already fully coordinated. A lot will depend on what you plan for injector mounting. Are you going to drill & tap your dual quad manifold for direct port injection, or do you have some other plan? The drill & tap route will shave a few bucks off (I was looking at some pricey front mount throttle body manifolds), but it has to be done right to make everything fit, like the fuel rails. Once you start pricing injectors, fuel rails, fuel supply & return line, throttle body, distributor, AN fittings, fuel pump, fuel filter, electrical connectors, etc, etc, to add to the MegaSquirt kit it starts adding up. You might keep it below $3500 if you drill & tap for the injectors. I'd be interested in what you see as the approach you'll take.

[40FordDeluxe]

Now that I've got this 871, I don't know what I'm going to do now. I think I'm going to wait on the fuel injection and try to carb it as minimal as I can and under drive the blower for minimal boost so I can leave the engine alone for next summer. I know if I try to install the blower, buy different wheels and tires, maybe an a/c kit, and different interior, will be limited by funds. So, we'll see how it goes. If I can sell a bunch of un-needed parts, maybe things will change.

[40FordDeluxe]

Has anyone done any woodgraining on their cars? I've really wanted a woodgrained dash for a while in this car. I saw a guy do it on another forum and he suggested this kit. I may try to find a similar cheaper kit and give it a whirl. His turned out awesome!

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