Thread: motor build up

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Thanks for the links and posts.

As for the motor in the ford, I have a low mileage 400sb out of a wagon but from what I have come to find out they dont hold up to higher horse power I would love to put a 427 in the car but finding one is a diffrent story but I do own a 460 with dove tail heads ( not sure what those are ) the motor came out of a lincoln not sure how to build either one but I do plan on having a small shot of nitrous about 150 hp

Any info/ideas on building the right motor for this car would be great since i am not used to fords or a car this heavy

The car will be a street cruiser and some strip use just to get an idea what it will run in the 1/4

Just a small suggestion, you might want to try to keep your questions in pretty much the same post so it's easier to keep track of the answers you get.

As far as the 460, it would help to know what year the engine is and what the casting number on the heads are so we know what you are starting with.

I'm assuming from your posts so far that the PRIMARY duty of the car will be as a cruiser, so I think I would concentrate on that first and let the 1/4 mile times take care of themselves.

I general, I would keep the compression down to about 9.0 to 1 and would look for parts that make power in the 2000-5500 RPM range (making these engines wind up past that gets a little pricey as far as building a bottom end that will hold together).

Concentrate on building a strong bottom end with quality parts and include things like magnafluxing and resizing the rods if necessary new rod bolts etc and balancing the rotating assembly.

If your planning on a nitros shot, I would suggest forged pistons (although with this torque monster I would see how it ran before I put NOS on).

As with many of the Fords, the 460 (depending on the heads) are pretty restrictive on the exhaust side. One cure for this would be an aftermarket set of aluminum heads. At a minimum a dual pattern cam biased to the exhaust should be used.

I would top it off with a good dual plane intake a set of headers and at least a 750 CFM carb.

If the body permits it, I would use a rear sump pan and pickup to prevent oil starvation under acceleration, or at a minimum a well baffeled pan if you have to run a front sump.

A stout C6 should hold up behind the engine.

The car likely already has a 9". With the torque the motor should make and the relatively low RPM I would be conservitive on the gears somewhere in the 3.25 to 3.55 range, and no deeper than 4.11. A good source for gears other than the aftermarket are Ford truck and Vans.

With all that done your biggest problem will likely be getting it to hook up.

Thanks for the link its great
As for the 460 I have I pulled it apart and noticed one head was cracked and the motor has already been bored but a friend of mine has several good 460 blocks

My question is what is the diffrence between the 3y block and 2y block and which is better he said i could have either one for $150

I found my answer guys there is no differance in the 2 blocks from what I understand 3y and 2y just casting number for the crank internal/external balanced

Another question for yall

Has anyone used any DSS products?
I got ahold of them today and they offered a 501 ci stroker kit for a 460 with H beam rods and forged pistons and claim 10.5 : 1 compression with the edelbrock rpm heads on pump fuel.

I was wandering how thier products are in the way of quality.


Thanks for the help yall rock