CLEVELAND ENGINE TALK

[gerg 10,871]

Good thing about it being pre-75 is it's guaranteed to be a 400 and not a 351M (unless someone's done a dirty crank swap in the past)

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Good thing about it being pre-75 is it's guaranteed to be a 400 and not a 351M (unless someone's done a dirty crank swap in the past)

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Well said gerg,somebody swiped the covers off it you can tell by how good cond inside the heads are probly the power by ford blue ones I'd say also its a DIF block meaning Dearborn industry foundry so it's a goody not the Michigan factory crack one pre 78,and guess what it turns over easy

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i started pulling it down,no dramas so far,also has this yellow top coil ? could be factory,looks ancient.

[gerg 10,871]

Could that be an old Accel? US Fords would have had a Motorcraft coil, Aussie ones Bosch.

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[ZKFairlane 235]

It's the original autolite coil that the motor was built with.

[deankxf 20,266]

should have just stuck some oil in it and fired it up. 

 

[burnnotice1000 588]

should have just stuck some oil in it and fired it up. 
 

Nah it deserves a strip down and clean up tomorrow will continue on and gut it I reckon it's STD bore and really only bought it for the crank and rods for my other engine as ordering them from the states would have cost about $900 on USA e bay maybe more because posting a crank weighs heaps and just not worth it,will just sell the block if it's STD bore ,heads too,manifold ain't worth anything

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[gerg 10,871]

Nah it deserves a strip down and clean up tomorrow will continue on and gut it I reckon it's STD bore and really only bought it for the crank and rods for my other engine as ordering them from the states would have cost about $900 on USA e bay maybe more because posting a crank weighs heaps and just not worth it,will just sell the block if it's STD bore ,heads too,manifold ain't worth anything

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How do they go with adapting 351W stroker cranks to these blocks? Same bearing size, the only difference I think is something to do with the snout where the timing gear goes?

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[burnnotice1000 588]

How do they go with adapting 351W stroker cranks to these blocks? Same bearing size, the only difference I think is something to do with the snout where the timing gear goes?

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I haven't worked that one out yet

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[burnnotice1000 588]

I haven't worked that one out yet

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The lid n balancer is off interesting note all clevo manifolds USA anyway seem to have the cf cast mark but 3 different locations for block casting

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[gerg 10,871]

Michigan Casting Centre, Cleveland Foundry and..... ?

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[burnnotice1000 588]

Michigan Casting Centre, Cleveland Foundry and..... ?

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Dearborn gerg,or dif or in Aussie lingo diligaf oh no I popped the first head and coolant went everywhere but it look pretty clean so maybe this done has not been sitting that long,head looks ok too

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[gerg 10,871]

Well at least it had green sht in it at some stage, water jacket might be ok.

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[gerg 10,871]

That's right, forgot about Dearborn. So that's at least 4 casting plants they had back then... Windsor is straight across the river from Dearborn, but in Canada.

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That's right, forgot about Dearborn. So that's at least 4 casting plants they had back then... Windsor is straight across the river from Dearborn, but in Canada.

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Lunch time and yup it's STD bore fak pistons but 020 on the big ends only got 1 out so far and had a double roller chain so someone has rebuilt it before

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Lunch time and yup it's STD bore fak pistons but 020 on the big ends only got 1 out so far and had a double roller chain so someone has rebuilt it before

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Ok all done and 010 on the crank also collected a lot of bolt ons ,I'm stoked I got a 400 crank and good rods

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[CHESTNUTXE 7,299]

Here is what i mean about the high nickel cast number the D1AE with nothing after it is high nickel,and the 2nd picture is the one i took apart today,and just a std cast block.

[burnnotice1000 588]

Here is what i mean about the high nickel cast number the D1AE with nothing after it is high nickel,and the 2nd picture is the one i took apart today,and just a std cast block.

The crank is polished and 020 rod size and 010 mains,he also cleaned the rods and ready for new pistons

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im gunna get new arp rod bolts and have them fitted later on,and he also marks the rod with a x for some reason,i think its got to do with what way the piston faces ? maybe gerg knows.

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i sold the std bore block and heads to a guy from brisbane who is picking it up later this arv,it didnt last long on marketplace,so i got my money back and the crank n rods i needed,plus a few other bits n pieces.

[RM351 148]

I've been unlucky when it came to buying a 400. Purchased 2 over the years, the first one I went the trouble of getting from the US via ebay. At that time  the aussie dollar was over the 90 US cent mark.

Engine was fine except on hot days, it was bored 60 thou.

 

2nd one I bought it here, came out of a '71 Galaxie with a C6 and I currently have. This one is already 40 thou and needs a rebore, not going to bother.

Gave it a hone but as you can see it ain't enough.

 

 

 

 

[burnnotice1000 588]

I've been unlucky when it came to buying a 400. Purchased 2 over the years, the first one I went the trouble of getting from the US via ebay. At that time  the aussie dollar was over the 90 US cent mark.
Engine was fine except on hot days, it was bored 60 thou.
 
2nd one I bought it here, came out of a '71 Galaxie with a C6 and I currently have. This one is already 40 thou and needs a rebore, not going to bother.
Gave it a hone but as you can see it ain't enough.
 

 

 
 

I've come across quite a few in the last year or so I like em ,I see that block is the DIF casting ,very common in Australia as most of them came out of galaxy's ect,a few show up out of 4x4 s and f trucks like the CF block I just rebuilt

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The 400 reco engine sold last night,$4000,picking up saturday,that facebook marketplace is 1000 times better than e bay,in just 2 days i had 2000 looks instead of 50 looks for 7 days on e bay,now have some cash to look at some wheels for my own 400 engine,but slim pickings out there ,i hope i can snag something that is not advertised,prefer xe sedan roller .