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Non Pontiac Motors in Pontiacs includes factory 403,305,350 Chevy, Buick V6, Also Pontiac Motors in non-Pontiacs! |
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aw yeah, the 460 Firebird. Good times my friend...
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A new picture...
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Have you seen the numbers people are getting out of 460's with the newer Kaase heads? WOW!!! There are even relatively cheap stroker cranks to put that motor in the 530" range.
If I were building ANY sort of project from scratch right now, that is the route I'd go. Lee
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'73 T/A (clone). Low budget stock headed 8.3:1 455, 222/242 116lsa .443/.435 cam. FAST Sportsman EFI, 315rwhp/385rwtq on 87 octane. 13.12 @103.2, 1.91 60'. '67 Firebird [sold], ; 11.27 @ 119.61, 7.167 @ 96.07, with UD 280/280 (108LSA/ 109 ICL)solid cam. [1.537, 7.233 @93.61, 11.46 @ 115.4 w/ old UD 288/296 108 hydraulic cam] Feb '05 HPP, home-ported "16" D-ports, dished pistons (pump gas only), 3.42 gears, 275/60 DR's, 750DP, T2, full exhaust My webpage http://lnlpd.com/home |
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Chad:
That 400 that lost oil pressure on start-up, did it by any chance have the oil filter bypass plugged? If it did, you might have sheared the oil pump drive shaft and the engine might be alright.
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Rich The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance. Henry Ward Beecher "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher |
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On the Ford motor. I went with a forged Eagle 4.3" stroke and .060" overbore for 528 cid. I could have gone .080 over(common) and 4.5 stroke for 557 cid. All from a production block. The standard bore space aftermarket blocks can go to around 605 cid or so. Compstar 6.8H beams, Diamond Pistons(flat tops 13.3 comp), Canton pan, Studded and partial fill block, Kaase oil pump, solid roller cam, Smith Bros. pushrods, Kaase P51 heads. I chose a tunnel ram over a victor because I already had a matching pair of 750's and a good Dominator is about the same price as a race convertor which I'll need. (powerwise the Weiand tunnel ram with the 750's will be about the same with a tid more tq.) SFI balancer, JW flexplate, new replacement timing cover, std water pump, chromed aluminum Ford Racing valve covers, Hooker 2.125" super comp headers. I'm a tid over $10k and after dyno will still be under $11k. Power should be around 800+. BTW the Kaase P51 heads complete ready to bolt on with roller springs (Manley Nextec's) were $2600. Also Manley valves and Comp retainers and locks. (mine as cast with Kaase valve-job flowed slightly more than advertised at 413 at .800 lift). These heads are very capable of overpowering a factory block. The Ford Racing heads, Blue Thunder, and TrickFlow, and Edelbrock heads, heck factory iron even, are all very capable of 600 - 800+ hp depending what you want to spend. http://460ford.com if you looking for info. I'm budgeting another $4k for driveline and figure I should be able to bring final project cost including paint wheels tire interior and cage in below $20k if I do most of the work. |
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BTW my wife just saw this and warned me if any Ford ends up in her 69 bird I'm dead. Further more, if I put my 528 in my Pontiac she dont know if she would want to know me any longer!!! Guess I'll listen and comply
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Why the high angle of the 460?
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76 T/A 455, cnc chamber E heads,OF hyd roller ,yella terra shaft rockers 11.47 119 |
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Cause the nose is 2 feet in the air?
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Rich The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance. Henry Ward Beecher "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher |
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By the way, did no one else notice that the pictures are of a '69?
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I can't imagine you can work on a 460 shoe horned into an F body. I had trouble fitting one in 70's F150 truck. Those things are big and heavy!
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One company is now making Boss 429 heads I believe
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Two 1975 455 Grandvilles & '79 455 Trans Am ‘69 Camaro SS 396/375 (owned since ‘88) ‘22 Toyota Sequoia V8 ‘23 Lexus LS500 awd ‘95 Ford F-super duty 4wd 7.3 p-stroke & countless Jeeps & off road vehicles. |
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http://460ford.com is revamping and a head ranking post has much info mia. http://www.jonkaaseracingengines.com/ for info on P51 and Boss429 heads. Stock 460's are really not much different in weight than a BB Mopar or BBC. The old FE series fords are very heavy. 460 block is approx 0.1" taller than Pontiac block and not very much heavier than a Pontiac. Iron heads a tid heavier. The crank is a tid heavier, the intake is very heavy so are the exhaust manifolds. With aluminum heads and intake and headers your probably close in weight to a IA2 Pontiac. BTW Fords 460 has 4 bolts per cylinder like Pontiac and like Pontiac the head bolts go into blind bosses. Pontiac dowels their main caps vs Ford having a slight shoulder at the parting line. Pontiac is better in that regard. Ford has a bit more material in the bulkheads. Oil systems are similar but different. Ford uses a more efficient gerotor pump but its up front and stock pumps have been known to break at their mount boss.(Kaase pump way stronger/better but pricey) Ford has a very strong lifter valley. Overall I have to say the Ford is a pretty good piece and surprisingly cost about the same as building a Pontiac. Surprised also that too many Ford guys ignore them and play with 302's and 351W's or FE's instead. |
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I have a 427 cid SVO engine I'm thinking of dropping in a old T Bird that's sitting behind the shop with a blown 255. Not a popular bodystyle, but FOX parts interchange easily and there's a lot out there and it's a light car.
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Two 1975 455 Grandvilles & '79 455 Trans Am ‘69 Camaro SS 396/375 (owned since ‘88) ‘22 Toyota Sequoia V8 ‘23 Lexus LS500 awd ‘95 Ford F-super duty 4wd 7.3 p-stroke & countless Jeeps & off road vehicles. |
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It is a tight fit as it is, and headers were a pain to find - I'd probably ended up with a totally different car if I had gone 460. Lee
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'73 T/A (clone). Low budget stock headed 8.3:1 455, 222/242 116lsa .443/.435 cam. FAST Sportsman EFI, 315rwhp/385rwtq on 87 octane. 13.12 @103.2, 1.91 60'. '67 Firebird [sold], ; 11.27 @ 119.61, 7.167 @ 96.07, with UD 280/280 (108LSA/ 109 ICL)solid cam. [1.537, 7.233 @93.61, 11.46 @ 115.4 w/ old UD 288/296 108 hydraulic cam] Feb '05 HPP, home-ported "16" D-ports, dished pistons (pump gas only), 3.42 gears, 275/60 DR's, 750DP, T2, full exhaust My webpage http://lnlpd.com/home |
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Better keep her, she's a smart woman !
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Now my 63 Falcon needs more tire clearence, but I fronthalfed it first! No rib poker towers in the way now! Back to topic, a 460 Ford with a 547 stroker kit and the P51 heads might be the lowest cost way to 900 hp. |
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