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Old Dec 5, 2007 | 09:20 AM
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I didnt see it here so I figured I'd post it
built ford tough with chevy stuff

http://460ford.com/viewtopic.php?t=1...ght=stock+rods
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Old Dec 5, 2007 | 11:36 AM
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Old Dec 5, 2007 | 02:08 PM
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interesting x2!
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 07:02 AM
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HAHA thats ace!

hmmm wonder what a little boost might do??

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Old Dec 8, 2007 | 05:58 AM
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I seen this simularity back in '03 or so when I was porting a set of Victor JRs for one guy and a set of 5.3s for another had em out in the shop one day getting everything laid out porting supplies and stuff and I was like hmmm. I was working at a speed shop at the time during the day and aproached my manager and he was like hmmm....thats as far as it got other than telling a few regulars that came in the store that week.
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Old Dec 8, 2007 | 10:28 AM
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**** my ford loving brother would love that!!!!!

I guess its kinda like us putting 9" rears in huh?
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Old Dec 8, 2007 | 10:39 AM
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i always figured this would work. glad to see someone actually doing it.
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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 08:13 PM
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That's really cool!
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wierd for sure... funny because how many times has the question "can I put LS1 heads on my ______?" been posed? Flames ensue. lol
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If your going to go through all of that trouble why not just use the whole ls1 engine. Have an aluminum block and save some money in the long run.
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 08:57 PM
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i always wondered the same thing cause when i got my block bored 3.905, we used a SBF head plate bolted to the LS1 block. everything fit nice
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this will make the 302W powered ranger project i am helping a friend with much much more interesting. lol
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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nice to see those tools on there running their sausage washers about chevys. Can anyone do anything with LS parts without ******** putting chevy down in one way or another? yea thats it, chevy just copied ford heads how GD delusional can someone be?
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Originally Posted by IH8FORD
If your going to go through all of that trouble why not just use the whole ls1 engine. Have an aluminum block and save some money in the long run.
if you have to ask question like this you will never understand why people are doing it!
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Originally Posted by IH8FORD
If your going to go through all of that trouble why not just use the whole ls1 engine. Have an aluminum block and save some money in the long run.
Because the parts for a sbf are much more affordable than an lsx engine. And when you have a set of stock lsx heads that flow nearly what a $2000 set of ford heads flow, you end up saving tons of money. You can build a 400ci sbf for as little as $1500. What does it cost to build a 400ci lsx engine?
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Originally Posted by IH8FORD
If your going to go through all of that trouble why not just use the whole ls1 engine. Have an aluminum block and save some money in the long run.
If you want a Ford motor to make any power, you have to put Chevrolet parts on it, duh.
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Originally Posted by WE TODD DID
Because the parts for a sbf are much more affordable than an lsx engine. And when you have a set of stock lsx heads that flow nearly what a $2000 set of ford heads flow, you end up saving tons of money. You can build a 400ci sbf for as little as $1500. What does it cost to build a 400ci lsx engine?
I wonder how much a intake that is worth a **** will cost for that thing. I am not really a ford v/s chevy guy . I am a fast car guy.Which is why I run GM. I have had several 5.slow's. And if you think that when you put a set of chevy heads on a SBF your not going to hear **** every time you pop the hood your wrong. And that Will come from ford and chevy guys.And as far as building a 400CI ford for $1500 that would be a nice trick. I wonder how come everyone don't do that.I am sure you priced a stroker kit out of a magazine for one but there is much more to it than that. And go ahead and ad the price of an aluminum block to that $1500 and tell me how much money you have saved.
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Originally Posted by WE TODD DID
Because the parts for a sbf are much more affordable than an lsx engine. And when you have a set of stock lsx heads that flow nearly what a $2000 set of ford heads flow, you end up saving tons of money. You can build a 400ci sbf for as little as $1500. What does it cost to build a 400ci lsx engine?
400ci sbf for 1500$?
ive put together a few 5.0 windsor and svo block motors,
this 1500$ 400ci sbf is news to me
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Originally Posted by NemeSS
400ci sbf for 1500$?
ive put together a few 5.0 windsor and svo block motors,
this 1500$ 400ci sbf is news to me
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...0&autoview=sku

Add block work, and you're right at $1500.
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Originally Posted by IH8FORD
I wonder how much a intake that is worth a **** will cost for that thing. I am not really a ford v/s chevy guy . I am a fast car guy.Which is why I run GM. I have had several 5.slow's. And if you think that when you put a set of chevy heads on a SBF your not going to hear **** every time you pop the hood your wrong. And that Will come from ford and chevy guys.And as far as building a 400CI ford for $1500 that would be a nice trick. I wonder how come everyone don't do that.I am sure you priced a stroker kit out of a magazine for one but there is much more to it than that. And go ahead and ad the price of an aluminum block to that $1500 and tell me how much money you have saved.
I've literally built hundreds of engines, both chevrolet and ford, and both have their advantages and disadvantages. Chevy lacks on their blocks due to the lack of deck height. You can't get a good compression height on a piston with a 4" crank without using 5.850 rods, unless you want to fork out the cash for a tall deck height block. Fords have 9.5 deck height blocks, and you can put a 4.250 crank in them with a 6.200 rod and still have a 1.170 compression height. Its all about how much money you want to spend. As far as an all out race engine, I wouldn't even consider an lsx engine. It would cost entirely too much to make the durable hp that you could make with the standard sbc. I've built plenty of $1500 short blocks for customers, and I've built $8000 short blocks. Its all in how fast, and for how long you want to go. And as far as aluminum blocks go, there is no advantage whatsoever other than it being lighter. Building a 1200hp aluminum small block nitrous engine would be stupid. The aluminum small blocks aren't strong enough to support the hp.

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