289/302's in Model A's or T's

Okay, I've seen some, but not a lot of small block Fords in model A's. I'd like to see some pics and hear some opinions. The more I look at the sixties hipo pieces, the cooler I think they look with finned aluminum valve covers and
Shelby pieces. Plus the dizzy at the front seems to make for better firewall clearance. I'm contemplating a period mid-sixties Ford in either my 29A or my 26T coupe. Please weigh in.

 

I've got a '65 289 in my '31 Model A coupe. I tried to keep consistant with a mid sixties build... not a wild show car style, but something you could have seem running around. The Ford engine is a bit longer than an SBC, but fits pretty well, all in all. Parts are readily available, and you can make about as much power as you want to, while keeping the external look virtually identical. You can also bolt a T5 or AOD directly to it, adding overdrive.

As far as pics......

 

Go for it,great engines.
I'm building my '29 RPU with a '65 289 and T10 4-speed.



Cheers,
Mark.

 

I think the 302 is a torquey little brute... With the right heads/cam and about 9.5:1 compression ratio should work fine. A T-5 trans from a '90-'93 HO Stang with it's 3:35 first gear ratio should get it moving very quick... A rear gear ratio like a 3:55 0r 3:73 should be enough for street use.

 

I have a 289 with a tunnel ram in my 33 pickup and it runs great..... I am putting a 302 in the model a sedan that I am building.......

 

289/302's RUN REAL GOOD, AND CAN LOOK RIGHT...ONE WOULD LOOK RIGHT AT HOME IN A 60's STYLE A OR T WITH SLOT MAGS, OR AMERICANS AND A FAT *** FLAKE JOB.

 

I just traded for a 22 t-bucket with a 302 and it fast and plenty of power.mine is out of a 69 MUSTANG

 

Very nice! Thanks for weighing in. I like your coupe.

 

Now this is the kind of response that can get a plan going. A T-5 would be slick. And thanks for noting that first gear ratio and rear end gears. I love the HAMB.

 

do it...

 

Hrtr id s 302 in my A

 

Nice looking motors! I have a 33 five window I want to put a 302 and a T5 in.What are you guys doing for water pumps? Using the short or the long pumps?

 

I'm not even a Ford guy, and I say DO IT! I have much respect for them, and it's nice to see 'em in a rod instead of a SBC.

 

I have a 289 and top-loader 4spd. in my '32 roadster. Great little engine and quite light too. Lighter than a flathead.

 

Got a little one in my 28rpu w/c-4. i think the later water pump is shorter than the earlier ones since the length of sbf are a issue.

 

The problem with OHV Ford engines is that the front of the engines are considerably longer measured from the front of valve cover than the rear...
Even though you can shove the engine up against the firewall due to no dizzy back there...that is part of the issue. The PROPORTIONS get all outta whack with a SBF, tough to get the valve covers centered between firewall and grill shell and look good in an open hooded hotrod....
They are a great running engine, but it'll take more than just dress-up parts to make one look "right" in a hotrod......

 

Good point. And one certainly worth considering...

 

Had a 302 HO with a C4 trans in a Model A tudor sedan. Lost interest and sold it to finance the T roadster that I'm working on now. Went with the cookie-cutter SBC this time, mostly for financial reasons.

 

FORD in a FORD, INDY Lotus-Ford, Le Mans GT40 FORD, the 60's were the highpount of Ford racing.

 

The 90's explorer 5.0 front is the shortest there is. The front cover doesn't have a fuel pump provision. The water pump is reverse rotation. It also has a 50 oz. balancer. I used a professional Products 28oz. unit and had to machine a spacer to put the pulley in the correct location.

 

ford power I love it.

 

Yeoooozah, gadzooks and mazoomba, man! Someone ain't f@#&*!g around...

 

Ha love this thread!

 

I'm actually quite impressed by the Ford faction on here. MAybe I'll have to use the 302 I just picked up and hook it to a 90-93 t-5 with the 3.35 1st as recommended earlier in this thread. Yessss!

 

In my 27T ..

 

Sweeeet!

 

this ones going into my 29 model a roadster pickup ! should be coming home from paint in the next couple weeks and i'll post pics with it installed ! i'm a die hard ford man and wouldn't consider anything else ! yeah there's a little more work and a few more considerations ! firewall on the cab is recsessed and i had ot run a sno white shorty conversion waterpump but other than that it wasn't too bad !

 

Well, I guess part of this is fact and part is opinion. The front IS longer than a SBC - that is true.
Personally, I like the engine setback. Mine is so far back that the valve covers set under the recess in the firewall. Not only does it help with weight balance, I feel that it gives a more "racy" look - like the old drag cars of the 60's. If you open a "Hot Rod" from then, many of the fast cars had part of the injection and part of the exhaust run through the cowl. I dont think the valve covers need to be centered, but I see what you are getting at. To me, as long as there isn't "empty space" I think it looks fine.

 

289 was just great in my lil roadster

 

I was thinking the same thing. I like the look of a motor setback. I think it does give the illusion of more setback without giving up interior room.