Spent The morning helping the guy remove it and the afternoon cleaning it. It's a '65 409 with 56000 miles on it. Came out of a Chevy C-80. We drove it into the shop and she purred like a kitten. The good thing about it is it was governed so she probably never seen over 4-5000 rpm's. I set the intake I got from Eric at VAP on it for the pics.
I didn't see any pictures of the Firefighters. Eye candy my...oh! HA the motor! Good score! It'll look really nice tucked into a little rod or custom. **x
I've heard that low rpm engines form a ridge in the cylinders and when you rev the thing higher than it's seen before the top ring hits that ridge (because of rod stretch) and the ring breaks. Might be worth looking at.
Sounds logical Johnnyfast, hopefully mine has low enough miles that it doesn't have that much of a ridge.
YOU LUCKY DOG! By the way, I would'nt mind getting a 409 for Christmas if you want it to have a good home...........
thats a sweet looking motor!! do the "w" head motors have the same block as the big block chevy?? ive always wondered that. anyways, good score man!!
I think you'll be fine with the 409- I am using a used 348 out of a truck in my roadster.....I run the hell out of it. I will say this- it as a truck engine , will have lower compression and that will limit its ability to handle the extra gas of the 6 carb unit.....Good luck!
I know where there is a " W " motor ,,its up near levis ........... the guy wants 800.00 forit ... You got one nice heart there .................... JEFF
To answer the question about the blocks. The blocks are basically the same except that the deck angle is different. What's funny is that if you had a tall block bbc, you could shave the deck to you different angle, drill for W heads and voila! you've got yourself a knock off
GAHHHH you ****,,, must be why we had a strong west wind over here in the twin cities today... NICE score man! as Kenny said its got the lower compression ratio, being from a truck, but hell, if the cylinder ridge thing bothers you your gonna pull the heads for inspection anyhow, so just have the heads shaved .030" for a slight compression bump? either way, sweet lookin mill
fiddy, milling the heads on a W motor is nearly useless since the combustion chamber is in the piston/cylinder for the most part
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