Hot Rods 283 c.i. in the 39 Ford

I am running a So Cal mount it is up top but that is all I could run unless I want to cut my frame

 

Thank you, thank you for the info here, Lockwood. We're in the middle of a 283 swap /power pack heads and early Corvette goodies. lots of great ideas here, especially the white firewall. Love it.

 

Hey 'lockwoodkustoms', cool swap into a very cool convertible sedan....

 

Hi; put a 283 in my 36 panel truck hooked to 40 side shift tranny and 373 gears, got 24 MPG on one fuel stop on the way to Bonneville last year, and averaged 18!! you will LOVE it over that flathead! VERY COOL car you got there!!! Chris

 

Great choice of intakes.........good luck with it.

 

Do you have any more pictures? Would like to see the whole package! That intake is killer!

 

Looking good! Thats a hell of an intake/carb set up! Anything specail done to the motor?

 

car looks great now you know why we put the in everthing in the old days

 

Thanks everyone I have been wanting to do some more to the car and well this is the start for the new year. Yes the motor is built so it should be okay.

 

I just went up and pulled her out of her winter hibernation. I have to get the intake on and the running boards covered for the Calvalcade of Cars coming up at the end of this month.

This is how she looks right at the moment

 

Started building the linkage today. Tomorrow I will have the cross bar made that ties the 6 carbs together. I am also planning to have the fuel lines made and polished.

 

Hopefully I will have this on the 39 today

 

yea cant wait man, getting closer

 

Well the lines are figured out

 

Nice looking setup. The lines look really nice. However, in the hot weather if you ever have a problem with vapor lock I'd look to how the lines are run in an attempt to solve the problem. I see that some of the lines after they exit the fuel block rise higher than the inlet of the carb they feed. Being copper and with the tendency of copper to absorb heat the gas will percolate in that higher loop preventing fuel transfer to the carb. May not ever be a problem but thought I'd mention it.
Nothing like drag racing on very hot summer days to discover any deficiency in a fuel delivery system.

Frank

 

Thanks Fab32, I am new to this type of set up so I will definitely keep this in mind. I am trying like hell to get this set up on my car for the show this weekend.

 

Okay, so my garage is full and well this is what Hot Rodders do right? We make due with what we have. So my buddy and I are trying to get this new 6x2 on the 39 for the show this weekend. This is where we got last night and today I am hoping it will be on with no issues.

 

I thought I would show off something i have under the intake

 

Good looking engine Lockwood!

 

Thanks

 

Oh yeah I wanted to let you guys know what cam it has. I called Engle Cams today and Chris helped me out I have a 1960's Engle Roller Cam specs are 256 duration 108 lobe center 333 gross cam lift 304 running duration

 

Holy copper lines! I really like. Giving me ideas for the 4 x 2 setup I just got.

 

Here is the finished version

 

Have to love a rag top, 4 door '39! Damn your car is rad!

 

Thanks I really appreciate it

 

i wanted to see your car...but on sat night it was too crowded by the stage for me to get to it, glad i saw this car looks bitchen

 

Thanks Dooley, I wish we could have met up. I will be at the Syracuse Nationals with it this year if your going maybe we can meet up.

 

Well I made this little collage of the 39 just to show how she looked years ago when I brought her home. Then how I have changed her over the years.