pics of my 51' i bought from squigy...needs a little work

i still need to get the hood from ozzie,,,i've been wanting a shoebox for years!!!

 

Neat! What are your plans for it? I think it would make a cool gasser.

 

i was thinking low and fast,i got a 400m i'm trying to figure out how to stuff in there,,,a gasser would be cool tho'

 

400M and fast don't usually go in the same sentence

 

it does if your talkin' roller cam and chi heads with tim meyer's pistons these things pump out 500hp/550tq without breakin' a sweat,big block numbers in a mid-block minus almost 200 pounds!...4" bore with a 4" stroke + aluminum cleveland heads=get out the way!...remember it's a cleveland with a different name.

 

this is an article from hotrod.com,it's got chevy rods and mopar pistons!-------
Our stated goals at the beginning of the project were to produce 500 lb-ft of torque and 500 hp. On the dyno, it became apparent that the intake manifold limits this engine's ability to breathe at the upper-rpm levels. The long stroke makes for excellent torque production with a nice, flat curve, but our first runs fell just short of the 500hp goal. We had already anticipated the limitations of the dual-plane intake and fitted a 1-inch open spacer under the Holley 870 carb. The results were 556 lb-ft of torque and 496.7 hp. Close, but not quite there. A second 1-inch spacer got us there. This time around, the torque peaked at 565 at 4,300 rpm and the horsepower was 505 at 5,300. It certainly would be interesting to see how much a single-plane intake could help this combination. Thanks to the efficient combustion-chamber design of the Edelbrock heads, the best timing was at 30 degrees BTDC. The power curve is also pretty flat-at 5,900 rpm, the horsepower had only dropped 15.2 from peak.
The toughest part of this engine build obviously comes from the fact that it isn't supported by the performance aftermarket. The fact that it uses Dodge pistons, Chevy rods, and a Ford 302 balancer is pretty cool, but it does also require a little extra attention to get everything to fit together properly. The total cost also turned out a bit higher than we originally calculated, but comparing it with the cost of building a standard Ford or Chevy small-block just isn't fair, either. Still, rocking a 500hp Ford that most people have written off as a low-power pig is pretty cool any way you look at it.-----it's a good read for anyone who wants to know what this motor can really do,go here http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/engine/hrdp_0702_ford_400m_engine_build/index.html