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Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

There is one other thing to consider that you haven't mentioned. You say you want to put this in your 35 Ford, and while I am a Ford guy at heart I have to tell you that fitting one of these into your car will not be a piece of cake. Yes, they are narrow, but they are also long. The front mounted oil pump also presents some issues with crossmember clearance.

I have essentially the same engine room on my 46 Ford but when I build that car it will most probably get a 350 Chevy to save me from hacking up the firewall and moving the engine 3-4 inches into the passenger compartment. I know people have put the Fords into these cars, but it is just a lot more work.

You can shorten up the Ford engine with Ford Racing's short water pump setup, and I did that on my 27 to save 1.5 inches. But it requires you to buy a special timing cover, water pump, pulleys, and damper. I think all of that ended up costing me well over $ 1000 by the time I was done.

Just thought you should take out a tape measure and size up your engine room before you commit to that sbf. To show you how long these engines are, look at how far I had to set back the one in my 27, and even with the short water pump kit I still clear the electric fan by about 1/4 inch!

Don

Edit: Ok, I just read your other thread, looks like you are cutting up the car pretty far for the bags and MMII, so I guess you won't mind a little more surgery on the firewall.

That's right, be different. Put a 350 Sheby motor in a Ford, and be sure to paint the Ford red, you will have something really different, one of a kind

Ya...no thanks on the sbc or the red paint

To help you with the ID's click on this: www.mre-books.com/interchange/index.html under Small Block Ford click on the sections in blue for the info.There are some excellent books available from them,you may want to write down the titles and try www.half.com for used ones I bought some under $5.Another solution to the length problem is in this link I posted: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=303600 scroll down to post#5