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Well I guess I am still not over this. The 337 Lincoln at 850 pounds and 152 H.P. was chosen over the Ardun conversion and you can see from the above site (found by Tech1) that the Ardun H.P. was greater and the engine was certainly lighter than the 337 Lincoln. So I guess the factors were that FoMoCo already had the 337 tooled up, the width was less and of course the Ardun was untested at the time the decision was made. Maybe it was one of those decisions like the one GM made when they realized they could save $4/cyl by not putting steel sleeves in the otherwise neat Vega engine. I guess economics entered in, but as you consider purchase and buildup of a 337 Lincoln would you rather have an Ardun? Of course hindsight is 20/20, but just a frustration to me that Ford did not adopt the Ardun. We have discussed this previously on another thread but I just thought I would get my "what if" going again.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder