Thread: Coolant in cylinders; fresh 400 sbc build

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Ok, I sent Cliff an inquiry about E85 rebuild kit for the Quad. I also read in his forum that a few people are run it with his rebuild kits and are not having any problems. Thank Tech for that link. So I guess the question left is do you think this might work? The only thing that bothers me about the idea is that I would be using 30% more fuel and that I would only get 5 mpg when towing my 4x4. It probably weighs between 5 and 6K lbs on the trailer. I think it might be cheaper to just try to find some 350 heads that haven't been machined for a couple hundred (or find someone who wants mine. They would be killer on a 350 with flat top pistons)

I think you're gonna have more money involved trying to go to alcohol than you might think. If it were my motor, I'd disassemble it and start over with a solid plan to run it on junk pump gas (9.0:1 with a 0.040" squish and a short hydraulic roller cam. RPM intake, 600 carb and 1 3/4" long-tube headers).
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After reading some of your responses, I doubt that you'll have any interest in this approach, but there are others who are reading this thread and I just wanted to publish my thoughts on the way I'd do it based on what you say you want the motor to do.