Need advice and opinions!

[So-Bad-Im-Good]

Ford only put 460s in their F350 and F250 4x4s.


"CUBIC INCHES MEANS ALOT,BUT IT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH WHAT YOU GOT That really means the most"

[krawler09]

They did put them in the 2 wheel drive trucks, but not in the 4x4's from 73 thru 79!

Didn't know that, and it was a 2wd I looked at. My bad

[Confederate]

Well I may keep the 351M. I don't think it's a small block nor a big block. I think it's just a... mid block  {hihi}.

I think that is the best thing to do is keep it and build it up. I wonder if I can at least build it up and get 400HP out of it?


I don't know if I want to get a Dana 60 on the front. That would be alot of work to do, wouldn't it? I have to fabricate stuff (I don't have fabricating equipment).

I might just run with 36's but I wish 38's.


Should I stick with the C6 automatic or get a 4 spd granny tranny?
Thought the granny tranny because of the granny gear.

[Confederate]

Ok, I got a 460. It has a '71 Lincoln block, '75 instake, '73 heads. Engine is very dirty. It ran when I bought it. I have taken the heads , the intake, and water pump off. Found out that the engine is bored .30 over so it makes it a 466. I couldn't get the crankshaft out because the pully kept moving so I couldn't pull the pully off.
People said I should carry it to a machine shop to let them hot tank it. They said for them to hot tank it (if I took the whole engine apart) would cost me 60-70 dollars but I got it halfway apart.

I guess I let them take the rest of it apart and hot tank it.
So once they get it apart, I guess they will see my crankshaft and let me know if it is bad.

Should I let them bore it out anymore? I'm going to use this engine for a daily driver too and bogging on occasions too. So I can bore it to .60. Idk if I should or not.


What else should I tell them to do?

[ranger11]

line hone it and go own and stroke that bad boy.

[Confederate]

line hone it and go own and stroke that bad boy.

huh? Lol. Stroke it. My budget is round 1-2k.

[ranger11]

have it line honed for the crank and cam pit new bearings in both. Its easier and cheaper to do now.  You shold be able to have a well built 460 for that money. I have some build threads some where with specs. I was gonna and still want to do a 460 in my ranger

[Confederate]

How much will it cost for the machine shop to do that?

[ranger11]

IDK maybe 100-150

[Confederate]

I might keep the .30 bore, what do you say? Or get it .60 over?

[Matt]

I wouldnt go over .030" Makes the cylinder walls thin and can cause over heating more easily. Plus leave a little meat just in case. you have to rebuild in the future.  Good thing is the 460 block has a thick casting and can be bored quite a bit up to .125".

You should get an 806 stroker kit  ;D
http://www.rpmmachine.com/ford-460-806-stroker.shtml

[Jimmy]

Holy crap! I knew the big blocks could be bored a lot, but didn't know you could go to 1/8". 806ci is a big motor {drool}