That's right Ben post some damn pics of Reds engine!!
Or face the wrath of the Monkey..

Red has a 400.

Yeah Tex...Red has a 400, and she's 5 hours away in storage, but I'll be sure to get her pics this summer some time. But hold on...I'll run down to the Bronco in a bit and snap some pics.

Alright Tex...since you asked here she is. She's ugly, but for being 30 years old...I think she's held up well, and you just can't kill her.




I think this is what you call, 'polishing a turd'


OOOOoooOOOO...look at that new MC:


The new $40 radiator from John (2HI2CU)...thanks again Bud:


Warped valve covers, nasty stock exhuast mani's:


The absolute best right out the box street carb:




Yeah, she starts reeeeeal good. 875cca, 1000ca:


Can't forget the new oil SU:


Holley/Eddy combo...shoulda gone Holley/Weiand:


Some fan, alternator and pulley shots:

You guys like the witness marks from a loose alt. belt??? When in doubt, tighten her up...haha. Actually, just noticed it, and tightened it...gonna get a new belt tomorrow. Wouldn't doubt it's the one from the factory...haha:


Straight Motorcraft baby, well the oil filter anyway:


The Holley fuel pump:


My kick azz clear fuel filter...hahaha:

is that big chunk of metal on the fron driverside of the motor the AC?

Looks good for bein mostly stock and yes the air cleaner is polishin a turd.

daddyjake707 said:

is that big chunk of metal on the fron driverside of the motor the AC?

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On the driver's side????? You mean that circle looking thing with the other goldish thing sticking out? If so, no, that's the brake booster and Master cylinder. The A/C is that big black boxy looking cover sticking out on the passenger side.

1985 Ford F-150 said:

Looks good for bein mostly stock and yes the air cleaner is polishin a turd.

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Hey...for 30 years old with nothing more than a carb/intake upgrade, I'll take it. So I take it you don't like the bling I added?????? HAHAHAHA

I thought Red had a 351m .... Hmmm Must be confused with some thing else.... never mind then

TexasNomad said:

I thought Red had a 351m .... Hmmm Must be confused with some thing else.... never mind then

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Nope sure doesn't...rule of thumb...turn a 351M into a 400 ASAP. But for the record, Red had that S code from the factory, so she's always been a 400.

Naw its alright I was just sayin. i actually thought about puttin some chrome v/cs I got layin around on the 360 when I did the gaskets but it woulda looked pretty dumb with chrome valve covers and everything else oil covered.

Ben, tisk tisk , no fan shroud? And no Sandersons, I'm dissapointed

1985 Ford F-150 said:

Naw its alright I was just sayin. i actually thought about puttin some chrome v/cs I got layin around on the 360 when I did the gaskets but it woulda looked pretty dumb with chrome valve covers and everything else oil covered.

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HAHA...I knew what you were sayin Dan, just givin you hell. Just give it time...my ol' girl will be better than new in a few months...feels like I've been sayin that for about 6 months now.

UNRULEE said:

Ben, tisk tisk , no fan shroud? And no Sandersons, I'm dissapointed

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Hey Lee...you know what...Shut the effe up...haha. Yep, no fan shroud...the one D had wouldn't work, then another member offered me one...but after shipping it would be about the same in price as just buying a new one from JBG. As for headers...again, I hate you. But to be honest, I really wanted it to be a budget build...so I was considering going cheap with some Hooker Super Comps...but I just dunno. Those would be the only ones I would consider outside of the Sandies. But MAAAAAAAAAAYBE...if my guy at Doug Thorley is still serious about building those Tri-Y's for the 400 that they made in 1980-81...then I'd throw those on Red and put the Sandies on the Bronco. But here again, they said they'd have to make 3 sets of the tri-Y's...and even at that, it would be $8-1200 a set, you know 2 other people that would be willing?

wait..... That ugly motor is in Red...... Dude...

No the ugly one is in the bronco.

OH! ok Again, NEver mind

Looks like i found the a/c bracket and comp for my '79. Ben, your lack of belt tells me you don't use it and want to get rid of it.......cheap?!

UNRULEE said:

Looks like i found the a/c bracket and comp for my '79. Ben, your lack of belt tells me you don't use it and want to get rid of it.......cheap?!

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Nope wrong...the lack of Belt says it's still R12, and outta coolant and the PO took the belt off. It still spins free with no play though. But I plan on converting it and getting it up and running and possibly having it run dual purpose as OBA.

UTfball68 said:

Nope wrong...the lack of Belt says it's still R12, and outta coolant and the PO took the belt off. It still spins free with no play though. But I plan on converting it and getting it up and running and possibly having it run dual purpose as OBA.

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You could always jump on eBay and buy some R12...

It's still expensive, and I'm pretty sure there are some uber fines that can be had if you're handling it without a license. After two or three cans of R12, I coulda paid for anything I needed in a conversion and a couple cans of 134a.

UTfball68 said:

It's still expensive, and I'm pretty sure there are some uber fines that can be had if you're handling it without a license. After two or three cans of R12, I coulda paid for anything I needed in a conversion and a couple cans of 134a.

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Not that bad, http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dupo...ptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

$20 is alright,