Hey guys been do a lot of reading around here but not a lot of posting. Finally finished up a major leg of my 77 F150 4x4 rebuild with the install of a 429. i did a lot of reading and asking about but never got a clear answer on this swap would really take. After finding many of the parts needed to do this the "conventional" way were no longer readily available, and usable info being less so i feel i should make a post on how to do this swap with of the shelf parts.
I been approaching this project with the goal of building a making it look as close the the original truck power train as possible. i like being able to get most of my parts from the local parts store and not some custom sight. I bought a DOVE 429 from some guy on craigslist that had about 50,000 on it. tore it down to check my buy and of course found some issues, but the the core engine was good. so i rebuilt the heads, did a light port job and polished the combustion chambers, but the cam labeled "RV" back in it with some ARP hardware.
Cracked timing set, dont reuse nylon timing gears
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZSE1uNEpadUcyN2s
arp head studs because they cost the same as there head bolt set
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZMWdxRmZfbjVEd1k
one prepped 429
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZbzRpanZUY0l1Z28
the guy i bough this from had it in a f250 unknow year and had made this mount setup which did not work in my truck. I bought a set of l and l mounts along with a p/s bracket for my year due to simplicity.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZbW1XUVBxbGlUUlk
wanted to retain the factory manual trans so began the long hunt to find what was truth, fairy tail and just plan boggus on fitting a 385 engine with 335 bell housing for the gen 6 models. at lot of people said use a 390 flywheel so you don't have to shim the bell housing away from the block. i bought a 390 flywheel but it was drilled for 11.5 long style clutch. i didn't want a long style clutch to start with i wanted diaphragm. plug you cant by a 11.5 clutch anymore less 600 dollar race clutch. so i tried to track down 360 flywheel only to find ones that take 11" long clutch. felling rather bummed it seemed more and more likely that a 460 flywheel was going to have to be the way to go. so i bought a $100 flywheel of rockauto for external balanced 460 truck (84 f250) and a 12" clutch set for a 77 f150 with a 460. after some test fitting and measuring. i need to mod the bell housing with grinder, shim the bell housing away from the block with 1 extra block plate, and take 1/8 off the tip of the throw out bearing tube so it wouldn't hit on the back of the pressure plate, i placed the pilot bearing in the outer (bigger hole) and it worked.
a little grinding where the flywheel hit the bell housing
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZbzRpanZUY0l1Z28
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZM0dfQXJsSF82WmM
i ground down the throw out bearing tube C because i wanted the clutch disk to ride and have travel space on the shaft B so i tried to get the edge of the shaft a close to the pilot bearing a possible. distance A is the gab betten the disk and pilot bearing
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZODgxMm1FMjJJRlU
after fitting everything i just took my 100 flywheel down the local machine shop and had them give it a neutral balance for 50 bucks. 150 cheaper then the cheapest flywheel of summit and it had the right tooth count.
the truck came with power steering and after finding the stock pump hit the front of the left head using l and l p/s bracket, i mounted a 80's c2 pump to the 70's bracket. tweeked a 84 f250 pressure line, found a belt that work and felt very accomplished.
p/s setup, with the wrong belt
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZNG53Wmw1NHBPQ3M
i want to setup a fan clutch system but for the mean time a tray for cookies got a friend to but a 3/4 hose in the back of the fan hub spacer so i could use the stock 351m space and fan.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZNG53Wmw1NHBPQ3M
I been approaching this project with the goal of building a making it look as close the the original truck power train as possible. i like being able to get most of my parts from the local parts store and not some custom sight. I bought a DOVE 429 from some guy on craigslist that had about 50,000 on it. tore it down to check my buy and of course found some issues, but the the core engine was good. so i rebuilt the heads, did a light port job and polished the combustion chambers, but the cam labeled "RV" back in it with some ARP hardware.
Cracked timing set, dont reuse nylon timing gears
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZSE1uNEpadUcyN2s
arp head studs because they cost the same as there head bolt set
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZMWdxRmZfbjVEd1k
one prepped 429
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZbzRpanZUY0l1Z28
the guy i bough this from had it in a f250 unknow year and had made this mount setup which did not work in my truck. I bought a set of l and l mounts along with a p/s bracket for my year due to simplicity.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZbW1XUVBxbGlUUlk
wanted to retain the factory manual trans so began the long hunt to find what was truth, fairy tail and just plan boggus on fitting a 385 engine with 335 bell housing for the gen 6 models. at lot of people said use a 390 flywheel so you don't have to shim the bell housing away from the block. i bought a 390 flywheel but it was drilled for 11.5 long style clutch. i didn't want a long style clutch to start with i wanted diaphragm. plug you cant by a 11.5 clutch anymore less 600 dollar race clutch. so i tried to track down 360 flywheel only to find ones that take 11" long clutch. felling rather bummed it seemed more and more likely that a 460 flywheel was going to have to be the way to go. so i bought a $100 flywheel of rockauto for external balanced 460 truck (84 f250) and a 12" clutch set for a 77 f150 with a 460. after some test fitting and measuring. i need to mod the bell housing with grinder, shim the bell housing away from the block with 1 extra block plate, and take 1/8 off the tip of the throw out bearing tube so it wouldn't hit on the back of the pressure plate, i placed the pilot bearing in the outer (bigger hole) and it worked.
a little grinding where the flywheel hit the bell housing
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZbzRpanZUY0l1Z28
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZM0dfQXJsSF82WmM
i ground down the throw out bearing tube C because i wanted the clutch disk to ride and have travel space on the shaft B so i tried to get the edge of the shaft a close to the pilot bearing a possible. distance A is the gab betten the disk and pilot bearing
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZODgxMm1FMjJJRlU
after fitting everything i just took my 100 flywheel down the local machine shop and had them give it a neutral balance for 50 bucks. 150 cheaper then the cheapest flywheel of summit and it had the right tooth count.
the truck came with power steering and after finding the stock pump hit the front of the left head using l and l p/s bracket, i mounted a 80's c2 pump to the 70's bracket. tweeked a 84 f250 pressure line, found a belt that work and felt very accomplished.
p/s setup, with the wrong belt
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZNG53Wmw1NHBPQ3M
i want to setup a fan clutch system but for the mean time a tray for cookies got a friend to but a 3/4 hose in the back of the fan hub spacer so i could use the stock 351m space and fan.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2U7I7KaIfWZNG53Wmw1NHBPQ3M
