What have you done to your 351M/400

[TexasNomad]

I was drunk one night and feeling god like and tried to pick up a old 460, took weeks for my back to recover...

 

[TexasNomad]

Agreed...but shhhhh, not in here.

Shaunt anger the M gods

 

[1985 Ford F-150]

Naw we cant do that they might drop a motor on your head.

 

[TexasNomad]

Naw we cant do that they might drop a motor on your head.

You think they might drop a crate engine?

M engines Suck!!!

 

[1985 Ford F-150]

Maybe not a new one.

 

[LEB Ben]

M engines Suck!!!

Have you learned nothing in this forum?

from the 335 series forum

Maybe not a new one.

Gimme a nice hot 400 any day...because they definitely don't suck.

 

[1985 Ford F-150]

No my buddy has one in a 78 250 and its got some pretty good power supposedly it was rebuilt but it still has a 2bbl. Why anybody would leave the 2bbl on there is beyond me.

 

[TexasNomad]

Cheap, very cheap

 

[1985 Ford F-150]

I never build a motor on the cheap just cause they usually dont last very long if ya dont pay some money.

 

[havi]

You shoulda had a pole over the back of your neck, and under your arms with ropes hanging down and wrapped around the FE and 460, one on each side (picture Chinese man with the stick and water buckets) Then stand up on your tippy toes and walk across the yard and see which shoulder gives out first....that will tell ya which engine is heavier. Now the way I do it, is just like I mentioned, but I also dangle a 400 off the front of me. No problems whatsoever.

 

[1985 Ford F-150]

Thatd be the day when I could pick up a complete motor andf swing it over my back.

 

[JBradley500]

You shoulda had a pole over the back of your neck, and under your arms with ropes hanging down and wrapped around the FE and 460, one on each side (picture Chinese man with the stick and water buckets) Then stand up on your tippy toes and walk across the yard and see which shoulder gives out first....that will tell ya which engine is heavier. Now the way I do it, is just like I mentioned, but I also dangle a 400 off the front of me. No problems whatsoever.

Fe's are great... look ar LS engines. they are kinds similar but 40 years behined.


drunk post BTY... YES!!!!

 

[hollenjoe]

Im gonna post drunk tonight, i know it.....

 

[JBradley500]

it's horrible... i drank when i woke up at a party this morning and drank until i got home... the first thing i did was dunk post on here then i passed out...

this site should have a test so when you are alcohol impaired you cant have the ability to post.

 

[wyazel1]

Hi, I was today in a ford competition show, I got mad cuz the "ford guru of the place"( some guy who had lots of money and had lots of ford built for him)" said a 400"m" was a piece of junk heavier than a 460 and a 400 couldnt have more than 9:1 and there was no 4bbl intake made for it... I had my cel with pics of 400 psitons and 400 intakes, I debated the guy in front of alot of peolpe... Showed him my car, He was so embarassed .... Its 460 built was so unmatched with his 65 thunderbird that it made 16 secs with aluminuim heads... and mine made 12 highs with iron heads, what a waste... Thats what makes me angry.... anyways drunk posting,.....

I have a guy around here he's actually the store manager of oreilly auto parts here in town, he always seemed fairly knowledgeable, and he was into older fords also. One day i was in there getting something and it came up that my new motor is about 9.4:1 according to tmeyerinc.com. He says no way its not possible to make over 9:1 with stock heads. I just said "oh really that sucks i guess i wasted my money on those pistons" but he still thinks he's right I saw him today. I just let him think he's right.

 

[TexasNomad]

I wonder why the 351M/400 engines are soooooOoo misunderstood..

 

[LEB Ben]

I wonder why the 351M/400 engines are soooooOoo misunderstood..

Cuz they're not the big boy on the block, and cuz they're not high winders. Bad factory specs play a role with that too. Figure you want the baddest gas engine...go 460, want a good towing rig...go diesel, want high revving and racing...go 351W. So there are better platforms to start with than the 351M/400. So most guys just start with the best they can get to begin with. Figure you put $3000 into a 400 and you put the same amount in a 460...the 460 will put better numbers out. A 400 isn't really designed to compete with a 351W...so why go that route? So they are misunderstood, but most people want the best possible platform for their application.

 

[TexasNomad]

Well if you want a street truck then a 351W is great.
But if you want a great truck engine go with a 351M/400 390/460.. Low turning monsters.

 

[LEB Paul]

I wonder why the 351M/400 engines are soooooOoo misunderstood..

cause they suck

 

[TexasNomad]

Watch out Captain stabby, Ben will Smite you.