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B-nut · 11-11-2023, 02:17 PM

Can someone tell us what the 60 h.p. V8 engine weights?

nelsb01 · 11-11-2023, 02:37 PM

In June of 2010, someone responded that Ford listed the weight at 300 lbs. Yet another Google search says a engine ready to fire weighed in at around 220 lbs. (it had a lot of aluminum parts)

All I know is that I transported a bare 60 hp block to Michigan back in 1982, and when I arrived a single person lifted it out of the back of a 1981 Ford Escort station wagon.

B-nut · 11-11-2023, 06:53 PM

Thankyou nelsb01.

TJ · 11-11-2023, 07:46 PM

The early 60s had tin sides so they would be lighter than the all cast iron ones.

cas3 · 11-11-2023, 07:52 PM

Wasn't this discussed in Lawson's 60 thread?

V8COOPMAN · 11-12-2023, 01:53 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cas3

Wasn't this discussed in Lawson's 60 thread?

All I remember was that friggen' fan!

Coop

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tubman · 11-12-2023, 05:54 PM

I would imagine there would be a significant difference between a '37 "Tin Side" with aluminum heads and a '40 (being all cast iron).

V8COOPMAN · 11-12-2023, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tubman

I would imagine there would be a significant difference between a '37 "Tin Side" with aluminum heads and a '40 (being all cast iron).

A picture of a V8-60 "Tin Side".

Coop

Lawson Cox · 11-12-2023, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

All I remember was that friggen' fan!

Coop

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Locating the correct fan was a HASSEL FOR SURE, and cost a "right smart",but never let be said that I start out on a vast project with "half vast" intentions.

mcflash · 11-13-2023, 06:26 PM

Are you talking bare block?

Kurt in NJ · 11-13-2023, 07:33 PM

With transmission—
Model 73, 411 pounds. Commercial
Model 74, 391 pounds, passenger car
Model 75, 454 pounds, big truck
From 1936 service bulletin, 1937 introduction

Tim Ayers · 11-13-2023, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurt in NJ

With transmission—
Model 73, 411 pounds. Commercial
Model 74, 391 pounds, passenger car
Model 75, 454 pounds, big truck
From 1936 service bulletin, 1937 introduction

I know nothing about the V8 60's and what they came in, but I have to ask: Ford offered this wheezer in a big truck (Model 75)? Couldn't have been a big seller.

Lawson Cox · 11-13-2023, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Ayers

I know nothing about the V8 60's and what they came in, but I have to ask: Ford offered this wheezer in a big truck (Model 75)? Couldn't have been a big seller.

The 60HP I donated to the Archives Museum had the rare "commercial" transmissioin attached. Probably would not pull out the proverbial
"greasy string" either. Just sayin'.

Kurt in NJ · 11-13-2023, 08:53 PM

I drove a 60 for a while, to get the best fuel mileage had to keep it under 60, downshift to second as soon as it slowed to 40 on upgrades, over 60 the fuel mileage would go below 30 mpg, 26 mpg at 65-70, flat out it would go 74
The big truck probably spent a lot of time in lower gears

11-11-2023, 02:17 PM	#1
B-nut Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Vt Posts: 231	60 hp. V8 Engine weight Can someone tell us what the 60 h.p. V8 engine weights?

11-11-2023, 02:37 PM	#2
nelsb01 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Up North Posts: 626	Re: 60 hp. V8 Engine weight In June of 2010, someone responded that Ford listed the weight at 300 lbs. Yet another Google search says a engine ready to fire weighed in at around 220 lbs. (it had a lot of aluminum parts) All I know is that I transported a bare 60 hp block to Michigan back in 1982, and when I arrived a single person lifted it out of the back of a 1981 Ford Escort station wagon.

11-11-2023, 06:53 PM	#3
B-nut Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Vt Posts: 231	Re: 60 hp. V8 Engine weight Thankyou nelsb01.

11-11-2023, 07:46 PM	#4
TJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Napa,California Posts: 6,037	Re: 60 hp. V8 Engine weight The early 60s had tin sides so they would be lighter than the all cast iron ones.

11-11-2023, 07:52 PM	#5
cas3 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: sw minnesota Posts: 4,577	Re: 60 hp. V8 Engine weight Wasn't this discussed in Lawson's 60 thread?

11-12-2023, 05:54 PM	#7
tubman Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Minnesota, Florida Keys Posts: 10,320	Re: 60 hp. V8 Engine weight I would imagine there would be a significant difference between a '37 "Tin Side" with aluminum heads and a '40 (being all cast iron).

11-13-2023, 06:26 PM	#10
mcflash Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2023 Location: Northwest Arkansas Posts: 20	Re: 60 hp. V8 Engine weight Are you talking bare block?

11-13-2023, 07:33 PM	#11
Kurt in NJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: on the Littlefield Posts: 6,159	Re: 60 hp. V8 Engine weight With transmission— Model 73, 411 pounds. Commercial Model 74, 391 pounds, passenger car Model 75, 454 pounds, big truck From 1936 service bulletin, 1937 introduction

11-13-2023, 08:53 PM	#14
Kurt in NJ Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: on the Littlefield Posts: 6,159	Re: 60 hp. V8 Engine weight I drove a 60 for a while, to get the best fuel mileage had to keep it under 60, downshift to second as soon as it slowed to 40 on upgrades, over 60 the fuel mileage would go below 30 mpg, 26 mpg at 65-70, flat out it would go 74 The big truck probably spent a lot of time in lower gears