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11-20-2016, 07:55 AM | #21 |
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Re: Motor build cost.
I think it's the hot rod magazine mentality, plus a lot of John Q Public were told flatheads overheated, and were all cracked. You don't know how many times I've heard at a car show "doesn't that overheat on you" to the flathead owner.
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11-20-2016, 09:01 AM | #22 |
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And I can attest above is just the beginning if you really get into extracting most HP and going "all out" parts and performance!
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11-20-2016, 09:20 AM | #23 |
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11-20-2016, 09:44 AM | #24 |
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Two and half times the horse power for half the money and its delivered to your door...... Mark
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11-20-2016, 11:30 AM | #25 |
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Re: Motor build cost.
I have 6K listed on the excel spread sheet, but that includes a couple of purchased engines that ended up being scrap and one good spare block. expensive lessons..
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11-20-2016, 12:04 PM | #26 |
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11-20-2016, 12:06 PM | #27 |
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All you folks building nice looking flatty's, please take a look at my
8BA coil bracket support to make your build "spiffy". http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showth...e+coil+bracket |
11-20-2016, 12:22 PM | #28 |
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I don't see how you can rebuild any engine for half the price of a flathead build. Machine work is pretty much the same no matter what the engine. Sure parts are cheaper. But labor to build the engine should be similar. Now if you go buy fancy aftermarket parts, all bets are off. We're talking stock rebuild here.
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11-20-2016, 12:31 PM | #29 | |
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11-20-2016, 12:45 PM | #30 |
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$6K in parts? For a stock rebuild?
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11-20-2016, 01:09 PM | #31 |
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Well, this all sounds cheap when compared to building an ARDUN.
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11-20-2016, 01:23 PM | #32 |
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I have about 7K in the engine in my 32 Tudor.
Block fully pressure tested, magged & sonic checked 290 CI Ross Pistons w/ metric ring pack Merc crank offset ground NOS 21A rods All NOS Ford bearings Fully balanced Potvin 425 cam Alum cam gear Fully ported, no relief Large intake valves Isky springs Center dump headers Austin dual quad manifold w/ 2 Holley 4000 carbs NOS Canadian C7RA heads 23# flywheel w/ diaphram clutch Helmet distributor converted to electronic. Far from a stock rebuild |
11-20-2016, 01:34 PM | #33 |
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Great engine, but as you say, far from stock.
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11-20-2016, 06:20 PM | #34 |
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new parts on my motor are ,pistons, cam, valves,lifters,heads,intake,carb, full flow oil filter,all bearings...
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11-20-2016, 06:59 PM | #35 |
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Add a minimum of 30% when building a high end V8-60.
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11-20-2016, 07:48 PM | #37 | |
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Ron porting and assembly for $500 seems low. How many hours does it take you to port and to what extent do you do them? I'm as slow as molasses, I know but I think it takes me 20 to 30 hours after crack checking but BEFORE machine work. I might be off base but disassembly, inspection, pre-machining prep, basic port work, reassembly is worth double that at least. Like I said I know I'm slow but stuff like properly setting ring end gaps, lapping valves, cleaning rod journal sludge traps etc. is very time consuming. I do this as a hobby so I put a few hours in every night but sometimes I feel I'm working for less per hour than the bag boy at the supermarket. Also for the guys who compare a Chevy conversion to an antique engine restoration are comparing apples to oranges. On any 70 plus year old piece of machinery you literally have to massage or clean up every nut and bolt. If a guy were to "restore" a 265 for a '55 Chevy you would easily triple the cost of a crate 350. Those crate engines are mass produced offshore now. This type of thing is not in the ball park of what we are talking about. On top of that if a guy dumps a Chevy in there he has just killed his Ford. |
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11-20-2016, 08:48 PM | #38 |
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As far as I can tell the eng in my 39 has never be apart. It runs ok at the moment and I would like to rebuild it myself in the future but you guys are scaring me with those prices. Its been a good while sine I rebuilt a small block Chevy or Ford but I can remember the clean up and machine work on block and heads was only 200 bucks and when I was a machinist with the rail road I would take my blocks and heads to the shop and hot vat them myself on off days.
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11-21-2016, 01:08 AM | #40 |
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Out in Calif. a stock rebuild has been running $4500-$6500 depending on what you find
when you get inside. Don't forget some of these old motors take hours and hours to get apart depending on how long and where the engine has been sitting. A 350 Chev is still the cheapest to build. They go out the door for $1500-$2000 A Model A motor is $4500-$5000 for a stocker. A lot depends on where you live. |
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