I started with a 90s 5.0 HO block had my local machinist Bore it 30 over, Decked, aligne honed, and the bore was molley honed.I had to notche the bottom of the cylinder walls to make clearence for the rods. PAW offers a 347 Stroker kit and I upgraded the kit to forged, steel, ballanced, Crankshaft, pistons and rods. One problem was that I had the assembly ballence for the later 50oz counter weight, this made a bit of a problem to find Proper flex plate. Bolt on parts list as:
GT40 aluminum heads (M-6049-y303), E303 roller cam, Weiand Stealth
4bbl manifold, Holley 500cfm marine carb
Tuned shorty headers
2 3/4" dual exaust with high preformance Cats, Flow master mufflers and crossover pipe. Modifyed from a mustang.
Drivetrain:
Tranny is G on the plate(automatic), axel is 16 on the plate(ford/3750/3.50). I have a new C6 and rebuilt the front and rear axels and steering componets. The front axle is a Dana 44, and the rear is a Ford 9". I'm going to keep them orginal since my wife is going to be driving it and I don't want her to roll it over becuase it's lifted. Might install a locker kit but that's way down the road, gotta get it running first.
Notes:
My wife's uncle David bought it new in 1978, and drove it until he stoped driveing a few years ago. He gave it to my wife who gave it to me. It's extreemly straight, paint job is orginal and in very good shape, interior is in excelent shape except for the drives seat and the fake crome trim which is peeling. It's a giant paper weight in my garrage at the moment.
DTD347street.JPG 289 hits | 61.19 KB | Posted: 3/4/05 This is a screenshot of DesktopDyno with all the math entered from my 347. A few things need to be said about this. 1: the compression Ratio is VERY high, im prolly going to have to run race gas or put dished pistons in it (Thick Head gaskets are for...
Picture2 036.jpg 195 hits | 41.4 KB | Posted: 3/4/05 Here is the Intake ports, you can see that they have been opened up aswellas Gasket matched. These ports arnt polished for one simple reason, turbulance is a good thing for intake, you want your fule to Atomize as much as possible. All the porting an...
Picture2 031.jpg 189 hits | 46.87 KB | Posted: 3/4/05 This is a Photo of one of the exaust ports on the GT40 heads. You can plainly see that it has been Jornal and pocket ported, as well as Polished to a Reflective surface. This is important for exaust ports, dosnt matter for intake.
Picture2 026.jpg 211 hits | 86.62 KB | Posted: 3/4/05 Here it is, completed 347 all the good stuff. if your curious exactly whats in this thing check my logs
P4200011.jpg 190 hits | 74.21 KB | Posted: 3/18/04 installed spindle, you can see the ends of studs peeking out
P4200008.jpg 160 hits | 67.17 KB | Posted: 3/18/04 this is the spindle mounted on the steering knuckle the studs that hold this assembley together are difficult to find, www.partsmike.com has them.
P4200004.jpg 108 hits | 60.21 KB | Posted: 3/18/04 This is the steering knuckle on the axle
P4200003.jpg 94 hits | 66.75 KB | Posted: 3/18/04 this is a picture of the steering knuckle on the axle with the spacer, spindle, and disk break.
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DTD347street.JPG 289 hits | 61.19 KB | Posted: 3/4/05 This is a screenshot of DesktopDyno with all the math entered from my 347. A few things need to be said about this. 1: the compression Ratio is VERY high, im prolly going to have to run race gas or put dished pistons in it (Thick Head gaskets are for...
Picture 086.jpg 264 hits | 77.83 KB | Posted: 3/16/04 This is my buddy Rawlin "Skum bag of the month" who helped me pull the catch of the day (351M over 200,000 miles on it , no barrings to speak of, cracked valves, siezed smogpump, need i say more?)
Picture2 026.jpg 211 hits | 86.62 KB | Posted: 3/4/05 Here it is, completed 347 all the good stuff. if your curious exactly whats in this thing check my logs
Picture2 036.jpg 195 hits | 41.4 KB | Posted: 3/4/05 Here is the Intake ports, you can see that they have been opened up aswellas Gasket matched. These ports arnt polished for one simple reason, turbulance is a good thing for intake, you want your fule to Atomize as much as possible. All the porting an...
P4200011.jpg 190 hits | 74.21 KB | Posted: 3/18/04 installed spindle, you can see the ends of studs peeking out
Picture2 003.jpg 190 hits | 63.71 KB | Posted: 3/16/04 This is a picture of a HO 5.0 block that has been bored 30 over, What the picture is showing is the notches that I made to permit enough clearance for the piston rods.
Picture2 031.jpg 189 hits | 46.87 KB | Posted: 3/4/05 This is a Photo of one of the exaust ports on the GT40 heads. You can plainly see that it has been Jornal and pocket ported, as well as Polished to a Reflective surface. This is important for exaust ports, dosnt matter for intake.
Picture2 006.jpg 188 hits | 77.9 KB | Posted: 3/16/04 This is my oldest friend Adam, been friend since the fifth grade. As you can see, he loves his job. Next to him is my 347, undoubtably woundering what he plans to do with that over sized tool.
Picture2 004.jpg 186 hits | 65.56 KB | Posted: 3/16/04 here is another showing the notches cut for rod clearance
Time Flys Well... The engine supports from www.fordtrucks.com were the exact same supports that I already had for the 351. Going to have to have custom mounts made which is why this project has not been finished. Having a hard time finding a welder that knows how to do this and that I trust enough to do the work.
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03/28/07
Modification
Ug, somday... This stupid truck bankrupted me, and it's still not done haha. Well, someday I'll be driving it, I'm shure gas prices will be like europe though. Hmm, maybe time to put a diesel in this thing? /sigh
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03/04/05
Modification
Eingine Supports FINALY!!! Found a real nice fella that helped me out on some of the hard to find parts! Mainly the Eingine supports for a Wensor block and the Transfer Case Mounting kit. If you need parts for your 73-79 Ford truck this is the guy to talk to; www.fordtrucks.com This guy will help you out so drop him a line if you need parts ^^
