sigh, T-bird 350 :( Reply #15 – December 12, 2006, 03:16:00 AM Ford Tbird "Good", Color "Okay", Engine "Blasphemy", Wheels "Kill Now"Though it is better that it is not rotting away! Quote Selected
sigh, T-bird 350 :( Reply #16 – December 12, 2006, 05:46:18 AM People have been putting Chevy engines in Fords for over 50 years. Boo hoo. Quote Selected
sigh, T-bird 350 :( Reply #17 – December 12, 2006, 07:09:37 AM That looks to be one T-bird that would benefit from sugar in the tank. Most chevy guys I know would feel the same way. Quote Selected
sigh, T-bird 350 :( Reply #18 – December 12, 2006, 07:29:46 AM Quote from: ipsd;118066That looks to be one T-bird that would benefit from sugar in the tank. Most chevy guys I know would feel the same way.I beg to differ.Though I'd never do this myself, there are a lot of reasons to go 350, dist. location not being one of them. The fact that there has at one time, in some place, been a 350 under the hood of nearly every car out there means this guy isn't alone with that thought.And no matter what evil a guy does in his life, leave his car out of it. Quote Selected
sigh, T-bird 350 :( Reply #19 – December 12, 2006, 08:08:05 AM I would think about buying it. Not for $4500. Who honestly cares? If its fast and a tbird, 95%+ or people out there wouldnt know the diffrence. IMHO its like swapping in a 351. The only diffrence is one says ford and one dosent. At least the guy did something custom instead of throwing in a crate ford racing engine or something of the like. I can respect that. Quote Selected
sigh, T-bird 350 :( Reply #20 – December 12, 2006, 03:40:20 PM Quote from: 84 Fila;118021But if your going to drive a ford, have the pride to keep a FORD V8 in it.Honestly, what does it matter? Its like bitching about having adidas insoles in nikes. Who cares, its only a car. Quote Selected
sigh, T-bird 350 :( Reply #21 – December 12, 2006, 05:29:01 PM Time to stick a 318 or 360 under the hood of my '88 T-bird just to see how many people get annoyed. :p Quote Selected
sigh, T-bird 350 :( Reply #22 – December 12, 2006, 07:14:26 PM I know that people have put chebbie motors in fords for years. I also know that its easy and cheap to get a fast 350. However, I don't think it would be worth whatever modifications that had to be made to that engine bay to get it to fit properly. In other words, it probably cost almost as much to fab it in as it would have to have a decent 302-351.To each his own I guess.Quote from: Bird351Time to stick a 318 or 360 under the hood of my '88 T-bird just to see how many people get annoyed.Screw a 318 or 360- not enough power--> 6.1 HEMI :D Quote Selected
sigh, T-bird 350 :( Reply #23 – December 12, 2006, 08:17:35 PM Yeah, well which am I more likely to end up with? I have a 97k-mile 318 already in a vehicle here.. :p Quote Selected
sigh, T-bird 350 :( Reply #24 – December 12, 2006, 08:49:00 PM Quote from: Bird351;118148Yeah, well which am I more likely to end up with? I have a 97k-mile 318 already in a vehicle here.. :pI'm not talking about pulling the motor on your Ram! Quote Selected
sigh, T-bird 350 :( Reply #25 – December 12, 2006, 08:53:28 PM Well I might end up doing that at some point.. but not for this reason.My grandmother wants to keep my father's van, which she's had for the past ten years and is getting a little long in the tooth. It's also an '85, and also has a 318 in it. My current 318 is also a little rough around the edges. At some point I may try to pick up another engine and trans for my truck, and keep/rebuild the originals for a spare available for either vehicle. Of course, it's all speculation at this point.. and also completely irrelevant to the topic. :p Quote Selected
sigh, T-bird 350 :( Reply #26 – December 12, 2006, 10:44:54 PM Quote from: 5.0willgo;118138I know that people have put chebbie motors in fords for years. I also know that its easy and cheap to get a fast 350. However, I don't think it would be worth whatever modifications that had to be made to that engine bay to get it to fit properly. In other words, it probably cost almost as much to fab it in as it would have to have a decent 302-351.To each his own I guess.:Dthey fit very easy Quote Selected
sigh, T-bird 350 :( Reply #27 – December 16, 2006, 04:15:40 PM I personally like to see same brand motors in same brand cars, too, but sometimes you have to go with what you've got. I remember a year or two ago seeing a '54 F100 with a Nissan 280Z straight 6 in a classified paper. That might just have been unique enough to be interesting. I guess some people do it just for the challenge or to be different, or out of necessity. Running motor in wrecked vehicle number 1, and dead motor in otherwise straight vehicle number 2. It does tend to get a little old to see so many custom rods and pickups with the old 350/350 combo, and each person thinks they thought of it first. Like somebody said, it's probably the cheapest $$ to HP motor to build, and there's one on every street corner. Wasn't there someone on the boards who was going to put an AMC motor in a Bird? That's very original. But one thing I don't think I've ever seen, is a Chevy of any kind running a Ford motor. That must be way more wrong to them than Ford people putting a GM motor in a Ford.By the way, I wonder how many Bowtie boys know that their big bad Duramax diesel is made by Isuzu?Fordman3 Quote Selected
sigh, T-bird 350 :( Reply #28 – December 16, 2006, 04:25:58 PM it'd be alright if it didn't look tacky as hell. Quote Selected
sigh, T-bird 350 :( Reply #29 – December 16, 2006, 04:57:09 PM Quote from: fordman3;118671But one thing I don't think I've ever seen, is a Chevy of any kind running a Ford motor.I've seen a sweet 69 Camaro running a Ford. I believe it was a 302. Quote Selected
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