Was the Ford 400m a good motor or not?
Was the Ford 400m a good motor or not?
If you remove all the smog junk and all the un-necessary vacuum lines going to and fro and put a goor carb on it, you have a good running motor. My first car was a 1972 LTD w/ a 400. Bought the car with 59,000 miles. Drove it for 12 years and parked it with 165,000 and only change the valve cover gaskets.
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What does the sticker on a Ford 400 mean?
Ford degraded them for smog reasons. Guys runs one at the local track and it screams. 400 with a 351 W (windsor) crank & diffrent rods, sticker reads 351M/400 means 400 family.
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What was the problem with the Ford 400 engine?
The development of the 400 V8 led to a significant design flaw that remained with the engine throughout its production life. With a longer stroke, the compression ratio became excessively high with the 351-2V heads and flat top pistons.
If you remove all the smog junk and all the un-necessary vacuum lines going to and fro and put a goor carb on it, you have a good running motor. My first car was a 1972 LTD w/ a 400. Bought the car with 59,000 miles. Drove it for 12 years and parked it with 165,000 and only change the valve cover gaskets.
Ford degraded them for smog reasons. Guys runs one at the local track and it screams. 400 with a 351 W (windsor) crank & diffrent rods, sticker reads 351M/400 means 400 family.
When did the Ford 400 block come out?
There were a small number of 400 block castings produced in 1973 with the dual bellhousing patterns. It had the large bellhousing and the small bellhousing bolt pattern used by the Windsor V8 family and the 351C, though it was not necessarily drilled for both.
