534 vital statistics?
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Well, just go down to Napa and get yourself a rebuild kit, is all I can tell you. You might want to swap it out to another motor, like a custom rebuilt 390. I can help more in the FE forum if you want to go that way.
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Old Super Duty Ford motors
Long time lurker, first time poster. I know this may sound silly , but I have read that lots of folks used the old SD motors to run stationary equipment, ect. Is it possible to use one nowadays to run an electrical generator? Thanks for any replies.
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Well, anything's possible, and I dont see why not. I've heard something about having to run the engine at a constant 3600rpm for 60Hz electricity.
If you're good with a welder, and good at designing stuff, I say go for it.
If you're good with a welder, and good at designing stuff, I say go for it.
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these engines cam out in 58 and were based on the 430 lincoln engine. plank heads with the combustion chamber in the cylinder. the linc. 430's had 4.9" bore centers, same as the 460's. the 401,477,and 534's had 5.5" bore centers which makes the engine a couple inches longer. they made bellhousings for the standard 5 speed or the 10 speed roadranger. they also made a 10 speed auto, similar to the select-o-speed that was used in farm tractors.
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I am on my local Fire Dept here and we have two fire trucks with the 534 engines in them, one is a 1970 and the other is 1980 model, both have the 5 speed tranny and both are in the C series cabover truck. They really roar. I have run the trucks at fire scenes pumping for long periods of time at high rpm and you can look into the front wheel well and see the exhaust mainfolds "glowing" bright red, Engine just keeps on with no problems, it is truly a beast
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From: delaware
anyone put electronic ignition, fuel injection or alternative fuels to these beasts? great way to get a little economy from them
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Today I helped a friend get a propane bus running, it's at least 20 years old. He thought it was a 460 but to me seemed larger and had the oil filter sticking out the right side of the block not left like FE's. The front of the motor points to the rear of the bus, had about 8 belts for all the accessories. This bus was 35' long with a 90 degree gearbox to run the radiator fan, a 534? Didn't Ford make a OHC aluminum V8 air cooled motor for tanks in ww II around 840-860 ci?
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The tank engine, I believe, was a shaft-driven OHC 60 degree V-8. Because of the 60 degree configuration, as opposed to the 90 degree, it took up relatively little space, about the same as a 460, width-wise. Now if I could just get my hands on one...I think it was still a cast iron block.
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Originally Posted by GreekGod
I think I posted the Ford literature on the 534 in the "Galleries" but darned if I know how to find or view it!
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I was wrong. The Ford GAA is the monstrous engine from WW2 tanks, and it was indeed a 1 piece casting of aluminum. More info here...
http://www.bacomatic.org/~dw/yore/gaa.htm
http://www.bacomatic.org/~dw/yore/gaa.htm
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From: "Islander"
Momudder720, many thanks for your pictures of the GAA engine. I recall back in the late 60's a friend of dad's had a tank that he used to drive thru houses for demolition. The tank was eventually scrapped but he kept the motor, it had a broken rod. He died and the motor vanished in the 80's, I wanted it but was too late.
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About that bus: was it by any chance a Gillig? Gillig made some transit buses in conjunction with Neoplan with propane-fueled 477 Super-Duty V-8's in 1977. Kind of sounds like what you have there. And, to top it off, some were used in Santa Clara.