What do you think about a 460ci in an eb, has any body done one. All the drive train out of a 79 bronco. Thanks Todd!

 

i had a 428 ceveland cobra jet in my 69

 

I have a 400 and the driveline out of a '79 (T-18/NP205) in my '69 EB. As the 400 fits..so shall the 460.8-) I had to modify a small 'patch' of the dr. side firewall to clear the head on that side by boxing it back about 1 inch. You will probably have to do some fenderwell trimming as well.

 

A '428 Cleveland'??

 

ya i for got the l in cleveland thanks

 

LOL..no I meant that as in "what the heck IS a 428 Cleveland"?

 

its a engine that came out of a mustang, lots of HP and Tork

 

OK..but Ford made 428 FEs..and they made 351 Clevelands..but no 428 Clevelands. Might want to stash that tidbit away for future reference. ;-)

 

460 in a Bronco? A 460 is huge, bigger than and FE (FEs are about as wide as the 351 W) and bigger than Clevelands and 350 and 400Ms.

I would tell you will probably have to get rid of the front inner wheel housings and the headers might hit the coil spring retainers. Forger shock hoops because they probably won't work either. You'll need them too because that thing will weigh a ton and want to pull all over the road. It'll be like cornering an elephant. The clutch linkage might not work too.

Early Bronco framerails are physically closer together than the F100s 150 etc, so width is a very tight commodity in that engine bay.
You better be able to fabricate have a welder, torch and plasma cutter to do it and it will be a dog.

If you have the truck and motor I'd suggest make the front inner frame removable like on Jeeps and hoisting the motor in there and seeing what it looks like you'll have to do. Then get a set of non coated headers and put them on and see what they do.

Early broncos weight about as much as a 87-93 5.0 with 35s and a soft top, so you don't need an elephant motor. For what it will take you in time to do and all you might have to fab, and what you would pay yourself to do it, you could buy and all aluminium 351 Windsor with AFR heads on it and a NV 4500 swap and you'd actually really have something there.

 

hey they made 427,428,429, cleveland cobra jets i no they did i have one, just type in 428 cobra jet on your internet and you'll see that they made them ok

 

Nope. Yr talking to a guy that has plenty of both..and a Ford engine builder (automotive machinist..not backyard builder) for over 30 years. You are mixing your engine families up. They made FEs (which includes the 427 and 428), 385-series (429 and 460) and 335-series which are also the 'Cleveland' engines (351C, 351m and 400). Ford called several engines 'cobra jets'...428CJ in '68-69, 351C-CJ in '72 and 429CJ in '69-71..one from each engine family that I mentioned, in fact. Just no 428 'Clevelands'. ;-)

 

hey thanks , ya i got mixed up, i thought all cobra jets were clevelands but i was wrong, im only 15 and im still learning all this stuff, i have 351 cleveland cobra jets in both my bronco's and one more im building up,and i have a 460 in my f250, and i got a 428 corba jet that blew up , and a coupple 302's.

 

There is an EB in Wisconsin that has nothing cut with a 460 stuffed under the hood. I think the last time I seen him around though it was for sale. The other one here is an EB body on a fullsize bronco frame. running a 460- stretched and full cage and exocage. The 460 only fits under that one with no inner fenderwells. They probaly would fit but it would be close. It sits on the frame and axles of that 79 full size bronco with the EB on that. Sweet rig.

So yep it can be down with a little planning and configuring.

 

Nice for only 15.... Were you that lucky for someone to give you all them trucks? If you were.. I'm sure I'm not the only one jealous..

 

I wish that i was giving my trucks, because then i wouldn't have to work 3 jobs all summer since like i was 10.