Hi,

I just received (for free) what I was told was a 352 out of a '67 F-100. I have been poking around this forum looking for answers and to see what I can learn. On a recent post there was an indication that the 352 only went to 1966. Would the only way to tell what engine this is be to measure the bore and stroke?

This is my first attempt at doing anything major with an engine and I had brief visions of granduer trying to turn it into a fire breathing 428. I guess that is not likely to happen for a number of reasons. Trying to keep the free/or very cheap theme, would the best way to go be to tear it down and replace anything worn and put it back together? I am guessing a re-ring kit would be the cheapest possible option. I am told the engine has around 145,000 miles on it and "it smoked a little on start up...". As long as I have it apart should I just go for it and try to turn it into a 390?

So as to not get too carried away with my first post, is a truck 352 the same as a car 352? I have a friend with a '62 Galaxie that I am thinking I could get without a motor or trans. for cheap (maybe free). I have the option of getting the transmission that matched this engine for free too (C-6 I think) but I was thinking of a manual box and wondered what troubles if any I would have in matching a manual transmission to this engine. Are adapter kits available, etc.

Thanks in adavance, I am sure I will be posting more as time goes along.

Gergstuff

 

Make a 406 out of it. Find a 390 crank and punch it out to a 428 bore. Thats if your block can take it. You may want to get it sonic check to make sure. It would be somewhat on the cheap and give ya some cubic inches to work with. JMO

 

Not likely you can overbore it far enough to make a 4.13" bore from it's std 4.00". Around about 67 or so, Ford quit the 352 but used the crank and rods in 390 blocks to create the 360 ( bore for the 390 is only .050 larger) A 62 Galaxie would have an FX or cruisomatic trans, not a C-6, those came out later. Of course someone could have converted it to a C-6. No adapters needed for a manual trans. You just need the correct bellhousing for the transmission you select. There were two basic bells for manual transmission FE's, the car bell is about 5/8" shallower than the truck FE bell. Beware of this fact when choosing a bell. The manual trnasmissions for the older cars and trucks also had two input shaft lengths, the true big block Toploaders had a shorter input than the small blocks and mixing one of these with a truck bell results in the input not reaching up into the pilot bearing/bushing and this leaves it unsupported when the clutch is released. The end result is a broken input bearing in the transmission at the least, and a destoyed transmission in the worst case.

 

Find a D3 or a D4 Block! We used a D4 330 for our poor Mans 427. Before we hit water the bore was 4.25. But like I said get it sonic checked to make sure.....JMHO