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Originally Posted by JBradley500
you should write hot rod mag and tell them, this is how a 434 is supposed to be built.....that's an awesome power plant.
Let's see if they print it.
Tim,
I just noticed the picture of the 400 in the Hot Rod article has the 7/16-14 hole in the block just below the left (as you view the motor) head. This is the hole that I used for my alternator mount. It must be present only on early blocks, it wasn't on my D7TE block.
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Jon at Ford Muscle is doing an article on the 400 parts availability. You should pass on your picture to him. That hole is for the pivot of the alternator. By the way, that is a stubby Distributor. Must be the kind you use with blowers. 
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Originally Posted by TMI
Jon at Ford Muscle is doing an article on the 400 parts availability. You should pass on your picture to him. That hole is for the pivot of the alternator. By the way, that is a stubby Distributor. Must be the kind you use with blowers.
The normal alternator hole is in the head. I had to make a custom bracket to use the hole in the block, but that hole doesn't exist on late blocks.
I'll send the picture to Jon at Ford Muscle.
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Originally Posted by dkstuck
Wow ! ! Real nice Dan! I just imagine the head jerking, tire smokin on that! Good Luck and hope I get to see sometime this summer!
Shucks, makes me wish I had "lost it" he he
Shucks, makes me wish I had "lost it" he he
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I knew,,, could not see! Tim does a great job in crating engines! Trucking company commented on never seeing a engine shipped that well!
Plus Dan, I have morals! I know for sure,,,cause I never used them!
How soon you think the fire will fly?
Plus Dan, I have morals! I know for sure,,,cause I never used them!
How soon you think the fire will fly?
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Originally Posted by dkstuck
I knew,,, could not see! Tim does a great job in crating engines! Trucking company commented on never seeing a engine shipped that well!
Plus Dan, I have morals! I know for sure,,,cause I never used them!
How soon you think the fire will fly?
Plus Dan, I have morals! I know for sure,,,cause I never used them!
How soon you think the fire will fly?
It's in a friends garage, so I only get limited access to it. I plan to start it with a carb, and drive it back to my place to set up the EFI. I have a decent bit of wiring to do, since I have to reinstall the parts that I removed to run the dyno testing at Tim's.
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Wow, Dan, that's definitely sweetness. I'd love to see the complete parts list. Also how it will sit inside yer truck. As for the missing bolt hole, would it be possible engines with AC were drilled? Now I gotta go out and look at mine.
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Originally Posted by havi
Wow, Dan, that's definitely sweetness. I'd love to see the complete parts list. Also how it will sit inside yer truck. As for the missing bolt hole, would it be possible engines with AC were drilled? Now I gotta go out and look at mine.
My new D7TE block doesn't have this hole, but my old D1AE block does. Normally the Alternator mounts to the head. In order to use the Windsor pulleys from March Performance, I relocated my Alt. to a lower location with a custom bracket and used the hole in the block to mount it.
I don't know what the original purpose of that hole was. There was no emissions gear on those early blocks. I expect to see more emissions related gear on the later block.
Where did they mount the Air Pump, when they used them?
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I just looked at mine, and above the neg. cable bolt hole is a second hole about an inch up. This is on my mystery engine, remanned with various year parts and the block was pre '75. My 79 block doesn't have the second hole. Now you got me wondering....perhaps a way to tell a 351M from a 400 atleast from a pre '75 standpoint.
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