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490ci
has anyone ever heard of a 490ci . my dad says he had one in a 72 f350 2wd work truck. apparently the motor came out of a bus but im having a had time finding anything this motor. does this motor exist or is my dad tripping
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I'll soon be building a replacement engine for the ol house car & thinking about a stroker of some type, not a hot rod, but just a good solid puller engine that can tote the load.
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sorry dont get in here much.well started with 4.440 bore and stroked it .100 to 3.95.used ross racing pistons 426 aluminum hemi rods from a friends top alcohol dragster.its not a cheap motor but its still running today in a friends car and i built it in 97.what do you intend to do with it would determine on what all you need as far as coppression and cam we had 12.5 ot 1 with solid roller and set of ported CJ heads
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460 is not a 490 I have a 490 in my camper.
lock .yes the 490 has a different block and stroke you cannot make a 460 into a true 490,everything from a 460 will bolt onto a 490 block but will not work it will suck air around the heads and intake.
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I have a 1990 Georgia boy camper, the truck frame is made to john deere spec,s by Ford. I had a in frame over haul done in 2022 I put 350 miles on it since, I put a new carb and ignition in and it has plenty of power to fly my 30'camper ! I would sell if money is rite amount,we had a house fire and I bought the camper to house help but couldn't find help.
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No 490 listed for any Ford for any year.
475. 477, 534 were available prior to about '81.
If you have a Ford issued VIN the engine code can be decoded.
475. 477, 534 were available prior to about '81.
If you have a Ford issued VIN the engine code can be decoded.
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From: Summerfield
Years ago PAW (Performance Automotive Warehouse-think of it as an older Summit Racing) used to advertise a Ford 490 "Gorilla" crate style of engine based on a Ford 460, like almost 40 years ago. A person I knew bought one and installed in his late 60's stepside Ford pickup, never personally seen it run though.
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Years ago PAW (Performance Automotive Warehouse-think of it as an older Summit Racing) used to advertise a Ford 490 "Gorilla" crate style of engine based on a Ford 460, like almost 40 years ago. A person I knew bought one and installed in his late 60's stepside Ford pickup, never personally seen it run though.
I remember drooling over all the stuff in those catalogs from Jr. High through graduation.
Ah the good old days.
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the 490 hen's tooth
If ever you might find corroborating evidence of its existence, please pass it along...there's a few knuckleheads that need smacked upside the noggin with it............
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From: Mi'kma'ki
...once upon a time, longer ago than I care to think....we used to run a '64 Galaxie with a 390 on the clay track in Mansfield Ohio... One day while combing the scrap yard for a back-up engine, we came across an old State Troopers car with an engine everybody says doesn't exist. The tags on the car said it was a "490 Interceptor"...the numbers on the block said it was a 490 cu/in... the decals on the air cleaner and valve covers said 490 Interceptor...the rebuild parts we bought were for a 490 Interceptor.........yet everybody...everywhere...says there was no such thing.........
If ever you might find corroborating evidence of its existence, please pass it along...there's a few knuckleheads that need smacked upside the noggin with it............
If ever you might find corroborating evidence of its existence, please pass it along...there's a few knuckleheads that need smacked upside the noggin with it............
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From: Reed Point, MT
...once upon a time, longer ago than I care to think....we used to run a '64 Galaxie with a 390 on the clay track in Mansfield Ohio... One day while combing the scrap yard for a back-up engine, we came across an old State Troopers car with an engine everybody says doesn't exist. The tags on the car said it was a "490 Interceptor"...the numbers on the block said it was a 490 cu/in... the decals on the air cleaner and valve covers said 490 Interceptor...the rebuild parts we bought were for a 490 Interceptor.........yet everybody...everywhere...says there was no such thing.........
If ever you might find corroborating evidence of its existence, please pass it along...there's a few knuckleheads that need smacked upside the noggin with it............
If ever you might find corroborating evidence of its existence, please pass it along...there's a few knuckleheads that need smacked upside the noggin with it............
Never existed, like the Ford owns Cummins thing.
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