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Subject: Re: 408 Stroker 351
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 19:41:52 -0500
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On 10/26/2024 5:53 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
> Among the the things my dad left behind is an 82 Bronco that he reported 
> was parked with low oil pressure.  I talked with my mom and I am going 
> to keep it (tentatively anyway).
> 
> I picked up a book about boring and stroking those engines for a variety 
> of applications.  I was thinking since that 351W may need a crank kit 
> anyway (maybe not, but that is a topic for another post) I might 
> consider a nice "square bore" bore and stroke to 408 for gobs of mid 
> range torque and to build a back up tow vehicle.  I have towed with this 
> vehicle before.  Some pretty decent loads given its basically a 1/2 ton 
> chassis.
> 
> It turns out this sort of thing is so common for these small block Fords 
> that there are a number of off the shelf kits for it.  Pistons, rods, 
> crank all packaged together.  Its not cheap, but nowhere near as 
> expensive as I would have thought either.  There are bigger bore and 
> stroke kits, but they are intended to run at higher RPMs.  The "square 
> bore" is a common term for high torque engines across multiple genre. In 
> fact one of the common popular engines for load carrying Harley EVO 
> baggers was a 100" square bore from S&S.  I don't know if S&S still 
> makes EVOs since they have their own v-Twin engine now, but that's not 
> the point.
> 
> My primary use will more likely be hunting and fishing in hard to reach 
> locations where I don't want to tear up my F250.  If it doubles as a 
> backup tow rig well, then I can probably justify all the work.
> 
> Anyway, if this is something you guys might be interested in I'll be 
> happy to post more often about it if/when it gets started.  I expect it 
> will be a lot of work to restore to 100% functional having sat for 20+ 
> years, but there will likely be some metalworking.
> 
> 

   There always is ... I'm contemplating installing body repair panels 
on my truck . Rocker panels are Swiss cheese  as is the bed over the 
wheel wells and bottom rear corners . I seem to recall Jim posting about 
MIG welding in patches .
-- 
Snag
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