flareside_thun
Reviving The General Tao
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1979 F150 4x4
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Diesel_brad
Dunce
My 96 460 was 230hp stock and now with the supercharger it is around 325hp
The 400m in 79 was rated at 170hp stock. I would say the engine in the tuck now is closer to 300hp.
So for a 325hp truck that weighs in at 6900lbs vs a 300 hp truck that weighs in at 5500lbs. It is a closes race
A built 429 is NOT a stock engine. Hell my 429 in my pulling truck runs with hemi's(real ones as in 426cid not those wanna be 5.7s)
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i know it's not a stock engine, we weren't talking about stock engines. you said a 400 can be built, i'm saying a 460/429 can be built bigger and cheaper. i was talking about stock engines to begin with, and there is no argueing that a 400m is not impressive stock. i dont want to run this topic off track. i was just stating my opinion. good luck with the sale.
gatorman21218
Registered User
theres no replacement for displacement
flareside_thun
Reviving The General Tao
Yes there is...*ehhemm* 444CID
GOOSE
Happy IDI'er
Don't sweat it Brad, I too know what these motors can do.
I had a 351M in a '77 f250 4x4 with an alum. flat bed, could twist the factory speedo back around to zero
Ran an '04 GTO with it from 0-75mph. Talk about a sleeper.Optikalillushun
Registered User
With the emmisions crap on those trucks its no wonder they were turds stock. 4bbl carb and intake, headers, and change the cam timing and they wake right up.
krister14
Registered User
i have a question do you no anything about california smogging?
if you have a kali truck of that vintage, don't even think of doing anything like what the rest of the country does. the smog thresholds are getting tightened down every year. a internally modded motor won't pass without plenty of massaging on the rollers. yes, kali has dyno smog.
My9373
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That truck is beautiful.... My dream truck is a late 70's F-series. Of all the trucks I could ever have, this would be the one. If only it had a 7.3idi... oh my 
Beautiful Truck! I wish!
Beautiful Truck! I wish!
Diesel_brad
Dunce
Can mods please delete thread. He has decided to keep the truck
ghettoscrap
Registered User
Just had to add my 2 cents. I'd trade my stock 460 for a 400m ANYDAY of the week. Those are some awesome engines with VERY little tweaking to make 'em run. Even the 351m and Clevelands were badass with just a little easy workin'.
The 400 has always produced more torque than the 460 (thanks to a longer stroke!), and we all know, torque makes power, not the other way around!
When Carrol Shelby uttered those now famous words about cubic inches, he was refering to NA engines, as evidenced by his installation of a supercharger onto his and Bill Cosbys' 427 AC Cobras, the King Cobra
You want to talk about blowing away 5.0s on 38's, I doubt it, only if I saw it would I believe it and I wish I could show you the time I blew the doors off a 5.0 in my 70 Torino with a stock 2 barrel, headers and straight pipes running a 272 cam and NOTHING more! That was pure power and with beer can shims under the bearings of the first two rods no less! I tried to blow it up and it just kept on going until I found a 351w to put in it. I was less than impressed with that swap, but it least it was quite now!
The ONLY complaint I had about those engines was the fact the cylinders seemed to turn to mush at high revs, as all my Clevelands did.
Brad, your right HE does not know what he is talking about, he's just J. Now if we were talking about a 514 versus a 400...
The 400 has always produced more torque than the 460 (thanks to a longer stroke!), and we all know, torque makes power, not the other way around!
When Carrol Shelby uttered those now famous words about cubic inches, he was refering to NA engines, as evidenced by his installation of a supercharger onto his and Bill Cosbys' 427 AC Cobras, the King Cobra
You want to talk about blowing away 5.0s on 38's, I doubt it, only if I saw it would I believe it and I wish I could show you the time I blew the doors off a 5.0 in my 70 Torino with a stock 2 barrel, headers and straight pipes running a 272 cam and NOTHING more! That was pure power and with beer can shims under the bearings of the first two rods no less! I tried to blow it up and it just kept on going until I found a 351w to put in it. I was less than impressed with that swap, but it least it was quite now!
The ONLY complaint I had about those engines was the fact the cylinders seemed to turn to mush at high revs, as all my Clevelands did.
Brad, your right HE does not know what he is talking about, he's just J. Now if we were talking about a 514 versus a 400...
