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thomasgunnar wrote:

buddyIam wrote:
Maybe because all of the 400m ' s are still in working trucks on the ranch. Lol
Haha ;)

Actually I believe the M designation is only on the 351. I have a 79 Bronco with the 400.

Ford made both a 351M and 400M. Not the greatest performers. I am currently working on a 351M in a 78 F100.

Lessmore wrote:

nevadanick wrote:
$ per horsepower

A lot of rodders get their engines, nowadays, out of wrecked trucks, at the salvage/junk yard. The cost should be similar whether it's a Ford, a Chevy or a Dodge, when it's out of a junker or a parts vehicle.

If anything the Ford engine should be the cheapest. Doesn't Ford crank out the most pickup trucks ? Volume...volume,,volume...equals less cost. More produced= more in accidents....just due to the higher numbers on the road.

The engines that more more expensive...are usually those with less miles on them. When you buy an engine out of a write off...you're buying unused, future miles.

Rodders also usually want the most powerful V8 engine they can get...high performance after all.

The problem with the Ford engines (i.e. 302, 351 Cleveland, 351 Windsor) shared very little to no parts with one another.

thomasgunnar wrote:

buddyIam wrote:
Maybe because all of the 400m ' s are still in working trucks on the ranch. Lol
Haha ;)

Actually I believe the M designation is only on the 351. I have a 79 Bronco with the 400.

From my memory, I had a 78 LTD Landau 2dr when I was 17. It had the 400M in it. It wax listed as a 400M. That thing moved for a heavy boat. I actually miss it. But not the gas bill. I remember blowing through a tank of gas on a weekend alone! 23? gal at .80¢ a gal!!!!! God that $20 fill up killed me as a teenager!

thomasgunnar wrote:
Actually I believe the M designation is only on the 351. I have a 79 Bronco with the 400.

Ah, the good old days!

Had a 1977 F-250 4 X 4 with the 400 in it. Wonderful truck!

Consistent performer.

For example, no matter how hard, or how easy you drove it, it got 11 miles to the gallon. :B (seriously! )

No matter how you babied it, the electronic control box in the engine compartment would fail without warning when warm, forcing you to try pouring cold water over it so it would start again. (which never seemed to work anyway :M )

And it always threw out the first quart of oil after a change, then remained steady for the next 3,000 miles until the next change.

Ah, my first truck. Such pleasant memories!

The chevys are cheaper to build than the fords for a moderate performance engine. Once you get to all out race engines they are more close in price since by the time you get that far the only thing ford or chevy is maybe the bore spacing.

Not everyone wants a Chevy engine for their hotrods when Cummins makes a perfectly good car and mini-truck engine.:B

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO_kjaxIDzc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzN5aO-mo_g

BenK wrote:
Another, local metric, is that there are way more 'good' machine shops
for GM than there are for Fords or any other badge

Ditto speed shops...most everyone in the shop knows Chevy Small Blocks and big blocks

My all time fav V8 is the 383...In-line six is a toss up between the
Nissan/Datsun or Chevy

My all time fav pony car is the Mustang that came out when still in high school

Which 383 ? The Mopar 383, Mercury MEL 383....or my favourite the Chevy 350 with a 400 crank...383 ?

buddyIam wrote:
Maybe because all of the 400m ' s are still in working trucks on the ranch. Lol
Haha ;)

Actually I believe the M designation is only on the 351. I have a 79 Bronco with the 400.

Another, local metric, is that there are way more 'good' machine shops
for GM than there are for Fords or any other badge

Ditto speed shops...most everyone in the shop knows Chevy Small Blocks and big blocks

My all time fav V8 is the 383...In-line six is a toss up between the
Nissan/Datsun or Chevy

My all time fav pony car is the Mustang that came out when still in high school

nevadanick wrote:
$ per horsepower

A lot of rodders get their engines, nowadays, out of wrecked trucks, at the salvage/junk yard. The cost should be similar whether it's a Ford, a Chevy or a Dodge, when it's out of a junker or a parts vehicle.

If anything the Ford engine should be the cheapest. Doesn't Ford crank out the most pickup trucks ? Volume...volume,,volume...equals less cost. More produced= more in accidents....just due to the higher numbers on the road.

The engines that more more expensive...are usually those with less miles on them. When you buy an engine out of a write off...you're buying unused, future miles.

Rodders also usually want the most powerful V8 engine they can get...high performance after all.