Re: Sbc into my 40
 

The same guy who designed the SBC also designed and made the Ardun heads.

Re: Sbc into my 40
 

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Re: Sbc into my 40
 

IF your flathead has a clean block and radiator, It will sit in traffic ,sit at 50-60 mph on the motorway, tow a caravan and not over heat, yesterday I drove my 34 3w up to our clubs Christmas party 250Klm round trip, air temp 35C, 60 mph on hi way no getting hot ,no worries.
Lawrie

Re: Sbc into my 40
 

Please, send the sbc, sbf, enthusiasts to the HAMB, that is what it is there for.

I have 2 Brand X sbc cars myself but would NEVER post any questions or pictures of them here.

Re: Sbc into my 40
 

Truth to this statement as well. The importance of starting with a surgically clean block can not be overstated. To this day, the amount of casting sand and crud I've cleaned out of blocks is truly surprising.

Re: Sbc into my 40
 

There is one thing that I am curious about. I am exclusively an "8BA guy" and have been through 7 or 8 engines. Most of them had minimal debris in the water passages.

Am I just lucky, or did Ford get better at cleaning blocks in the later years. Is this a phenomena mainly seen in the earlier engines?

Re: Sbc into my 40
 

I've had 2 NOS 59L blocks I found locally still in their crates. They both had a considerable amount of foreign material (Sand & just Crud) in the block as said above. I've also had several 8BA block built and I was very specific to the machine shop about cleaning which they did, commenting they also had sand and crud in them.

Re: Sbc into my 40
 

thinking about it... I agree! however, decided not to mention anything about it