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Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 01-29-2017, 08:34 PM
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Posted By Al ONT
Re: 239 crankshaft in 221 block

Thanks for the input. So you fellows with experience have had no issue boring the 221 block out to 3 3/16"? It does seem like a good idea to use the 8BA bottom end if It fits. My goal is to make this...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 01-28-2017, 04:07 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 8,328
Posted By Al ONT
Re: 239 crankshaft in 221 block

Well I'm just back from looking at a 221 crank from a 36 Ford and learned they used a slinger and not the rope seal my 47 block uses. Well there I looked at a 239 crank which looks identical to the...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 01-26-2017, 10:06 PM
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Views: 8,328
Posted By Al ONT
Re: 239 crankshaft in 221 block

Thanks for the reply and sharing your knowledge . My crank journals would cleanup with a regrind I believe but because the shoulder that normally would contact the thrust bearing has been worn away...
Forum: Early V8 (1932-53) 01-26-2017, 08:16 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 8,328
Posted By Al ONT
239 crankshaft in 221 block

Well folks I have been reading posts and learning from you about flathead V8 Fords here since buying our 47 pickup last spring. The Oil pressure was low so I decided as a winter project to tear the...
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