Sbc into my 40

[bonanzarue]

Installing sbc into my 40 the flathead is done. And it's only because I have one just sitting. Have a wilcap adapter and wondering what pilot bearing to use?

[Kube]

Originally Posted by bonanzarue

Installing sbc into my 40 the flathead is done. And it's only because I have one just sitting. Have a wilcap adapter and wondering what pilot bearing to use?

I'd suggest you go to the HAMB Forum for a proper response. I'm certain these guys have done this a thousand times.

[Ggmac]

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[bonanzarue]

Sbc is 55 265. Using that flywheel with new 40 ford clutch disc.

[alchemy]

Fordbarners are allowing too much hot rodding lately. I mean we can all appreciate a hopped up flatty, and maybe even putting juice Lincoln brakes on a 32. But giving advice on installing a SBC is too much for the Barn.

[V8ER]

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Amen on SBC advice. No.

[pistonbroke]

I agree , no offence to the poster, we all have our own ideas for our cars but this is street rod combination not a ford product. Tim

[Ggmac]

Okay I deleted it

[glennpm]

Originally Posted by alchemy

Fordbarners are allowing too much hot rodding lately. I mean we can all appreciate a hopped up flatty, and maybe even putting juice Lincoln brakes on a 32. But giving advice on installing a SBC is too much for the Barn.

I agree

[richard crow]

when it cost 5_8 thousand to have a flathead rebuilt what choice do you have. you can put a sbc in with very little mod. & when you sell the car put the tired flathead back in. ps they can sit in traffic and not over heat.if you drive your a lot its a good choice.if you just have a show car thats different if you can afford it stay with the flat head for a daley driver

[Jack E/NJ]

> > you can put a sbc in with very little mod. & when you sell the car put the tired flathead back in.> >


Yep. Easy in. Easy out. Mine took the same Timken part as the refreshed 21-studder that's back in there now.

[Gene1949]

Ohh, at one time I considered seting our shoebox on an S-10 pickup frame. Pretty easily done. An LS powerplant, 5 or 6 speed electronic transmission and the Monte Carlo SS suspension/brake package bolts right up. Add to that the aftermarket industry for that frame and the car would have been a great ride
HOWEVER, my wife and friends suggested I would be suffering a gender reassignment if I did so. I took them at their word

[alchemy]

I don’t care how easy or cheap it is to do. I don’t care if you could switch it in a half hour. That’s not what the Fordbarn is about. You might as well be talking about putting 20” aluminum rimz and radials on the car too, because they can be bought at the local tire store. It’s not right.

Truth be told I am a hot rodder, but I’m not going to be discussing SBC’s on the Fordbarn. This is sacred ground.

[DavidG]

The subtitle of this forum is "Long live the flathead Ford". A stove-bolt sbC is totally inconsistent with those words.

[earlyride]

Check with who ever sells wilcap stuff and see if they offer the correct size bushing, just a thought!

[Henry Floored]

It can be done right.

[Henry Floored]

That ‘40 has a ‘41 pickup front crossmember and spring to clear the Ford oil pump bump.

Fits like a glove.

[47topless]

Originally Posted by DavidG

The subtitle of this forum is "Long live the flathead Ford". A stove-bolt sbC is totally inconsistent with those words.

Maybe the guy doing the work has a flathead.

[Tim Ayers]

Originally Posted by richard crow

when it cost 5_8 thousand to have a flathead rebuilt what choice do you have. you can put a sbc in with very little mod. & when you sell the car put the tired flathead back in. ps they can sit in traffic and not over heat.if you drive your a lot its a good choice.if you just have a show car thats different if you can afford it stay with the flat head for a daley driver

I would say $5-8K if you are frugal, doing a good deal of the work yourself and going completely stock. Any mods or high performance parts, you'll run up to $8K + real quick.

A lot of truth to Richard's statement, but I understand others wanting to keep the topics on Fordbarn as it was originally intended.

[Jack E/NJ]

> >Maybe the guy doing the work has a flathead.> >


Then he already knows that nothing fits an early Ford better than a flathead except an SBC.