430 powered '37 ford dirt racer

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lincoln62
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430 powered '37 ford dirt racer

Post by lincoln62 » Thu 1. Jul 2021, 12:51

I put a 59 430 Lincoln in my 1937 ford coupe. It has a FE bellhousing and adapter to fit the 1995 Mustang T5 manual transmission. It will be street driven only. I have has it running to break in the reground cam(1969 428 CJ specs hydraulic). I do have a 6x2 weiand intake to install at a later date.
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Re: 430 powered '37 ford dirt racer

Post by Chris430 » Mon 5. Jul 2021, 11:05

Nice. Is that long nose Autolite one of the early spread bores? As far as I know it was a one year carb.

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Re: 430 powered '37 ford dirt racer

Post by 64Sedan » Sun 8. Aug 2021, 15:05

I like it. What exactly did you use to make the T5 work with the 430?

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Re: 430 powered '37 ford dirt racer

Post by lincoln62 » Thu 18. Aug 2022, 07:53

I used a FE, 390 ford manual bellhousing and then a 1" spacer plate that adapts the transmission to the FE bellhousing. works very nice and not suoer expensive either.

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Re: 430 powered '37 ford dirt racer

Post by Fordman1 » Sat 21. Jan 2023, 16:08

Do you have any photos of the bellhousing and the transmission specifically? What did you use for a pilot bearing? Very cool build!

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