Trying to find an oil pan seems to be a challenge...as far as lifters go, I took valve covers off and rotated the crank and found #7 intake valve barley moves and push rod is loose... hopefully it is just a lifter Sent from my Z987 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
One of the guys in our Ford Group here has done the Caddy swap and posted a lot of pictures in detail in a '53 Ford. Join the Group here: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/social-forums/1952-59-ford-social-group.282/ You can contact that member here: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/conversations/add?to=Gasser1
If you need a rear sump expect to pay $400 plus the pick up tube . Cheap advice just take a mid sump and have it modified you can get a new pick up $120 to $145. I have a rebuilt 472 that I was going to put into my 54 Pontiac and may still do it. Exhaust headers are available on EBAY average is $125 for stainless tight hugging center dumps.
Where can I get a new one? Looked at Napa...no good....what year , model and engine should I be asking for? Sent from my Z987 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Before you buy an oil pan check out post #12 here: https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/dagels-1953-ford-customline.911875/ This is the build I was referring to.
My oil pan has a front sump....the pan modified in the picture has mid sump...witch is what I'm searching for Sent from my Z987 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Ok don't panic. I have some things to do this morning and I will look in my pile of Cad parts. There is a book on Cad engines and I will see if I can find the specs for you. The block started in 68 and ended in 76 for the 472"/500". I am not sure about pans for the 425" 77/79
Cheap enough to modify: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1976-cadill...ash=item3f848efe72:g:lOwAAOSwggpZbxWw&vxp=mtr
Well I looked in my pile of left overs. I have a rebuilt stock carb for my 1972 472 never mounted went with a Edelbrock before the carb came back. A couple sets of valve covers stock and chrome. So I can't help.
I have a 472 Caddy in my 47 Chevrolet sedan, had to notch the firewall for left head clearance, about a half inch. Try 500cid.com for Cadillac parts also. A mid sump oil pan might fit as is, that one on ebay might be a good deal.
Back in the day, a friend of mine put a Cadillac OHV V8 ( don't remember the exact year probably a 365 or 390) in his 49 Ford and needed a dropped tie rod to clear the oil pan. A dropped tie rod was something you always looked for when street racing those 49 - 53 Fords. It was a dead giveaway you weren't going up against a flathead. Gary
That's a front sump, already have one....need mid sump preferably or rear sump Sent from my Z987 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I'd like to think that there would be more than that to give away it wasn't a Flathead! Sent from my Z987 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I believe Hurst actually made them, only seen one, don't really need to do .... I had a sbc in the car before this and had about a half inch of clearance between the pan and center link.... Sent from my Z987 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
insinna, if you can figure out how to see through a closed hood to determine whats underneath it I'd like to know it. Thats the thanks I get for trying to help a newbie with 68 posts, a wise ass answer. If you know so much, why can't you figure it out yourself? Gary
What I was getting at was the sound alone would be a dead give way....or can't you tell the difference between a Harley and a honda when they drive by...And who said that I couldn't figure out how to put an engine in any car....are you assuming that I can't because I asked for advice, if anyone else has done it?...... Or because I don't post everything I do or think online.... check my resume pal ... I put out fires and turn dog crap into diamonds everyday Sent from my Z987 using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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