Looking for something different to power my 34 ford Truck

I'd put in a SBC and make an air cleaner that looked like a can of worms. Ok, just kidding

You won't find anything on this board that will be different for the sake of different. We're all "different" in our own way. There's several Nailheads, Olds, Caddy, early Hemi, and Flatheads here. All of em different than the gratuitous "crate motor" logic. Frankly I think it ought to have anything, ANYTHING, but a small block Ford in it. They weren't even around in the time of the early hotrod and I hear the "Ford in a Ford" cliche more often lately. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. In the end I think your individuality would shine through in how whatever you use is dressed and detailed. I'd advise you don't get so wound up in different that it steals from your gig.

 

I'm putting a '63 409 in my sedan for the same reason. I nice mult carb'd straight 6 would be cool.

 

gmc 305 v6

 

That is the reason that I bought my 334 P/U.

 

All my rods have Mopars in them . I build them properly and they are BULLET PROOF and powerful

 

Now your talking. To take it a step further and put a pair of Corvette valve covers on it and a alluminum intake/4 bbl carb. Anything more will just be showing off.

Frank

 

stude V8, packard V8, Dodge 318 poly, Mercury 383, Jeep tornado OHC engine... different but also expensive

 

A 63 Chevy II 4 Cyl. with 12 to 1 compression, with a built power glide. Really wild, I had it in my roadster.

 

ford 2.3 liter 4cylinder with 5 speed...

 

Hhhhmmm, if you use what everyone else is using then it won't be different....

As far as engines go, different could be a Jag 4.0/4.2 DOHC 6, or a NorthStar, or a Toyota 4.7, and that Dodge v-10 can be found in plenty of beat up pickup trucks.

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What do you like? What can you afford? Don't use what others want you to use. Put in it what you can work with. I like Y-Block Fords but if you don't know much about engines use an SBC, plenty of support out there for them and their easy to work on.

"Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's." ~Billy Wilder

 

I'd say put a Ford in a Ford (I'm running a 289 in my 34). But since you wanted different I would say 331 Chrysler Poly motor, they look cool.

 

For just a few more pounds you can get a 478!!

305A = 738 lbs.
305B = 771 lbs.
305C = 840 lbs.
305E = 795 lbs.
351 = 860 lbs.
401 = 880 lbs.
478 = 925 lbs.

Torque?
478 -- 442 @ 1400 rpm
305 -- 280 @ 1600 rpm
My 401? 377 @ 1400 rpm

And those are 1960's GMC numbers, who knows what they really make?

cid -- bore - stroke
305 -- 4.25 in. - 3.58 in.
401-- 4.87 in. - 3.58
478 -- 5.125 in. - 3.86 in

Interesting thing is they used the same external block size for all displacements!

And then there was the "twin-Six" V-12 -- 702 cubes, torque 630 @ 1600-1900, weight = 1485 lbs.

 

If you go with a Jimmy V6 better beef up the springs.

 

.......... go with a deckout Flathead.....Coolest is always better that different.........

 

i have a 354 mack flat head i'm not using!

 

ok ill play . one of these .

 

I wasn't serious about the 345, that was supposed to be humor

 

How about a 300hp Mercury v8 outboard motor mounted horizontaly! Lightweight aluminum, 2-stroke power but you would have to fabricate a manifold to level out the side draft carbs. This is a pre-fuel injected, pre-4-stroke engine. I always wanted to try this with a front engined hydroplane! Now that's different!

 

Just do what a buddy of my dad's did in high school, put a 348 in it with a nasty cam, and TELL everyone it's a 409. Cheap and fun.

And come on... I had a buddy with a wacked out 345 in his scout, they're heavier than hell, but they are wayyyyyyyyyyy different.

Or what the hell,go with an Infinity 4.5, it worked for Boyd..........

Seriously though, I love slant 6's. Not a ton of power stock, but they are damn indestructable. Semi traditional too.

 

I put a nailhead in mine.

 

a Y-Block would be nice, or a 331 poly !

 

i did a diesel in a 36 once it looked pretty cool

 

I cant say I have ever seen one pedal powered before.
(But I bet Povertyflats has one!!)
The hard thing about being different here is, as a group we are all very different. Its hard to be a minority in a minority.

How about going with a not so 'unique' power plant and build your 'uniqueness' into the motor. Nothing clichéd just a different or more agressive intake system?

Doc.

 

wankel rotary engine

 

You want different? Try a gas turbine..Probably no more than 10 hot rods running them now.
Here is a pic of a 200 hp Boeing turbine in a 32...700 ft. lb. of torque at stall.
When you turn the wick up you better be hanging on.
A 500 hp model will also fit in a 32.

 

Damn! I thought my little 400lb six cylinder was heavy!

 

Mel v8.

 

studebaker v 8 with a paxton supercharger

 

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