400 Ford stroker by TMeyer Inc.

434 cubic inch 400 Ford. www.tmeyerinc.com

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[youngmasterjd]

@torkair72torino Try chi heads in Australia for that intake.

[evifj]

@dnl5649 He has cast pistons for a decent price. Not sure if they are pressed or full floating. Pressed are good, but if you want to install them yourself, I understand.

[dnl5649]

@evifj how much would those cost? i dont have much money and im not going to spend 500$ on some pistons. are they full floating and have clips holding in the pins? i want floating pins. if i can bush the rods for less im going to do that.

[evifj]

@dnl5649 Don't need to bush the rods. Just order pistons from Tmeyers for the 400 with 9.5 to 1 compression. problem solved. then you don't need to bush the rods for cleveland pistons. Gonna build another 400 soon enough myself, and I will be ordering from tmeyers.

[torkair72torino]

You will need a bushing that has a 0.975 OD and a 0.913 ID. To install you will need to heat the small end of the connecting rod and freeze the bushing (most likely with liquid nitrogen), slip the bushing into the small end of the rod and allow for the two pieces to equalize in temperature or cool to room temperature. Carefuly remove any extra bushing material that is sticking out of either end of the rod. You will now be able to install Cleveland pistons on your "M" block rods.

[dnl5649]

@torkair72torino how can i bush the rods? i am a really good mechanic and can rebuild just abount any engine but im not expirianced in machine work. can you tell me basically what to do? i have someone that can do it for me but if i can do it myself ill do it!

[torkair72torino]

@dnl5649

Bushing the rods IS easy, wish I had had the cash to do it to my 400 when I was rebuilding it but I didn't. Of all the 400 cube V8 motors I think the Ford one has the most potential because of the cleveland heads and long intake runners. Now if we could just get some better intakes for the 10.290 deck height we'd be golden!!!

[dnl5649]

@torkair72torino or you could just rebuild the engine to stock speck, but without any emmisions shit and bush the rods to accept a smaller wrist pin and use 351C pistons for high compression, i know 3 people that have done this and each one makes the ground rumble and put out at least 480 + horsepower and around 550-700 lbs of torque. and a 4bbl carb and edelbrock intake, and dont forget the chrome and a high volume oil pump and if u want it to last and good bearings

[dnl5649]

@torkair72torino yea i know. i didnt know what you meant. metal on metal is okay when the tolerances are right and it gets sufficiant oiling. yea i agree the edelbrock 351C heads are WAAAAAYYYYYY to expensive. super cobra jet 4v heads or something like that would be much better. they used bearings on the rods and crank main bearings but not where they connect to the piston, im looking at the article right now.

[torkair72torino]

@dnl5649

No, the hotrod article ran their rods without rod bearings in it because they offset ground the crank to accept chevy rods, also the edlebrock aluminum cleveland heads are WAAAY over priced for what you get, would have been a superior build if they had used either CHI or AFD cleveland heads