CRAZY 360 Backyard Build~

[Ford428CJ]

I just picked up the Heads and Valve covers for this build. Thanks to Charlie Radford for selling me the goods!

Plans for the heads. Get them cleaned up and sent off to Bruce Faulkner to be worked over some. Address a few little minor issues with the heads for this build. Things are coming along just nicely. Man... Really hoping to rock the crap out of this 360 build up! I'm getting EXCITED

[Ford428CJ]

More pics here

[cammerfe]

I couldn't find anyone around that could bore the cam tunnel for me.  It needed about .015" taken out of it to size it properly and no one around here could do it and keep it straight and true.

The Roush operation in Livonia has a boring mill that'll make short work of your cam tunnel.

KS

[Ford428CJ]

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[Ford428CJ]

CRAZY 360 Update
I got my cam back from Comp. They spec it out for me since they didn't have any records on the cam. They did it for free. I had to pay shipping there and back. Which is just fine with me. I still think this thing is gonna make some power!
Next, The heads are going out to Bruce Faulkner to work his magic on them.... Can you say... MONEY!? LOL

[Ford428CJ]

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[cammerfe]

I simply didn't have the time to do what I was wanting to do.   Wes thinks his is crazy, but this one had a fully enclosed cam tunnel with internal braided drain hoses, bronze lifter bore bushings, 7.100" BBC rods, BBM heads, and a solid roller that was somewhere in the 260's/270's at .050".

I couldn't find anyone around that could bore the cam tunnel for me.  It needed about .015" taken out of it to size it properly and no one around here could do it and keep it straight and true.

The block is done and ready to assemble.  I offered it to Wes if he wants it.  I'll just knock the cam tunnel out of it and put regular bearings in it. 


Jack Roush has a boring mill at his Prototype Shop in Livonia that'll do that cam tunnel without breaking a sweat.

KS
Been getting busier and busier around here and unfortunately, the customers come first....hahaha

[Tommy-T]

Wow, Wes!

That's a pretty big cam for a little motor!

Whats the recipe for getting an FE to go to 6500 reliably and repeatedly with a hydraulic roller?

So you are going with a custom rod and piston? Was looking to see if the C7TE rod was going to be used/abused. Perhaps a Chevy rod journal on a stock 352/360 crank?

Getting expensive.

Best wishes for output as expected.

[mbrunson427]

Wes, what compression ratio are you looking for with this? Anything above 12:1 and I think your piston is going to be the tricky part, probably have a pretty good dome to it.

[Ford428CJ]

Wow, Wes!

That's a pretty big cam for a little motor!

Whats the recipe for getting an FE to go to 6500 reliably and repeatedly with a hydraulic roller?

So you are going with a custom rod and piston? Was looking to see if the C7TE rod was going to be used/abused. Perhaps a Chevy rod journal on a stock 352/360 crank?

Getting expensive.

Best wishes for output as expected.

I'll post pics here Tommy T. By the way... it's a solid roller cam. Way too aggressive for a hydraulic roller. The rods that I got or Eagles with ARP 2000 bolts  and 6.8 inches in length. if you go back a couple pages and look at my pics I got the crank from Brent and the rod journals or Wieden and narrowed to a 2.2. Cody gave me a smoking deal on the rods.so custom Pistons will have to be made. And Brandt gave me a smoking deal on the crank. So I'm into this for really cheap. So my 7200 RPMs is gonna happen LOL

[Ford428CJ]

Wes, what compression ratio are you looking for with this? Anything above 12:1 and I think your piston is going to be the tricky part, probably have a pretty good dome to it.

No domes! really easy to get over 12 to 1 with those small combustion chambers. My goal is about 11 1/2 to 1. So the Pistons might have a small dish

[FElony]

Oh sure, but when *I* say "hey guys, let's rock a 360 so it can have some respect, too", the forum members stake me nekkid to a red ant hill and make me repeat, "I'm just a joker if I ain't got stroker."  May Allah turn your sacs to Jello. Infidels.

[Ford428CJ]

Oh sure, but when *I* say "hey guys, let's rock a 360 so it can have some respect, too", the forum members stake me nekkid to a red ant hill and make me repeat, "I'm just a joker if I ain't got stroker."  May Allah turn your sacs to Jello. Infidels.

 You're not the only one who's been crucified !!! LOL  I have had my fair share .