Re: 557 Engine for my 51' Ford Pro Street Dump Truck

Fatback May 15th 2011, 10:50 am

I have a little shop behind my house, and build about 30 engines a year for different people for a hobby. I am also blessed to have a full machine shop, and chassis shop at my disposal, in the same garage. Makes it alot easier with everything right there. My brother and I build chassis's (drag, oval, street rod, kart, it doesn't matter) in the garage after work and on the weekends.

peganit2 May 15th 2011, 1:08 pm

Just figured out the heim joint crossmember. The dump bed is gonna function! How cool is that!

Wow way off on second look! what is that front crossmember with the heim joints going to be used for?

peganit2 May 15th 2011, 1:10 pm

Fatback wrote:I have a little shop behind my house, and build about 30 engines a year for different people for a hobby. I am also blessed to have a full machine shop, and chassis shop at my disposal, in the same garage. Makes it alot easier with everything right there. My brother and I build chassis's (drag, oval, street rod, kart, it doesn't matter) in the garage after work and on the weekends.

Water jet, CNC plasma cutter or CNC milling machine?

Fatback May 15th 2011, 6:09 pm

Old School manual milling machine and lathe, and a 20 year old Camera follow plasma/torch pattern cutting machine.

peganit2 May 15th 2011, 11:44 pm

Nice work!

Fatback May 16th 2011, 8:10 am

Working on mounting the radiator and building the headers now. I will try to post some pictures as I progress. Thanks !!!!!

peganit2 May 17th 2011, 5:24 pm

Wow I was way off on second look!

Fatback May 18th 2011, 12:38 pm

peganit2 wrote:Wow I was way off on second look!

Way off on what?

peganit2 May 18th 2011, 6:30 pm

Sorry, on what that heim jointed c'member was. I was thrown off by them pointing up. Those are for your lower control arms. Doh!

Any way, it's all the same, the bed is gonna tilt! Very cool. Cool

Fatback May 18th 2011, 6:42 pm

Correct........it has a single lower with a front strut, but the heims were just in there for spacers at the time to welld in the bungs. Yes the bed will tilt. I have a linear actuator to raise the bed, but the one that came was wrong. I should have the new one next week sometime.

I will try to post pictures of the project as it comes together, in the chassis section. When I dyno the engine, I will post the results on here in the engine section.

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