new engine buildfor me old engine for professor

got this old dinosour engine going to need some help from the experts its an old aluminum ford motorsports ar low deck block need a front cover it has a strange front to it not like a regular 460-429 anybody have any ideas or help thanks i will post pictures as it goes together

A standard timing cover should still work.

foxbody wrote:got this...aluminum ford motorsports ar low deck block need a front cover it has a strange front to it not like a regular 460-429 anybody have any ideas or help thanks...

The Arias Root aluminum blocks give you the choice of utilizing their optional gear-driven front accessory drive. You can see the accessory drive boss that is cast into the block on the driver's side at about the 3 o'clock position as viewed from the front of the engine:



As gt350r stated, the standard timing cover bolt holes are still in place and you may still use an OEM passenger car front cover if you want and leave the block's gear driven accessory boss to be exposed.

If you wish to take advantage of this feature, the optional accessory drive parts (gears, accessory gear drive front cover, etc) should still be available from Carrol Carter.

That is one of the nicest/coolest 385 Series aluminum block designs ever made (especially with the steel main caps), and is one of the original 385 series block desigbns from Tom Roberts when he was a pattern maker for Nick Arias.

+1 Great design.

thanks paul i guess i should have asked you first as that is my motor that you posted the picture of ha ha i am working on getting it up and running it is a work in progress

foxbody wrote:thanks paul i guess i should have asked you first as that is my motor that you posted the picture of ha ha i am working on getting it up and running it is a work in progress

Hey Don by all means please feel free to call with questions about any component details and/or during its re-assembly, and I'll try my best to provide answers.

Paul