That was the one that went at last year's Muscle Car shootout..in the Red race Cobra...
now has a new DART block...all good.
ALSO...
Split a stroker windsor down the middle ( same as the last one) in 2004...one week after we had built the brand new stroker on the street Cobra.
After these ...I HIGHLY recommend DART blocks....the old standard windsor blocks don't like the stresses caused by the lateral "swing" of the stroker crank.
After these ...I HIGHLY recommend DART blocks....the old standard windsor blocks don't like the stresses caused by the lateral "swing" of the stroker crank.
Cheers,
Warren.
Ford built a factory stroker windsor motor based on the 5.0 block. I've owned 2 of them now. They used a 3.4" stroke crank on the standard 4" bore for 342 cubes.
The factory fitted a main bearing girdle to strengthen the block and they are a fairly low reving beast, Rev limiter on these motors is set to 5750RPM. Probably to help the motor live and so they can give it a factory warranty.
Ford made a promotional video on the engine build at the time.
Cheers
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Mike Murphy
Melbourne Australia
Last edited by Aussie Mike; 09-19-2012 at 07:53 PM..
got new the boots fitted to day and gave the beast i good look over .
Started it up and warming it up it starts to overheat bloody thermostat has stuck closed bugger looks like i am working on sunday again.
looking forward to seeing you all very soon.
oz
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