The 352 in my '59 Fairlane is pretty tired and was full of sludge, so I accumulated quite a collection from all of my attempts at flushing the oil system. The plan is to stroke this 360 to replace that 352.
Yeah, the factory specs on the 360 are pretty dismal. My plan is to build a 445 stroker, so I really only needed the block itself, given that the 360 / 390 share the same basic block. Around here the 360 tend to sell for less and, when I found this one as complete as it was, I figured I would put the "ran when pulled" claim to the test before stripping it down.
That thing come out of a boat? Looks like ChrisCraft blue, and they're the onlybones ive evre seen with painted carburetors. Or maybe the ol' Craigslist rebuild😂
this is odd to have adjustable rockers in it...if this is really a 70's era 360 those adjustable rockers should not be there..when you knock it apart just for the hell of it check the bore and stroke ...might be something other then a 360
I was a bit surprised to see them there as well as I thought they only came on solid lifter engines. There's enough blue overspray on everything to suggest someone has likely been in it before. The heads are the correct D2TE-AA heads and it still has the 2 barrel intake, so I wasn't expecting that anyone had done any upgrades on it.
Thanks for the reminder -- usually I do these sort of startups outside where it's not quite as loud, but didn't think about it at all being in the tiny garage hiding from the cold. It was definitely pretty obnoxious the first time when I was behind the engine -- a bit more tolerable after I moved. That was one of the reasons I didn't try to rev it up or anything other than just letting it idle.
They're essentially the same block with the 360 having a smaller stroke. In this particular case, as I'm planning to build a 445, the starting displacement wasn't a critical concern.
Great engine!
Very cool
Can't wait to follow this biuld
Sorenson's house of "gently used" oil filters 😂😂 awesome.
The 352 in my '59 Fairlane is pretty tired and was full of sludge, so I accumulated quite a collection from all of my attempts at flushing the oil system. The plan is to stroke this 360 to replace that 352.
Boat anchor. Had a 76 f250 with a 360, swapped in a 390
Yeah, the factory specs on the 360 are pretty dismal. My plan is to build a 445 stroker, so I really only needed the block itself, given that the 360 / 390 share the same basic block. Around here the 360 tend to sell for less and, when I found this one as complete as it was, I figured I would put the "ran when pulled" claim to the test before stripping it down.
360 is a good engine for what it was intended to do at the time.
I just rebuilt a 360, going to put it in a customer's 65 Ford truck.
That thing come out of a boat? Looks like ChrisCraft blue, and they're the onlybones ive evre seen with painted carburetors. Or maybe the ol' Craigslist rebuild😂
this is odd to have adjustable rockers in it...if this is really a 70's era 360 those adjustable rockers should not be there..when you knock it apart just for the hell of it check the bore and stroke ...might be something other then a 360
I was a bit surprised to see them there as well as I thought they only came on solid lifter engines. There's enough blue overspray on everything to suggest someone has likely been in it before. The heads are the correct D2TE-AA heads and it still has the 2 barrel intake, so I wasn't expecting that anyone had done any upgrades on it.
Use ear protection!! Tinitus is not nice!!
Thanks for the reminder -- usually I do these sort of startups outside where it's not quite as loud, but didn't think about it at all being in the tiny garage hiding from the cold. It was definitely pretty obnoxious the first time when I was behind the engine -- a bit more tolerable after I moved. That was one of the reasons I didn't try to rev it up or anything other than just letting it idle.
That was a sorry gas burner engine
390 is a better engine 360 is a boat anchor
They're essentially the same block with the 360 having a smaller stroke. In this particular case, as I'm planning to build a 445, the starting displacement wasn't a critical concern.