I just bought a 76 gran torino, and i want to fix it up for my father who loves the car. Vehicle needs a new engine but problem is all the cards with engine size have faded. is there anyway to determine to size to buy a new one or does the size not matter?
Engine size
Lucas Collins
Evan Young
probably the best option is to find a 400M or 351 of some kind. both are good engines.
400m is cheap to build, and 351 have more aftermarket stuff for them
Christopher Nguyen
would it matter if the one i put in isn't the same size as the original. example if it is a 351 and i put in a 400 would it hurt the transmission or anything?
Jaxson Cox
Just have a look at your make and model on either wikipedia or a car wiki and check out which engines it had in it. If you want to stay original you can source one of those engines.
How many miles has the car got on it? and is it auto or manual? if it's high the trans might need a bit of a rework or even a replace if it's been thrashed because the previous owner thought they were Starsky and Hutch up in this shit. Really depends though.
Honestly though it's an old Ford, which means big engine bay and long front portion, so most anything will fit in that motherfucker.
Julian Reyes
no it probably came with one anyway. take a pic of the engine and show us. its all bolt in, same mounts and so on
Henry Roberts
Depends on what is in it already. If he's got a Windsor, he should just stick a 351w in it. Better aftermarket and it'll bolt right up to the current c4 or c6 in it already
Jack Murphy
its probably just a 2bbl 351
if you have the vin you can find out what it has or find some casting numbers on the engine
Jackson Baker
i agree, 351 for better aftermarket, and 400m for being a cheap ass who wants cheap power.
Camden Campbell
Tru that. I'm working all from what I know in theory of US engines so I'm just going for the widest possible parameters to be helpful.
Windsor will do the job regardless of what it had in it anyway though, I agree. Them ol' pushrods can still git 'er dun.
Elijah Allen
Well it also depends on budget and what you're starting from. I've got a small block pattern c6 in my truck, and the cheapest way to make okay horsepower in my position according to myself was to get an explorer 302 and convert to carb. I've already sold the gt40 intake, but for not much I'll be able to make about 320hp.
That being said I will have a little work done for the heads.