I've got a 460 Ford I'm half done rebuilding, but I'm trying to sell the Model A I planned to put it in, so I've got nowhere for it to go at the moment. Meantime, I could use a SBC for...well who knows? Maybe my truck?
I got the 460 for free from my old boss, and I was planning a low-buck, very mild rebuild. So, I tore it down, had the block hot tanked and checked by the BBF shop in town. It came back with a clean bill of health, so I rebuilt it at stock bore, with stock low-comp pistons (can you say booooost?) and rods, new rings, bearings, rod bolts, and all gaskets. I got as far as the rotating assembly before I bought a house and moved, so funds/time stalled the project. Heads are off, disassembled and need checking/rebuilding (motor originally came out from an oil starved cam, galled lobe and a bent pushrod, so I'd be sure to check the valves if you wanted to reuse them).
For the record, I was careful, clean and unhurried during this build - which was done in my kitchen. I had two BBF books I crosschecked constantly to make sure I was working with the right information.
This motor has tons of potential as a stump-pulling torque monster with only mild mods (cam, intake, carb, headers, port/polish), so if you're after big low-end power for cheap, this might be what you're looking for.
Car Craft built one with that basic recipe for a shootout that made 491 ft-lbs at 3400 RPM, and their dyno brake couldn't hold it below that.
http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/116_0008_87_octane_ford_460/index.html
(EDIT: Dammit, let me try to find that article archived somewhere.)
I'd be interested in a straight trade for a 350 in a similar state of rebuild, only because I'd rather not spend another few hundred bucks on rebuild parts.
Or hell, I dunno. Whaddaya got?
