Wacky engine swap

http://marvinbaumann.com/valkyrie.html

Yeah... thats a honda engine in an old ford tractor...

I always thought that one of those would do well in a Locost.

So does that honda engine have an integral transmission/engine?

RossD wrote: So does that honda engine have an integral transmission/engine?

yup.. He's got 20 forward speeds..

5 from the bike trans and 4 from the tractor trans.

edit: no reverse in bike trans

hmmmm might be good for a locost

I learned how to drive on an 8N. Cool.

they don;t have much of a suspension, do they

8N's take a flathead very easily. The rods, pistons and many internal parts are interchangable (Ford's way of cost-cutting).

That Honda swap is kinda cool, though.

Actually.. That guy has a Ford Flathead 8n.. A 351 Windsor 8n.. A Chevy 350 8n and a Mopar 318 8n..

It's pretty cool.

There was a company back then that was selling new tractors with the flathead V8s. I see them at antique tractor and engine shows every once in a while. They are neat machines.

I'm liking the flat six though, Very cool.

i want to put a SBC in my dad's 8n.

patgizz wrote: i want to put a SBC in my dad's 8n.

http://marvinbaumann.com/chevrolet.html

I once saw a 600 hp V-8 with a roots style supercharger sitting on top on a Cub Cadet riding lawn mower.

If you wanted to do the reverse, old Massy-Ferguson tractors had Chevy 327 in them.

I want to see one with an Alfasud engine...

Appleseed wrote: If you wanted to do the reverse, old Massy-Ferguson tractors had Chevy 327 in them.

why would someone want to put a Ford 8N in a chevy 327?

and i bet those open headers sound "interesting" while pulling a plow.

Strizzo wrote:

Appleseed wrote: If you wanted to do the reverse, old Massy-Ferguson tractors had Chevy 327 in them.

why would someone want to put a Ford 8N in a chevy 327? and i bet those open headers sound "interesting" while pulling a plow.

WHAT?! WHAT'D YOU SAY? MY OPTIONAL THREADERS SEEM INTO BUSTING?! HUH?! YOU KNOW I CAN'T HEAR TOO WELL SINCE MY TRACTOR HAS OPEN HEADERS.