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Offline Jay B

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500/550 motor in a 350f?
« on: January 13, 2007, 04:41:01 PM »
Some idle speculation here- is it possible? there's lots of romm between the frame and valve cover on a 350f.
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Offline paulages

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Re: 500/550 motor in a 350f?
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2007, 04:53:11 PM »
no idea, but i can give you mounting specs from a 550 if you'd like.
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Re: 500/550 motor in a 350f?
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2007, 05:00:35 PM »
As I am sure you know,
the 400F motor is a direct drop in swap. same mounting points, and everything.
What I don't know is if the 400 is just a 350F overbored, or if you could bore a 400F motor out a bit more to make it *close* to 500?
dunno ???
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Re: 500/550 motor in a 350f?
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2007, 10:17:07 PM »
Quote from: Jugghead on January 13, 2007, 05:00:35 PM
As I am sure you know,
the 400F motor is a direct drop in swap. same mounting points, and everything.
What I don't know is if the 400 is just a 350F overbored, or if you could bore a 400F motor out a bit more to make it *close* to 500?
dunno ???

The 400 engine is basically a 350 punched out to 400ccs, new head, new clutch and six-speed box.

You can punch out a 400 engine to take 500 pistons, giving you 500ccs, but it's very labor-intensive and requires some engineering.  The result is reportedly worth it.
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