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pluckiebaum1
Member
Username: pluckiebaum1
Post Number: 13
Registered: 08-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 10:49 pm: | 
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so i sold my pluck and bought a roamer 1966
here is my question it has 427 ford motors n it now but there are a set of ford 430 motors sitting in another boat i can have for free i don't know anything about the 430's do you guys have any info on these motors ? are they worth getting for free? or are they just a junk motor |
ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 585
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 07:27 am: |
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Off the top of my head...
The 430 is and MEL family engine used in Lincolns and Mercs, also a few T Birds.
The 427 FE Family engine used in Fords. Both good engines, however little to nothing is interchangable between them.
If you have a place to store the 430's I would grab them. |
pluckiebaum1
Member
Username: pluckiebaum1
Post Number: 14
Registered: 08-2005
| | Posted on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 02:09 pm: |
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ok thanks i think i will do that you can't beat free hell i might just put them on ebay  |
wayne
Visitor
| | Posted on Saturday, October 29, 2005 - 08:49 pm: |
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pluckiebaum1
hi my name is wayne, I read your questions about the 430 ford motors. I have 427's. What are you planning to do with the 427's. |
yachtsmanbill
Member
Username: yachtsmanbill
Post Number: 4
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 06:54 pm: |
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Trust me, the 430s had a terrible water pump / overheating problem, plus parts are almost NON EXISTANT ! I own a 1963 36 foot aluminum Roamer since 1973 that had 283s and repowered with 454s-- BIG IMPROVEMENT.Contact www.alloyed2sea.com for Roamer club info. Also my site at www.chicagoyachtsman.com |
