Re: 251 or 265 into '49 Power Wagon


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Posted by Matt Wilson [108.162.237.163] on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 19:39:00 :

In Reply to: Re: 251 or 265 into '49 Power Wagon posted by Kaegi [108.162.246.78] on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 19:28:02 :

Good, that's reassuring. Plus, even if I were to swap engines, I would feel kinda bad not having the ol' crash box there. Double-clutching and hearing the gear whine is a significant part of the truck's character.

I ran across a spec for the crash box one time (probably in a book somewhere around the house) that said it's rated for 216 ft-lbs of input torque. I could see easily exceeding that with a hopped up 251, 265 with a stock V-8. But who knows how that torque rating was determined. Even with a strong engine in front of it, it's probably not going to see that level of torque a large part of the time.



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