merc or ford

[36 flathead]

I have a 51 merc motor that would be a very easy rebuild. No cracks and very little cylinder wear. This motor has the 4 inch crank. Would i be better off rebuilding this or use this crank in a ford block for a stroker motor. I am planning on using this in my 50 f1 pickup with a 5 speed.

 

[Mike in AZ]

no cracks?? build it...don't know if there are any diffs between the Merc and Ford block....Mike

 

[Dale Fairfax]

The blocks are identical-transferring the Merc crank to the other block will result in the same thing you started with. You might want to use the Ford heads though-might give you a slight boost in compression.

 

[Jack 34pu]

Use the Ford EAB heads 51-53 I think.

 

[ford1]

as was stated above the only differences between the ford and merc engine is the pistons and crank, putting a merc crank in the ford engine you will wind up with what you have now, just build the merc engine

 

[jdl]

Also use the Merc cam if it checks o.k.