Flareside Jeff Posted November 7, 2021 Author Share Posted November 7, 2021 technically correct? 20 years ago when i rebuilt my 300 i looked at it like a tractor engine and painted it john deere yellow. i would never do that today. i have become more simple about these . i have a rule for this on my trucks now. fuel injected get ford gray and carb engines get ford blue. i prefer the traditional look even if the internals are modified. i do sometimes use the hei conversion some simply because it just plain works. I had a Carbureted 86 F150 with a gray 300, and this 85 that I am building, the engine was also gray, but I like the Ford Blue much better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 I had a Carbureted 86 F150 with a gray 300, and this 85 that I am building, the engine was also gray, but I like the Ford Blue much better! From what I seen posted the early years of the 80 - 86 trucks were blue and the later years gray. The motor in my 1981 truck, not the motor the truck left the factory with, was gray and did not like that color so did it in blue also. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_S85 Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 From what I seen posted the early years of the 80 - 86 trucks were blue and the later years gray. The motor in my 1981 truck, not the motor the truck left the factory with, was gray and did not like that color so did it in blue also. https://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/file/n107511/20160528_175115.jpg https://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/file/n107511/20200222_154835-01.jpg Dave ---- Should be correct. 83 I think was the cross over year, for 82 the distributor cap adapter only comes in blue which was used with blue engines, grey/black was used on grey/black engines the way I hear it. My engine was a replacement block but everything else is original to the truck and it always was dark corporate blue and the same thing I am doing to my F1SE block that I am back dating to work with my 82. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaTom Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 Beautiful, Jeff! Nice job. I did a head-ectormy on my (gray) 300 two days ago and that baby is a hernia maker! Does anyone know what a complete engine weighs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flareside Jeff Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 From what I seen posted the early years of the 80 - 86 trucks were blue and the later years gray. The motor in my 1981 truck, not the motor the truck left the factory with, was gray and did not like that color so did it in blue also. Dave ---- That's a Great looking engine and trans, I'm putting a 4 speed in mine as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flareside Jeff Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 That's a Great looking engine and trans, I'm putting a 4 speed in mine as well! Thanks Tom, I'm guessing a complete 300 is prolly around 500 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 That engine looks great! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratdude747 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Beautiful, Jeff! Nice job. I did a head-ectormy on my (gray) 300 two days ago and that baby is a hernia maker! Does anyone know what a complete engine weighs? I do know that a raw 300 block can be lifted with two guys... Fully built up mine was making the engine stand bounce... She was heavy! What makes the head a pain is the size and positioning when removing in-the-truck... if I ever needed to pull mine (in-the-truck), I'd probably use my engine hoist... It was bad enough removing it on a stand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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