Crites Restoration offers parts and pieces to upgrade these older Fords and Mercurys....shoehorn an FE or Lima motor into it....
1955 - 56 FORD
FE motor conversion mounts - $49
FE C6 crossmember w insulator - $125
460 motor conversion mount kit w c6 crossmember/insulator - $245
Aluminum Radiator FE or 460 (must use separate trans cooler) - $260
Radiator mount kit - $45
Radiator fan shroud (our alum rad w 19” fan) - $59
FE or 460 trans C6 crossmember w insulator - $125
FE or 460 Headers 2” tubes 3 1/2 collectors (must use our motor mnt kit) - $329
http://www.critesrestoration.com/galaxie.htm
Here's a torque monster street motor.....
Rescue a 390/C6 from a '67 to '70 Ford truck. Blocks produced after that were taller in the deck and less desireable unless you plan to cut the deck anyway, then a later 390 could be used.
Stock crank, stock rods with ARP bolts
Bore +0.030", deck block for 0.007" block deck height with these pistons...squish is 0.045" when using E-brock head gasket shown below...static compression ratio is 9.8:1....
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/TRW-L2291F30/
Edelbrock 60069 heads, 72cc chambers, advertised flow factored by 0.95 for use in my DynoSim....
http://www.edelbrock.com/automotive_new/misc/company/10pdf/134-135.pdf
Edelbrock head gaskets for use with Edelbrock aluminum heads.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/EDL-7337/
Large tube equal-length, long-tube headers with X or H pipe right after the collectors.
Crane hydraulic roller cam, roller lifters, retrofit....
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CRN-349521/
Weiand Stealth intake manifold, 750 vacuum secondaries carb.
RPM HP TQ
1500 115 403
2000 168 442
2500 312 447
3000 270 472
3500 330 496
4000 381 500
4500 419 489
5000 450 464
5500 427 403
Peak volumetric efficiency 92.5 @4500
Peak BMEP 190.7 @4000
Peak DCR 8.656:1 on KB's calculator
Not real heavy on HP, but has axle-snappin' torque right off idle. Should be great with a 2500 stall converter and some 3.60-3.90 gears... :thumbup: