Any other 534 owners?
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Any other 534 owners?
We have a forum for the orignal "Super Duty" Ford Engines now
I would like to hear from others that have/had one of these monster engines! I like the stories from the old (& not so old) timers about how my 534 cu in Super duty grain truck pulled 6 chev^^s out of the mud at one time, etc....
I just purchased a 1969 F1000 Dump with the 534 cu in. Don't have any stories to tell yet! As soon as I do...I will post it.
Thanks!!
AJ
I would like to hear from others that have/had one of these monster engines! I like the stories from the old (& not so old) timers about how my 534 cu in Super duty grain truck pulled 6 chev^^s out of the mud at one time, etc....
I just purchased a 1969 F1000 Dump with the 534 cu in. Don't have any stories to tell yet! As soon as I do...I will post it.
Thanks!!
AJ
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My grandpa was on the fire dept., and on the first trip out with the new truck, which had a 534, left dual rear wheel posi marks on the station floor, carrying a full 1000 gallons of water(8400 lbs) 6 men(960 lbs) all equipment(600+lbs) and full load of fuel. If that's not enough, it threw 2 guys off the back as he turned the corner. Before the next fire, needless to say, it had a governor on it.
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This probably don't qualify. My dad had a 534 ford engine on our irrigation well for close to25 years. Just retired that motor a few years back. Must have had a zillion hours on it. Avalve went out on it. Those valves were adjustable on that particular engine, The thing I hated most about that engine was the oil filter. It was a canister type located by the engine pan. Kind of messy to change. You also had to tighten the filter up just right or it would leak. A pretty durable motor otherwise. I do believe the 460 we have on there now has way more power. The 534 produced most of its power at a lower R.P.M. than a 460.
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We ran one on an irrigation well for years. We bought it to replace a 800 cu in Minneapolis Moline engine that was nothing but trouble. The 534 ran for about 10 years, just pulling it's guts out. After it started using quite a bit of oil (a gallon every 12 hours) we hooked a 390 onto the front of the crankshaft to help it and oil consumption went to nearly nothing. Sure looked funny, those 2 tied together, but it worked really well. Some neighbors who found the 534 wasn't enough power, tied 2 of them together, other turbocharged them. It's a tough engine but not too fuel efficient, therefore they are all gone now. Most guys have gone to that big ch**y and twinned them up. I did install one 534 in my C-800 single axle grain truck. It is huge but it puts out a lot of torque and will pull quite a load. The truck regularly grosses a weight of 42-44,000 lbs. and will just walk out of a soft field with that load. It's not a hot rod by any means, redline rpm is 3200. The valves are too small to let it wrap up much tighter. It's just a heavy truck motor.
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Twinned motors isn't rocket science. Both have clutches, separate safety guages and I had starters on both engines of my setups. The trick was some means of tying the output shaft of the front to the harmonic balancer on the rear. We used a driveshaft about a foot long. The rear engine has to have a heavy crank snout. The 534 and 391 worked good on the rear, the 428 on the rear would break the crank right behind the balancer. I've seen twin 460s but I haven't ran them, so I don't know anything about longevity. I know where there's a pile of them, though.
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