1930 Ford Model A

Sedan

8 - Cyl.

Automatic

A2315556

Clear

Ethanol - FFV

I wanted a cartoony over the top hot rod on the street, total ed roth carton style. The car sits super low, but still drivable. The motor is 13:1 compression and runs on E85. I’ve sat in Woodward Dream Cruise traffic, 90 degrees outside, and the motor never got above 200 degrees, the E85 runs super cool, but yet has the equivalent of 105 octane. The combination of the compression and the fairly radical cam, it sounds like an alcohol dragster….draws lots of attention, extremely loud, but yet I’ve never been hassled by the cops for it. The car is so obnoxious and crazy looking that I think the cops just let it go. Kids love it, old people love it, its almost awkward the attention it draws. I don’t drive it much, as it’s pretty cramped inside. I’m 6’ 175 lbs, and I fit in it, but I wouldn’t call it comfortable, but for ripping around town it’s bearable. My intention was to drag race it, but to be honest, the car scares the shit out of me. It will absolutely destroy the big meats on the back. I never dyno’d the motor, but dyno2000 software puts the motor in the 600 horsepower range and a little over 600 ft. lbs of torque over a very large torque band. The chassis is jig built, 90% tig welded, and is an absolute tank. The whole car is just plain overkill to the max, I went overboard on everything, no corners were cut, the car is built right and engineered very well. It could use a paint job in the near future, and some body work clean up, one door has some dents in it, and I bent up the drivers side lower part of the cowl taking it off a trailer, but nothing that really stands out. Has a leak at the dipstick, pretty typical with a c4 trans, but I havent gotten around to fixing it. I went to great pains on the chassis so I could use the full length of the 4 link bars hoping it would help the car hook up, and even with slicks on it, it will still just light the tires up at any time. Body: Chopped 4.5” Channeled 5” Door Handles Shaved Body seams on rear or body shaved. Belt line extended (similar to a 32’) 1.25”x 1.25” Tubing added to top opening for support and to clean up top section Visor molded to body Door sills molded. Stainless steel firewall 34 chevy grill shell Custom pinstriping John Deere Blitz Black paint. Chassis: Frame rails are a combination of 2”x3” .120 wall tubing, 2”x4” .120” wall tubing 6 point roll cage is 1.625”.120” wall DOM tubing. Front end: MAS 7” drop tube axle, suicide mount, with hairpin radius rods. Early GM style disc brakes (speedway kit), stainless braided lines Armstrong adjustable lever action shocks Rear Axle: 70’s ford 9” with new brake shoes and wheel cylinders and stainless braided lines. 4.56 locker differential Chassis Engineering “Top Gun” fully adjustable 4 link rear suspension with adjustable coil over springs with diagonal link. Swing style master cylinder. Ford F1 steering box Solid Motor Mounts Custom built 14 gallon steel fuel cell. Alumium racing seats 5 point harnesses Aluminum radiator Push style fan inside grill Stockon Wheel Steelies (15x4.5 front, 15x10 rear) Firestone “Dirt Tracker” tires (5” front , 30”x 13” rear) Electrical: Autometer 5” tach w/programble shift light and playback Autometer 2 5/8” oil pressure, water temp, and amp gauges in custom gauge pod. Master disconnect switch MSD 6AL ignition module MSD Blaster HVC coil 8.8 mm wires Engine: 460” ford racing D9VE block (2 bolt main) Forged Crank HD “truck” rods Flat top Pistons Fluid Dampner 1970 “Dove” heads Ported to Super Cobra Jet port sizing. (over 40 hrs of porting) Manley S.S. Valves (2.19” Intake , 1.94” exhaust) 5 angle valve seats New valve guides Heads decked .040” Lunati VooDoo hydraulic Cam (.564” lift 276 degree intake, .582” lift, 284 degree exhaust) Ford Racing 1.7:1 Aluminum Roller Rockers 3/8” Hardened Push rods Hardened guide plates Hardened Rocker Studs Aluminum Fabbed Valve Covers Offenhauser single 4 barrel Tunner Ram intake 850 Holley DP from AED performance set up for E85 Moroso BBC water pump on custom adapter plate Custom water neck configuration Moroso electric water pump drive Jegs 1 wire distributor 9 qt. oil pan Mallory distributor with petronix module ½” alcohol compatible fuel lines, AN fittings, 140 gph alcohol compatible biller fuel pump. High torque starter 2 3/8” I.D. Headers Transmission: Built by Broader Performance JW Ultra Bell adapter bellhousing Ford C4 Transmission Hardened 24 spline input shaft HD clutches Full manual valve body 2500 stall convertor. Autometer trans temp gauge. Hurst quarter stick shifter.