{"id":9749,"date":"2016-04-13T21:55:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T01:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=9749"},"modified":"2018-12-06T15:19:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T21:19:06","slug":"1957-ford-custom-300-with-a-700-hp-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=9749","title":{"rendered":"1957 Ford Custom 300 with a 700 hp 326 ci V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"610\" height=\"343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fv6R4PoK8_k\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Scottie caught up with John Jennings for the debut of his newest creation, a 1957 Ford Custom 300 called &#8220;700 Proof.&#8221; The car&#8217;s name and design was influenced by moonshine runner vehicles. The name also refers to the 700 horsepower (to the wheels) Ford V8 under the hood. The engine is a 326 ci (5.3 L) Brenspeed B326 Ford 3v V8. John says the three-valve was chosen over the four-valve because the three-valve flows better for the Edelbrock E-Force supercharger installed on top. The engine also has ported heads and forged internals. Behind the engine sits a Ford 4R70W four-speed automatic transmission with a Powertrain Control Solutions electronic shift controller.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC5sNNs8QoMYIV_yYA3QHMog\">ScottieDTV<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scottie caught up with John Jennings for the debut of his newest creation, a 1957 Ford Custom 300 called &#8220;700 Proof.&#8221; The car&#8217;s name and design was influenced by moonshine runner vehicles. The name also refers to the 700 horsepower (to the wheels) Ford V8 under the hood. The engine is a 326 ci (5.3&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=9749\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1957 Ford Custom 300 with a 700 hp 326 ci V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[439],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-custom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66203,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=66203","url_meta":{"origin":9749,"position":0},"title":"1957 Ford Del Rio with a 521 ci Boss Nine V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Steve Strope at Pure Vision Design built this 1957 Ford Del Rio Ranch for Bob Florine at ARP-Bolts. 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