karma279

Hey, I am considering starting a project of building a 351 in my spare time and spare money. I will have help building it since it's my first project but what I'm wondering is when/if I get it finished, will most of my after-markey parts go on the 351? Like heads, intake, air intake, pulleys, headers? I've heard they will, but the intake needs new rails and the headers will need extensions from the collectors. This is just a planned project, my motor is fine with low miles. Just something I'm considering for the future.</P>


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Quik

its been done many of times. and the parts are out there. what is nice about using the 351 block it can be made into a 408,385,356 or a just a plain 351.

i thought about the idea of it before

TheGmKiller331

The possiblilities are endless with the windsor motors.You can get tons of power out of them before stroking them.But if you have your sights set on a high powered setup go with any of the stroker kits.

mkspeed26

depend on if you want a 351 windsor or cleveland. a windsor is a big block, cleveland is stroked small block. a 351 cleveland would work with the 302 since it is the same block, but a windsor wouldnt. it is a bigger block and h/i/c/headers/pulleys, really almost everything wouldnt work.

Quik

your backwards the 351 and the 302 are both windsors. not CLEVELANDS the cleveland is the different one. and neither are BIG BLOCKS

mkspeed26

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damn, guess i had a noob moment. and what do you mean by neither is a big block?? just want to know the info so i dont f*ck up again in the future <IMG src=smileys/smiley4.gif border="0">. </P>

Quik

a big block refers to the actual size of the block. a big block usually weighs in more by 200lbs then a smallblock.
both windsor and cleveland are close in size. the head and intake and all that BS are larger. more of a wider block then big block

TheGmKiller331

Thats right both 302 and 351's are small blocks.The cleveland block is a bit different than the windsors but what really seperates the two is the heads design.The boss 302 is a windsor block with the cleveland heads.They did a bunch of crap to them to get them to fit but you see the results.The cleveland head design is a much better healthier breathing head.And they are a wider block by enough that you cant confuse one from another.</P>


And neither are big blocks!The big blocks start with 335 and are the FE motors for the most part.335,352,360,390,and so on.</P>

mkspeed26

i get it now <IMG src=smileys/smiley4.gif border="0">. i wont make that same mistake again! i understood the big block thing, just didnt know which engine names were which. </P>


one more question on the topic that i found today while looking through the summit racing catalogue, what is the 351M?? thanks guys, really increasing my knowledge here. proves that just cause i have 400 some odd posts doesnt mean i know everything!!</P>

Quik

i think its in the same same family as the ford 400. the letters after the cubic inches always refer to where it was made. like a 4.6r is a romeo