BuckeyeDemon

looks like a cleveland

woody99

ok back to the build.... today i got the heads apart and started to clean them up ordering my rebuild kit today and getting the block ready to be bored!! tomorrow im gonna be port and polishing the heads and cleaning some more parts. and as soon as my parts come in i can get it bored and start putting things together hopefully by the end of next week. ill post pics when i can

mr_velocity

Any plans for the heads as far as new valves, springs etc?

frdnut

Sounds like things are coming together for you..I would do some research before you start porting the heads..You can remove too much material and easily screw them up..A little research as to where to remove it and how much will assure they will work properly when you are done..The clevelands already come with pretty large ports so you will probably just want to remove any humps in the exhaust and smooth things out...I am sure there must be lots of info on this on the web somewhere..

woody99

im planning on getting new valves and springs. and were just porting them a little bit and take off the humps like u mentioned in the exhaust side. ive done my research and my teacher has too.

woody99

just found out today that im gonna eather need to get my crankshaft ground or a new one.

hightower2011

that's not too much of a surprise, must've sheared some metal somewhere inside the engine.

woody99

taking the crankshaft to a machine shop to get ground for $158 since our machine shop doesnt have the machine

woody99

the machine shop had a brand new crank for my engine so i bought that for 150 so i didnt have to wait 2 weeks for mine so now i can order my rebuild kit this week and get it ready to be bored out!! =)

woody99

hey everyone!! im back at it this year.. sorry last time i ran out of money and had to put the build on hault for a little while so i could get some money. so now my question is... The rebuild kit i need for my engine is a bit confusing =/ im ordering from northern auto parts dot com and im confused as to what i need.. theres so many categories for the 351w and im not sure which one is for mine. like i said its out of a 90's van... Anyone know what i should get? im looking for a mean sounding v8 with some good power. i have so many plans for this restore i want the engine to just top it all off! thanks in advanced