Ok, hey there guys, im on a mission and its a budget build for a 351. now i would like to stick a beautiful ford racing 351 crate motor in there but the top end ones are like 7k and i figured, if i dont build my own engine now from scratch WHEN WILL I EVER, right? (im 17) so price wise it makes sense and ill have fun at the same time. Ive done a ton of research and think i have convered everything for the 351 swap into a 95gt but when it comes down to building the engine ive never done it before and if im going to save money i need to learn how. So my question is, is there a nicly detailed book in which i can pick up from offline or a store tht will give me a good step by step how to build a 351 or at least a ford motor?? ive got almost all my parts picked out and ill run em through u guys but i need to learn how to actully build an engine before i get to drop it in. and i know this is like second nature to most of u but im the only gear head in my family andi dont have the time or luxury of practing on another car or tearing down another engine, besides i dont want to screw up my 351. Thank you all, Rob

 

there is a book called "how torebuild the small block ford". i am using it for reference on my 351 build. i got it at my local parts store. it is a great book very detailed bolt by bolt. it also has a lot of performance stuff, and formulas for carb size and stuff.

 

If you want to save money, ............. have a race engine shop build it for you

 

So find a shop bring all the parts and just pay them to put it together? simple as tht?

 

the only problem with that is, you dont know how good the guy is at building engines or how quickly he just threw it together. your engine could go bang after 2 runs at the track.

 

good point, u know what they saw, u want something done do it urself, but again back to my main problem ive never done it myself and dont have any to walk me through it. well ill just hit book store here and see if i cant find a step by step.

 

dont you have any buddies or someone you know that could be there and watch you while giving you tips on how to do everything?

 

i wish but thts my delima, my buddys here are all my age and dont know jack and wouldnt trust them if they said otherwise lol and their all chevy guys so i wouldnt trust them to help me put my car together. i havnt lived here very long so im not very esstablished u know. my knowledge is everything ive learned here and in school so im basically starting from scratch.

 

Where do you live? Join some car clubs, even clubs on myspace or somthing and im sure you can find someone to help you

 

good points, well ty guys for the help i think i know where to go next, oh for the record i live in iowa lol and it sucks here. living in like the 2nd biggest city here doesnt count for jack.