Its really that hard old man?
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RE: Its really that hard old man?
This is exactly what my 347 is. It has the front timing cover for a 289/302 and a carb
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It's definitely not that hard to do the motor swap. The blocks themselves are nearly identical. The hard part is wiring up the EFI and plumbing the fuel lines, if you want to go that route. Personally, unless I had the time and money, I'd just carb it and use an original timing cover/accessory setup. Much easier and you get the benefit of a roller cam out of the swap. Also gives you an excuse to swap out the cam while you have the timing cover off
That said, why on earth would you consider removing a Cleveland for a 5.0?
It's definitely not that hard to do the motor swap. The blocks themselves are nearly identical. The hard part is wiring up the EFI and plumbing the fuel lines, if you want to go that route. Personally, unless I had the time and money, I'd just carb it and use an original timing cover/accessory setup. Much easier and you get the benefit of a roller cam out of the swap. Also gives you an excuse to swap out the cam while you have the timing cover off
That said, why on earth would you consider removing a Cleveland for a 5.0?
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RE: Its really that hard old man?
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awesome. do you think i could just upgrade the camshaft and intake on it for now and gain around 320-340hp with the big tube headers it has now?
awesome. do you think i could just upgrade the camshaft and intake on it for now and gain around 320-340hp with the big tube headers it has now?
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RE: Its really that hard old man?
i havent even researched this block. suposably it came out of a 72 torino but whos to say. where can i locate the number? its a 351c 2v so its not as good as 4v but its the best for building a street car. its pretty torqy all stock
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RE: Its really that hard old man?
I have a 68 coupe with a in line 6 that i wanted to swap out with a 90' fuel injected 302. By the sound of it i think i just might want to change out efi for carb. how difficult would the swap from efi to carb be
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