460 from a stock pre 92 Eseries, unbolt>bolt it back up. all the conversion parts you need...... put a zero timing chain and gears, a highvolume oil pump in it and rebuild the carb. low cost tons of power!
even stock exhaust works well on the 460! just put an aftermarket flow through muffler on it. low cost lots of power. simple wiring for your 1975 E350!


nothing wrong with a 351 W but you can throw thousands at it and be no farther ahead than a freshened 460.


in the south all the parts you would need would unbolt with hand tools. up here everything has to be heated up or cut off with torches


have fun and keep the costs down

 

$2,700 if your most anyone around is a good chunk of change. Already have a daily driver.
Ever since I was 16 the old man and I would build cars and motorcycles, all of which were imports. 3 del sols, once pushing 200hp, I streetfightered a couple katanas, restored a crashed Police BMW motorcycle, gosh 2 BMW's (BTW MOST unreliable transmissions on the PLANET)
I'm almost 30 now and over the whole Fast and the Furious deal lol And I like odd ****. and this is definitely odd ****.


The current motor I have runs "good", it starts, and I drive it to work, and gotta let her warm up a little in the cold, but you can definitely tell its an old motor, so just want to possible make this one run better than it does.

I'm also a bounty hunter and vans like this are not uncommon at all in the area of Phoenix AZ where I spend most of my time.

More or less getting ideas. The only thing I don't like about it is the gas mileage but then again my Crown Victoria didn't do much better. Like at all.

 

Sounds like you had some fun. In my early 20's I was drag racing in big old muscle cars including 2 426 Hemi cars after starting out in my teens on English sports cars (they were all junk from day one). My son is your age and has had a couple BMW 318ti's and now an SVT Focus.

Well, I keep posting links to this local guy who drives to the strip. Yeah it's a Chevy van but if you want to build something fun in a van you might look to this for inspiration. NITROUS baby! G:

 

The man has a valid point, there is no replacement for displacement and a stock block 460 is more reliable and will last longer than a hopped up Windsor. The hardest part will be swapping out the motor mount towers and that will be easy the engine out, make sure you get the correct oil pan and pickup tube..