Hello,

Long story short, im taking a 1989 351w and building it for torque. Its not gonna be going into a ford product, but coming from an extensive ford background, i couldnt repower the rig with anything but ford. Ill tell ya what its goin in, but ya gotta promise not to flame me.

With that said, I have an extensive ford performance background but its all related to the 289s and making them rev, make more power, spin faster, and survive on the road tracks.

I need this windsor to pull, and pull hard. Im lookin to get 400ft lbs of torque and have a max rpm of around 4500-5000rpm. Hp is a byproduct of torque, but i really dont care about hp numbers, I need the torque.

The engine i have is from a 1989 ford. Its got a fresh rebuild, bored 30 over with a comp cams cam in it (duration-intake 210 exhaust 214, lift-intake .299 exhaust .303, seperation-114) I got the whole truck with the engine for a song. Im not against trashing that cam if its not what will work best for me.

Ive read this site till im blue in the face and ive honestly read about 4 books on building the windsor. Ive also called several people including ford racing parts. I keep going back to the 392 stroker. It seems about perfect for what i want to do.

My questions--Is the 392 a good reliable torquey engine, which heads should i use (i think the gt40 y's would be good) is a MAF conversion a must (i believe so) which crank should i buy. Can i use the stock rods since its not gonna be a high revver. Should I buy a whole kit or piece meal it.

I do have a budget, altho I know that power and budgets never agree.

I will be running a ford ZF5 5spd transmission behind it.

Any ideas, opinions, good or bad are GREATLY appreciated. Im looking forward to getting this project going.

Thanks in advance for any and all help.

Will

 

Well, if noone else will speak up, I guess I will. A 393 or 408 stroker should be able to do what you want. No replacement for displacement, you know. As I understand it, displacement makes torgue and cylinder heads/RPMs make HP more or less. Regardless, it will need to breath to make torque, and you'll also be making HP.

With that being said, I am just finishing up a 408 stroker. I'm using the Eagle stroker kit, with 27.5 cc dish pistons. Edelbrock Performer RPM cylinder heads. I went a roller cam, with 235/238 int/exh duration, and .573/582 int/exh lift. I've got a good dual plane intake and will top it off with the FAST EZ-EFI TBI fuel injection system. I'm going to use BBK short tube equal length headers with 1-5/8 primaries and 2.5 inch collectors. It will replace my 300 I6 in my 86 F150 SWB.

Computer dyno software say it should generate about 486 ft-lbs of torque at 3750 RPM and 462 HP at 5500 RPM. With a 393, you should be able to make darn close to 400 ft-lbs even with the hydraulic flat tappet lifters.

Good luck with your build.