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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 03:14 PM
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351 Cleveland engine angle

The Land Cruiser I bought has a 351 Cleveland and because I found quite a few things done hastily by the PO and wanting to do a restomod that would suit my needs, stripped it complete and now about to put the engine back onto the chassis.

I would like to place it so that it has the right angle sloping backwards (getting air out of the system from what I can gather).

The plane on which the carburetor bolts to is different from the top of the valve covers which looks like if the carburetor plane is 0 degrees, the valve covers is already sloping backwards meaning the whole engine is already at a slope.

Is this the factory angle for the engine if the carburetor plane is 0 deg?

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Old Aug 3, 2014 | 07:21 PM
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Hard to say as many of the trucks had a different stance depending on the GVW and whether 2 or 4wd. But most have the carb pretty much level.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2014 | 06:27 AM
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Ok thanks, one or two degrees out shouldn't make that much of a difference except when calculating the driveline angles at t/c and diffs?
 
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Agreed. And it is best to use a magnetic angle gauge to do the driveline. Harbor Freight had one that's pretty cheap and it works well.
 
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ok, thanks for the info.
 
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