351w rebuild
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Mountain Pass
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So assembly time has come and I am trying to decide what I should for the engine color. Traditionally I have gone with the dark blue ford color. My truck is not in great shape and I plan on keeping it that way for the forseeable future so I would like the engine to really pop in a crummy engine bay. The pan is black and the heads are aluminium. Headers are stainless. I dont have valve covers yet but I am thinking of going for a vintage look with finned ones. Suggestions on color and dress up in general?
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Hi guys, I am elbow deep my in my 351w swap into my 78 f100 and I am shopping around for a distributor. I kept the old dizzy from the from the 351 so I could rob the steel gear off of it as it was a F4TE block. I am thinking about buying the spectra FD51 dizzy. Is this the correct one or is there another option?
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...21588&jsn=1957
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...21588&jsn=1957
Cargo Master
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From: British Columbia
I went very old school with my roller 351 and installed a points distributor, after transferring the steel gear from the roller distributor onto the points one.
It's annoying you can't get a rebuilt (or at least couldn't when I did this) early distributor with a steel gear.
If you have a 302 it's easy, you just order one for a 1985 Mustang with manual transmission. Of course it isn't a points style though.
It's annoying you can't get a rebuilt (or at least couldn't when I did this) early distributor with a steel gear.
If you have a 302 it's easy, you just order one for a 1985 Mustang with manual transmission. Of course it isn't a points style though.
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wow thats a handsome engine.
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I replaced the performer with a high rise and added a 1 inch spacer as well.
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