Boss 351s?
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From: SW Michigan
boss 351s
FG76, thats what they come in, the '71 mustangs. There are similar engines in other year mustangs, and some torinos and whatever the merc version of the same thing was. Some 1970 ford cars had a 351C-4v that had the same basic struture, but with a hydralic cam instead of the boss' solid cam, some 71s had this engine also. In 72 I think it was called a 351CJ, but my memory is fuzzy here. It was the huge ports in the 4V heads and the bigish cam that made the Boss a screamer. In high school I put a '70 351C-4V from a wrecked torino into a '69 mustang. Headers for a 302 Boss sort of fit, and a little bigger crane cam kept things healthy. But the engine always felt lazy under 2500 or 3K. With a 4 spd, that wasn't really any trouble, but it used an awful lot of fuel. I don't think it wouldn't be worth a plug nickle in a truck. There are smaller 2V versions of the same engine that might do alright though. DF, @ his Dad's house
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From: chicago burbs
yup, the Boss 351 was only available for the 1971 model year. i don't know for sure what cars it was available in though? possibles would include mustang, cougar, torino, ranchero, montego. was there a 71 cyclone or a 71 marauder? i need an old chiltons!
