351C ?'s
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351C ?'s
Hey! How many miles can I expect out of my '73 351C 4V if I maintain it? What was the highest mileage you have seen out of a Cleveland?
How easy is it to hop up the 351C if I ever decide to increase performance in the future?
It has close to 116K miles on it and it doesnt smoke or use oil, if you want to know.
Thanks!
How easy is it to hop up the 351C if I ever decide to increase performance in the future?
It has close to 116K miles on it and it doesnt smoke or use oil, if you want to know.
Thanks!
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highest mileage I have personally gotten out of a 351c was in a 74 montego, stripped the timing chain at 158,000 miles (approx) motor still ran good, didn't smoke, got 17mpg and never burned oil. since the car was junk I yanked the motor sold it to another guy who put it into a pickup with a new timing chain and was still running it 2 yrs later. Haven't talked to him in 15 yrs so I have no idea how far it actually ended up going.
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What is the max gas mileage I can get out of mine if I do a tune up on it? Right now it gets about 12 mpg in its current state. I plan on getting a quality exhaust system and putting a original Motorcraft carb back on it.
So is it possible for a Cleveland to run up to 200K or more before requiring a rebuild? Like I said in my earlier post, I only have 116K on mine. It is so original that I'm afraid to daily drive it because I don't wanna destroy the originality.
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So is it possible for a Cleveland to run up to 200K or more before requiring a rebuild? Like I said in my earlier post, I only have 116K on mine. It is so original that I'm afraid to daily drive it because I don't wanna destroy the originality.
Thanks!
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