$100 cleveland
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$100 cleveland
Today I picked up a 2V cleveland, it was locked up, so i was going to let it marinate in some brake fluid for a few days, I began pouring the fluid in the cylinders and all was well till I got to old no.7, and I decided to knock out the rusty freeze plug and what do you know out comes my brake fluid so I think I got a set of 2V heads for a 100 dollars because the cylinder is pretty rusty I think the block is cracked because if I am thinking right the only way for brake fluid to enter the water passage would be for a crack to be in the block is this correct, I am going to try and make time tomorrow to open her up and take a look,
Danlee I think I am still having some water problems with my 4V cleveland the oil has a slight milky look to it, I went ahead and retorqued the other head and am going to see if that helps, the guy at the machine shop said that I would be more satisfied with the 2V heads than the four barrel heads, today while I was looking at my gem of a purchase the ports on the 2V seemed a good bit bigger than the 4v heads but have not compared the 2V to the 4V side by side,
Danlee I think I am still having some water problems with my 4V cleveland the oil has a slight milky look to it, I went ahead and retorqued the other head and am going to see if that helps, the guy at the machine shop said that I would be more satisfied with the 2V heads than the four barrel heads, today while I was looking at my gem of a purchase the ports on the 2V seemed a good bit bigger than the 4v heads but have not compared the 2V to the 4V side by side,
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A bad head gasket or warped head will allow the brake fluid to enter the water jacket.
The 4V heads have much larger ports than the 2V heads.
You will need a 2V manifold when you use the 2V heads. Do you have a manifold on the 2V motor?
The 4V heads have much larger ports than the 2V heads.
You will need a 2V manifold when you use the 2V heads. Do you have a manifold on the 2V motor?
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what kind of problems am I going to run into if I swap out the 400 for the cleveland, I notice the cleveland is a front sump is that going to be a problem with the cross member up front on a 78 f150 4x4, I have got the small block bellhousing already, am I going to have to change the engine mounts on the frame or will the ones for the 400 work, I need to know if i am going to have to make alot of adjustments to make this work before I get to deep into the project to make sure that this is something I really want to do. i only ask because i helped a buddy swap his 300 straight six out for a 302 in his 68 and it seemed like a lot of swapping out parts and we were not sure if everything he bought for the project was going to work until we started putting it together, I just don't want to get bit in the middle of the swap and wish I had went with the 400,
the $100 cleveland has a 2 barrelll intake on top of it is a complete motor but I still have not had a chance to open it up yet to check the cracked block theory
thanks
the $100 cleveland has a 2 barrelll intake on top of it is a complete motor but I still have not had a chance to open it up yet to check the cracked block theory
thanks
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Originally Posted by $Simpleman76
what kind of problems am I going to run into if I swap out the 400 for the cleveland, I notice the cleveland is a front sump is that going to be a problem with the cross member up front on a 78 f150 4x4, I have got the small block bellhousing already, am I going to have to change the engine mounts on the frame or will the ones for the 400 work, I need to know if i am going to have to make alot of adjustments to make this work before I get to deep into the project to make sure that this is something I really want to do. i only ask because i helped a buddy swap his 300 straight six out for a 302 in his 68 and it seemed like a lot of swapping out parts and we were not sure if everything he bought for the project was going to work until we started putting it together, I just don't want to get bit in the middle of the swap and wish I had went with the 400,
the $100 cleveland has a 2 barrelll intake on top of it is a complete motor but I still have not had a chance to open it up yet to check the cracked block theory
thanks
the $100 cleveland has a 2 barrelll intake on top of it is a complete motor but I still have not had a chance to open it up yet to check the cracked block theory
thanks
The frame mounts should be OK, you will need a set of mounts for the Cleveland block.
