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Mar 2, 2008 | 05:47 PM

FE352

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Engine questions

I just bought a 78 F150 short bed as a donor truck for an SAS. But I was curious about that engine. It has edelbrock carb, and what looks to be aluminum intake. The reason Im curious is because the carb is just huge, I have no history of this "home made" crawler. Where would I find ID tag, or casting? http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i2...4/HPIM3054.jpg thats the engine.

Mar 2, 2008 | 10:48 PM

hollenjoe

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Its a 351 windsor engine or maybe a 302 dont realy know by the size but looks like a 351 and definitly a windsor....

Mar 3, 2008 | 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by FE352

If you could do one more pic that's just a little bit lower.....

From that pic, it looks like there is some space (about an inch) between where the head meets the block and where the water pump bolts up.

That would be a 351W.

If the head looks like it's right on top of the WP opening.........it's a 302.

Mar 3, 2008 | 02:06 AM

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NO 351W engines were installed in F100/350's before 1981.

The 4th digit of the VIN is the engine code: G = 302

Mar 3, 2008 | 09:59 AM

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(+1) on the 302. The dizzy enters the block pretty even with the bottom of the intake manifold. 351W has a pretty pronounced drop off below the intake.

Mar 3, 2008 | 09:59 PM

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Well I don't know how much this means, but it I found casting letters on the heads. It says they are for a cleveland, but from what I understand they used those heads on the 352M and 400.

Mar 3, 2008 | 10:02 PM

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hmmm thast wierddd thats defenitly a windsor, cleveland heads are known to be adapted to a windsor engine but this doesnt seam to be the case, youve got yourself a 302w my friend....