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Mar 3, 2009 | 06:33 AM

badas4.9l

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stock specs.

what are the stock specs for a 78 351m????

Mar 3, 2009 | 11:18 AM

mark a.

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What specs ?

Mar 3, 2009 | 11:44 AM

hollenjoe

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hp: 152 @ 3400
torque 262 @ 2000

8:1 Cr

Mar 5, 2009 | 05:22 AM

bigunred

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Slow and steady?

Mar 5, 2009 | 07:49 AM

hollenjoe

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although weak as it sounds, Its not expensive to turn it into a 400 monster...

Mar 5, 2009 | 08:39 AM

likethefords

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I sure love these engines, you can really make them throw out the torque with a few fairly simple mods and they can take a beating too.

Apr 2, 2009 | 04:21 PM

ltlvt

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Like what kind of mods are we talking about. thanks

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Apr 2, 2009 | 07:38 PM

likethefords

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Well I think a good cam and timing chain are the best place to start. Personally I really like the Comp XE256. Headers, intake, and a good carb. Also I must say i'm a huge fan of the DUI Distributor. I recently installed one and I'm very happy with it. These are some of the easier mods to do. Of course you can get much deeper and bump compression, etc. I had to build on a budget however and added one thing at a time. If a person had to start with one thing, I would do the cam first as it affects the rest of the build down the line.