What engine will fit?
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What engine will fit?
I have a 92 F150, 4x4 with A/c, p/s, power brakes, etc and it has a 351W engine with an aftermarket supercharger I out on it.
The engine is on its last leg and I want to know what other, larger engines might fit in there. Since I haven't done this before I am not sure what to ask but I'd like to keep it so I don't have to change much in terms of mounts and things.
Can someone help to educate me?
The engine is on its last leg and I want to know what other, larger engines might fit in there. Since I haven't done this before I am not sure what to ask but I'd like to keep it so I don't have to change much in terms of mounts and things.
Can someone help to educate me?
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Any engine will fit under the hood, but to keep it simple you will be limited to the windsor family of motors. I suggest you rebuild the 5.8 with some perormance parts, even put a stroker kit in it. Of course it won't be cheap and the tranny will need upgrades depending how far you go. What size tires and gears does the truck have?
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well it seems that, for the Windsor family, the 351 is the biggest motor. All things considered, seems like it will just be easiest to build up one of those. I am still searching for someone who can talk to me about what I can and can't do with this supercharger on here. I will try to call the manufacturer of the supercharger to see if they can advise a little.
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Yeah, I think the supercharger is working fine. The supercharger has been on there for nearly 80,000 miles. Considering that the head gasket leak is on the outside of the heads and not the inside, I don't think the additional pressure from the supercharger has anything to do with it. I could be wrong though.
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i put a set of head gaskets on my truck in about 5 hrs. so its prolly worth it to spend 100 bucks on a heads up gasket set. unless it uses oil or the bearings are shot or somehting
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Dude, now where's the fun in that??? 
I have been waiting for about 5 years to rebuild just so I can make this thing more powerful. I've owned the truck for 12 years, I don't even plan on getting rid of that. but I will offer a ride when it is all said and done, that should be interesting as long as I don't make it powerful enough to blow the tranny.
I have been waiting for about 5 years to rebuild just so I can make this thing more powerful. I've owned the truck for 12 years, I don't even plan on getting rid of that. but I will offer a ride when it is all said and done, that should be interesting as long as I don't make it powerful enough to blow the tranny.
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Yeah, I'm with 86F150302, I would not mind a supercharger! Seriously though, if the motor is in good shape otherwise, replace the head gaskets and don't bother with a rebuild. If the motor is in questionable shape, do a rebuild or find another motor. I might lean towards finding another motor because you could do a performance rebuild on the original motor while it was out, and have a beast of a motor to drop in when you are done.
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what I'd like to do is get another block, maybe from a junk yard but maybe from some people around here that can sell me a known-good one. Then I will build that one up, this way I will always have two engines no matter what I do. I'll be getting mostly new parts anyway, the cam, the intake, etc so it will just make sense to get a new block and start over.
With regards to boring these out, I don't really want to go overboard but what is a good number? 30 over, 40?
With regards to boring these out, I don't really want to go overboard but what is a good number? 30 over, 40?
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Dude, now where's the fun in that???
I have been waiting for about 5 years to rebuild just so I can make this thing more powerful. I've owned the truck for 12 years, I don't even plan on getting rid of that. but I will offer a ride when it is all said and done, that should be interesting as long as I don't make it powerful enough to blow the tranny.
I have been waiting for about 5 years to rebuild just so I can make this thing more powerful. I've owned the truck for 12 years, I don't even plan on getting rid of that. but I will offer a ride when it is all said and done, that should be interesting as long as I don't make it powerful enough to blow the tranny.
Are you running on the stock SD system or running a MAF setup?
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I am not sure what an SD system is or a MAF setup is, but I will tell you this is a stock 351 with a supercharger and headers, basically that is it. There a few other mods but nothing major to the engine.
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SD = Speed Density,,,, MAF= Mass Air Flow Easiest way I know how to explain it; Speed Density uses a sensor located on the left fender panel & signals the PCM of many changes, atmospheric, engine load, speed, intake manifold pressure. Mass Air uses a sensor on the air intake tube and measures the air flowing into the engine. Speed Density will put some limits on cam and intake and other performance mods because of the way it works. Mass Air does not because it just measures air flow. I have a 92 it is SD. I think 93 was the last year, then the 94's & up are Mass air. If yours is SD do a search there is a SD-Mass Air conversion ,the guys here are great they will not down me if I'm wrong. They will just get it right. Great Forum... If you get time I'd like to see a picture of you SuperCharger set up.