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fellas i need to know what parts can i use from my 302 if i go with a 351w. i keep having this one guy tell me that the pulleys & the brackets from the 84 302 won't fit any 351w. so could you please give me a list of what will interchange. he also clam that he has a ford book that backs him up...
I haven't bolted them on yet, but the holes from the the brackets off my 302 all line up with the new 351 I'm slowly but surely swapping in. Gotta get the threaded inserts for the front smog ports before I can button up everything...
Both motors use the same heads and timing cover and those are the two parts that the accessory brackets bolt to. But... the 5.8 block is taller and wider so these holes will be a little further apart on the 5.8. However the truck accessory brackets that I have seen have a pair of holes to allow them to mount on either engine, I know I used the same brackets on my 5.0 and 5.8 EFI motors, but I can't say for certainty that the brackets for earlier engines will be the same.
When I made the change from a 302 to a 351W some years ago, I found that the PS
mount was the same because it bolted to the front cover and block. I had to change the alternator bracket to one from a 351W because it bolted to one of the heads which
are spaced wider apart on a 351W as was mentioned in an above post. I removed the
air conditioning system on mine when I made the change and I think if you have to deal
with the AC mount it would probably be different from a 302 to a 351W.
well i guess that i'd better hit the salvage yard for some brackets i guess. Paul you said the timing cover is the same so what about the harmonic balancer???
Are you running v belts or serpentine? I am running the complete serpentine bracket set up from an 89 f-150 with a 351. If you do not have serpentine you need to switch your waterpump. You need a 28 oz harmonic for the 351. If your 302 is b4 you probably have the 50 oz.
i'm currently running a v belt set up. i have the wate pump for the older engine i haven't bought the 351 yet but i'll be a short block and i will need all the other stuff if i go with the roller engine i'll need the dogbones and the spyder but i think that i have some from a roller 302 if they'll fit!!
You should be able to get the little extra pieces needed from the junkyard fairly cheap. As conanski said, it is wider and taller, but not by much. Mostly from what I have seen, any bracket from the waterpump to your alt, steering pump, and a/c would fall a little short of matching up. The serpentine stuff from the 89 truck bolts to the heads and not the waterpump. I can put up some pics if it helps.
i kinda want to stick with the v-belts maybe this saturday when i go to the junkyard and get the prices i might go with the 89 set up and i might be able to get some other stuff as well. since i now have the money to do the 351w swap..