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Technical & General Discussion Area => Tech Torque Pre 1973 => Topic started by: convertable67 on May 01, 2006, 02:51:48 pm
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Hi , I am replacing my current 351W with a 302clevo engine, SOme are saying it is too wide some are syaing it fill fit snug, Has anyone done it or can tell me a difinative answer please, I know it has same mounts bolts etc so theres just the size hassle , Also if you have done it what did you do about headers-manifold My mustang is still LHD with RAM type p/s so most it not all the pacemaker and aftermarket stuff doesnt work
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Could be wrong and often am, but 67's could be optioned with a big block, so I cant see any reason why a Cleaveland wont fit. I'm sure someone here will have done it.
nassi
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Originally posted by convertable67
Hi , I am replacing my current 351W with a 302clevo engine, SOme are saying it is too wide some are syaing it fill fit snug, Has anyone done it or can tell me a difinative answer please, I know it has same mounts bolts etc so theres just the size hassle , Also if you have done it what did you do about headers-manifold My mustang is still LHD with RAM type p/s so most it not all the pacemaker and aftermarket stuff doesnt work
ALl the stuff i ,ve read on the web makes me wonder, stories of having to hack the shock towers to pieces, spread them apart. take the engine out after fitting to fit a manifold. then others say piece of piss. fits str8 in. i,d just like to hear it for real from first hand expereince
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Yer it does fit.
as nassi suggested, they did come out with a big block!
The horror stories you hear of about ripping the motor out to do manifolds are true..even changing plugs is a most challenging exercise!
EVEN WORSE WITH EXTRACTORS. :[
its a snug fit all right!! :+
Cheers
Jas
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Originally posted by jas24zzk
Yer it does fit.
as nassi suggested, they did come out with a big block!
The horror stories you hear of about ripping the motor out to do manifolds are true..even changing plugs is a most challenging exercise!
EVEN WORSE WITH EXTRACTORS. :[
its a snug fit all right!! :+
Cheers
Jas
Was hoping for extractors but manifolds will do Any ideas what may suit best fitment wise, I only have the windsor ones now so will need to source some either way
Cheers
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The 67's could be optioned with a 390 big block. Just curious, but why a 302 cleveland?
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You will need to source manifolds out of a Later US mustang that had a clevo in it, or you are going to have clearance headaches.
I don't understand the choice of the 302C either....the 351W is no anchor!
Jas
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Picked up the clevo as an unpaid debt, its fully rebuilt including heads and has not been run.. I figured it was cheaper/ tho maybe not easier so it seems to fit it instead of rebuildng the windsor.
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Just a add to that, I can sell the W long motor and actually come out in front after any new bits i need for the swap are taken into account. Worse comes to worse and the clevo gives me too much grief to get in and sorted i will do the W up as originally planned and flog off the clevo..
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:i yea good idea, clevos are fab,Well how much do you want for the winnie?
Is it in running order?:i
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Yep runs well still in my car .no smoke, no rattles or knocks low oil pressure and overheats easily, ,. so i assume a top and bottom end wouldnt go astray
I figure it s gotta be worth 900? whats your thoughts
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It would want to be a very special 302 Clevo.....
Don't get me wrong, I love Clevo's, I run them in a 9 second Dragcar, in a 10 second rail, and with a big supercharger and 400ci in my F150.
But if you are only goin to sell the Windsor for $900, to go backward in cubes, bigger and heavier in the front, similar power to what you have now, and loose your extractors for manifolds, I say you are mad.
Sell the clevo for a quickie home freshen up of your Windsor, new rings, pistons, bearings, gaskets, cam, lifters and springs, with a good alloy manifold, should wake up the sleepy 351W. and you will still be in front, more power, good handling, less work, and you can still work on it.
My $0.02c worth.....
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302c to replace a 351w :w
Why?
I am with BLKPNY (On this one):a