Well I guess that answers the question that I had brewing. I picked up to two 351W motors, 1 was assembled but needs work and the other one was in pieces. They are both older, the assembled motor is from a 82 LTD, and the other one is from an older van like the picture from craigslist.
So what is better a roller motor? This is really a learning experience doing this project car and this forum has helped ALOT!
My plan was to drop the assembled motor into my 85 GT while I have the other motor built up.
So what is better a roller motor? This is really a learning experience doing this project car and this forum has helped ALOT!
My plan was to drop the assembled motor into my 85 GT while I have the other motor built up.
or you can run the lifters with the tie bars so no reduced base circle is needed!
you can put a roller cam in any windsor block I dont know what you douche's are talkin about.... might as well throw in some 1.7 rockers while your doing it.http://www.stangnet.com/images/smilies/Smilie_Canada_Flag.gif
Roller cams can use more aggressive ramp rates, which ultimately results in the ability to have a broader power band without sacrificing idle quality. In layman's terms, roller cams are better for performance builds than flat tappet cams.
I BELIEVE the only big difference between roller blocks and flat-tappet blocks is the roller blocks have deeper lifter bores than the flat-tappet blocks, because the roller lifters are physically longer. There are conversion kits out there to make FT blocks work with roller lifters.
I BELIEVE the only big difference between roller blocks and flat-tappet blocks is the roller blocks have deeper lifter bores than the flat-tappet blocks, because the roller lifters are physically longer. There are conversion kits out there to make FT blocks work with roller lifters.
Us "douches"