i'm new to the 351's.....i know 302's like the back of my hand but i'm a virgin to the 351's. i just dropped in my motor the other day and stuff isn't lining up!!
questions:
1. i got a sfi steel bellhousing i don't know if it is mcleoud or lakewood? anyway the flywheel is 164 tooth and the bellhousing backing plate that came with my tko tranny i got from some guy on corral.net. the problem i'm running into is the starter from my 302 isn't mating up to the backing plate? i talked to some guy and he said my 302 starter will work with that bellhousing b/c it has 2 different bolt holes one for a 157 tooth flywheel and one for a 164 tooth. it looks like the starter matches up to that but it's wayyyy off from lining up to the backing plate? do i need the actual backing plate made for the sfi bellhousing?
2. i tried using my 302 power steering bracket on my new motor and it will not line up either? the part that slides onto the front of the water pump works just fine but when i go and try and move the power steering to line it up it's off? is this b/c of the different deck height between the 2 blocks? do i need to go to the junk yard and find a 351w motor with a serpentine belt setup and use that bracket? my setup is like this....i have the crank pulley, alt. pulley on the left, water pump in the middle and power steering on the right (looking from the front of the car).
3. this is an easy one is the firing order 1-5-4 or 1-3-7?
4. is there anything else besides the questions here i might run into?
questions:
1. i got a sfi steel bellhousing i don't know if it is mcleoud or lakewood? anyway the flywheel is 164 tooth and the bellhousing backing plate that came with my tko tranny i got from some guy on corral.net. the problem i'm running into is the starter from my 302 isn't mating up to the backing plate? i talked to some guy and he said my 302 starter will work with that bellhousing b/c it has 2 different bolt holes one for a 157 tooth flywheel and one for a 164 tooth. it looks like the starter matches up to that but it's wayyyy off from lining up to the backing plate? do i need the actual backing plate made for the sfi bellhousing?
2. i tried using my 302 power steering bracket on my new motor and it will not line up either? the part that slides onto the front of the water pump works just fine but when i go and try and move the power steering to line it up it's off? is this b/c of the different deck height between the 2 blocks? do i need to go to the junk yard and find a 351w motor with a serpentine belt setup and use that bracket? my setup is like this....i have the crank pulley, alt. pulley on the left, water pump in the middle and power steering on the right (looking from the front of the car).
3. this is an easy one is the firing order 1-5-4 or 1-3-7?
4. is there anything else besides the questions here i might run into?