cost of a 351 swap

[roworld]

Hey guys, I have a 88 gt. I've bin thinking of doing a 351 swap. For all you guys that have done this before what kind of budget will I need to make this happen excluding the price of the engine. My next question is what vehicle would I get the engine from.

 

[85ragtop]

Moved to 5.0 tech.

 

[Evilfox]

Are you planning on rebuilding the engine? You'll need a swap pan/headers. Motor mounts bolt right up. You'd need to get a correct fuel injection manifold if you plan on staying EFI. If not you may have some hood clearance issues with a carb and the stock hood.

Swap headers will run about 230-330 dollars for shorty/full length headers. Pan is about 140.

Edit
351w out of LTD has always been a popular choice. You can find them in most everything Ford made. Vans, trucks etc. Just remember that 94+ are roller blocks.

 

[SMOKEDYA]

Depends on how crazy you wanna go?The altimate 351w out there is the beaner block 351w. Then the next would be 69-72 then all the other 351's then 95 and up are roller's.I did a really nice build with some top of the line stuff and i have about $5,000 in mine. Here is a link to my build thread incase you wanna see more.I can ask any questions you have that i can. http://forums.stangnet.com/751223-my-351-build-pics.html peace







john

 

[QUICK91LX]

There is no 351 that I would simply drop into my car in stock form, unless it was out of an older Mach 1 or something. Truck and cop car motors really give you no benefit over your 5.0 when talking stock vs stock.

However, if you get a 351 block and build it, then you have something.

 

[95Vert383AOD]

Not worth the swap unless you're going to do a H/C/I on it. At that point you will have spent around $3000+ not including whatever block youre going to use. i think a Canton pan is around $275 with dip stick. and some money on injectors.

If you don't do the H/C/I its going to be a waste.
A 351 will make plenty of power N/A on a stock bottom as long as its breathing right (H/C/I)
Theres nothing that bad with the rotating assembly in stock form on a N/A motor.

Get a Roller 351 from a 94+ Van or F250/F350. Got mine from the junk yard with 90k on the block before rebuilding it.


Whatever you do dont put any head on there near what would go on a 302....no e7's, no procomps, no AFR 165's. No Cobra upper on GT40 lower, no throttle body smaller than 75mm.

Something like Afr 185's or 205's would work well. A Trickflow R intake.


With all that said plan on spending around $4000 to get a max effort 351 (Not including the block) For performance the only thing you can keep is the short block.


And one more time (((H/C/I)))

For trouble free operation and meaner cam choices go with a 94+ Roller.....if you plan on boosting and pushing your stock block to the limit....then get an older block.

 

[1991notchbackLX]

Depends on how crazy you wanna go?The altimate 351w out there is the beaner block 351w. Then the next would be 69-72 then all the other 351's then 95 and up are roller's.I did a really nice build with some top of the line stuff and i have about $5,000 in mine. Here is a link to my build thread incase you wanna see more.I can ask any questions you have that i can. http://forums.stangnet.com/751223-my-351-build-pics.html peace







john

John, I've heard you mention a "beaner block" a few times now, what the hell is a beaner block, haha. I was under the impression the 69 351W was the strongest stock production you could get. Is a "beaner" slang for some aftermarket block??

 

[95Vert383AOD]

John, I've heard you mention a "beaner block" a few times now, what the hell is a beaner block, haha. I was under the impression the 69 351W was the strongest stock production you could get. Is a "beaner" slang for some aftermarket block??

Wouldn't a "beaner" block be a Mexican Block? I thought Mexican blocks were only different on 302's for there high nickel content. Is there a high nickel 351 block too?

 

[ID89GT]

If you end up doing this I got the oil pan, headers and flywheel for sale so just message me