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Eventually going to drop a 351 in my GT.. a few questions :-)

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Hello all and thanks for reading,

I have decided that due to my inexperience with doing serious car mechanics... enough to rebuild my motor etc etc. I will buy a turnkey motor and have a good friend install it for me. I'm doing my research and I'm most likely going carb due to its more simplistic design.

On to my questions, if I do get a 351 what kind of chassis work do I need to do to withstand the larger torque levels of the motor? Sub frames? Torque boxes? I'm clueless....

I know there are stickies on the swap but I couldn't find anywhere information regarding the chassis.

Oh and the motor that I'm looking at claims to have aprox 430 Hp and around 480 ft/lbs.

Thanks again for your time.
 

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Everything you need to know at the top of 5.0 Tech... It's a sticky... Read it.
 
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