Marine Motors... ok or not?`

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MaxTheHooker

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Looking for a good 351w swap candidate for my notch... there's a guy a couple minutes away with an inboard 351w.. fresh rebuild.. his kid is in the military and he wants to clear out some of his stuff, so he's practically giving it away.. could i use this, or no? if i could, should i? why or why not?

 

Coast2CoaStang

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I don't see why not. Fresh rebuild, I'd grab it if he's practically giving it away.

 

MAC'n89Blckstng

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Get a different cam and you'll be set. They are usually set up for gobs of torque.

 

bynummustang

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Get it.

 

BLOWN 5.0 FOX

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the only major diff besides cam would be corrosion resistant freeze plugs and other internal hardware. They are built to rev high all day- go for it

 

85_SS_302_Coupe

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MAC'n89Blckstng said:

Get a different cam and you'll be set. They are usually set up for gobs of torque.

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Hell that's a bonus if you ask me. It'll make for a stout street/strip engine. Marine engines take more abuse than street engines since they're ran WOT most of the time (although not near as often). If it's freshly rebuilt, a motor is a motor.

 

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BLOWN 5.0 FOX said:

the only major diff besides cam would be corrosion resistant freeze plugs and other internal hardware. They are built to rev high all day- go for it

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+1. Seriously, a boat motor is designed to run at 4-5K all day long. Swap the bump stick and you'll be set. The only issue I could possibly see is that boat motors are designed to run cooler, since they cool via water flow from the lake/ocean/river/etc, and so are sometimes built with high compression ratios. Because they run at cooler temps, they can get away with the high compression without detonation. Check to make sure the motor doesn't have something like 13:1 CR... Unless you're into that sort of thing.

 

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I've read that the 95 cobra r used marine blocks. sounds good to me.