You first need to tell us what your realistic goals are for the car. To answer an earlier question, no it would not be worthwhile to rebuild the 2.3 before selling it.
An ideal situation is to have a wrecked 5.0 to take all the parts off of.
There is a ton of 2.3 to V8 swap information in the 5.0 forum.
thanks for the help but i also have another question i came across killer deal on a 351 Cleveland have you ever seen that done? it it feasible
Are you sure that it is a 351 cleveland? One of the toughest engines to identify. Do you know what to look for?
There were 351c's that came w/ 2v open chambered heads that are junk. There were 351c's that had factory4v heads that only have two intake manifolds currently as aftermarket options. Additionally, there were two garbage look alikes ford made in the early 70s through the early 80s- a 351m and 400m. these engines were in every land yacht and light truck ford made for 10 years.
While a true 4v Cleveland would be different in a fox, and would fit, and will accept all of the transmissions currently available, your exhaust hedders will be limited to custom, or maybe a set of headman huslers w/ really big primaries for street driving.
Are you sure that it is a 351 cleveland? One of the toughest engines to identify. Do you know what to look for?
There were 351c's that came w/ 2v open chambered heads that are junk. There were 351c's that had factory4v heads that only have two intake manifolds currently as aftermarket options. Additionally, there were two garbage look alikes ford made in the early 70s through the early 80s- a 351m and 400m. these engines were in every land yacht and light truck ford made for 10 years.
1.) i am unsure for other identifiers between the 2v and 4v i am sure its a 4v block
2.) how long will a 2.3 t5 tranny last behind a 5.0? if i am not mistaken there is a huge diff in the 2.3 t5 and the t5 with a 5.0 sorry i know my questions are that of a noob. please bear with me!
What makes the 2v Cleveland heads "junk" and all 350M/400 engines "garbage" to you? The 4v 351C heads are huge and sluggish in most street driving situations.
Any 2v cleveland head ford made in the usa is open chamber. Open chamber heads are ripe for pre ignition and or detonation. Now Aussie 2v cleveland heads are closed chamber and all of the above goes away w/ the chamber "quench" (flat area). But thats just it,...there are no american ford closed chamber 2v "stock heads".
I agree 4v heads are pretty bad for the street "as is". But there are several companies making exhaust port restrictors to decrease some of the sluggish 4v street diveability issues. If you are a cleveland guy, I'm sure I don't have to tell you that.
The point being that open chamber 2v heads are undesirable over even big assed 4v ports.
351m and 400m engines aren't worth the time and money spent trying to improve them. The aftermarket abandoned those engines even while they were new. There may be AN intake, and a few "torque profile" cams made for those junkers, but the oiling system sucks, the heads are weak and they weigh too damn much. If I was gonna make room for a 400m, I'd bump it up and make room for a 460 instead.
I guess for a truck or a 4000 lb LTD they had a place. In a mustang????
Better off hotrodding a dumpster, because that's what a 351m and 400m is best at powering.
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