351C in a SN95

[zap-o-matic]

Anyone running a Cleveland in a SN95? Got my 94 running with a Cleveland in it, just wondering who else was doing it.

 

[MysteryMachine]

I think most go with the 351W. How's the ol' C run in there?

 

[whitesqual]

Which heads are you using? I tossed around the idea of building a clevor motor for my next power plant but have since decided against it. Give us some more details about your build! And of course so lets have'em!!!

 

[zap-o-matic]

I don't know a whole lot about the engine, I bought it off of one of my dads friends that had it in a 70 Mustang. He was running 12.50's with a 4 speed and a 3.?? gear Lol.

1970 Cleveland
Steel 4v heads
11:1 Compression
Crane Hydraulic Roller Camshaft
Ford Racing Roller Rockers
Edelbrock RPM Air Gap Intake
MSD Street Fire Ignition
MSD Distributor, Coil, Plug Wires
Holley Street Avenger 670 CFM Carburetor
Hedman Headers

Car runs great! It looks like the engine was made for it, except for the height aspect....i was sadly mistaken when I tried to shut the factory hood with the carburetor on and no air cleaner. I couldn't even shut it with the distributor cap on! Overall I'm very happy with the swap, I have to get it aligned soon, because it seems to dart on the road when going into curves. Next will be swapping the 7.5 rear end out of it for a 8.8 I have one with a 3.50 posi unit and just haven't had time to install it. I'll post pics later today.

 

[revhead347]

Those Cleveland engines are neat. Most people opt for the windsor, because the aftermarket is a lot better for it. The C is a better engine from a design aspect though. It's a true 90 degree V8, with canted valves.

Kurt

 

[Venom351R]

Thats pretty cool

 

[bayellowstang]

Thats awesome. I had aspirations of building a cleveland headed 302(BOSS 302) motor when I first got my car. But I have to worry about emissions here and there is no way to do that with a clevor 302.

 

[whitesqual]

lol, our cars look much better with a nice tall hood anyways! (as long as there is some serious power under it!)

 

[zap-o-matic]

Thats awesome. I had aspirations of building a cleveland headed 302(BOSS 302) motor when I first got my car. But I have to worry about emissions here and there is no way to do that with a clevor 302.

That sucks....luckily here in KY we don't have to do the emissions testing. The 302 Clevors are awesome, it would look great in an SN95.

Alright, here are the pics thus far, the ghetto intake setup is temporary till I can get something better.

So what does everyone think??

 

[99FiveOh]

Well, to be honest I'd return those dryer vent hoses to home depot and fab up some kind of air intake system. Those hoses are designed for discharged air at low velocities, not inlet air. You could get away with PVC for the time being then have something made up of all aluminum or mild steal tubing.

But the motor looks great in there, very nice job. I always wondered about C engines in our cars.

 

[zap-o-matic]

Well, to be honest I'd return those dryer vent hoses to home depot and fab up some kind of air intake system. Those hoses are designed for discharged air at low velocities, not inlet air. You could get away with PVC for the time being then have something made up of all aluminum or mild steal tubing.

But the motor looks great in there, very nice job. I always wondered about C engines in our cars.

quick $20 fix to get it off the ground until I can afford something better....I'm thinking of a setup like the Thunderbolts when I got the spare change....sometimes college life can suck :\

 

[99FiveOh]

What's really funny is most Vortech kits come with that same stuff except theirs is black and more of a fabric material than foil. Still, I can't believe a supercharger company uses that kind of stuff for an inlet hose! lol

 

[BlackVert]

cool, i'm digging that intake elbow / carb hat thing, but i'm with thie others ... those drier tubes look a llittle ghetto ...

are the motor mounting pointe ths same as the 302 and the 351 windsor?

 

[Guero]

might look ghetto, but when money is tight a little rigging works while you do get the money...looks nice though!

 

[Adam95GT]

looks good. please cut your wires.

 

[zap-o-matic]

looks good. please cut your wires.

Lol yeah me and my dad were having the same conversation yesterday.....their exactly 1mile longer than what I need, something that will be taken care of in the near future

 

[rj95svt]

The first engine I ever built was a cleveland. The engine looks right at home under the hood. A custom TLSR and just a little port work on those heads + a old school torker intake and that old cleveland will absolutely fly!!! There are people running 10's with clevelands like that.

It looks like you have a pretty streetable combo although that 670 holley might be a bit small. A 750 dp would be right at home on a 4v motor. What kind of tranny are you running?

 

[ProKiller]

really neat but yeah those dryer vents have to go.

 

[zap-o-matic]

BlackVert yeah there the same mounting points, went in there fairly simple.

rj95svt I was actually running a 750 on it, actually a little too much for the car. The 670 Holley does great on it though. I'm using a T-5 that was just recently rebuilt, cant remember from what year, but it was highly recommended by the guy as far as a factory transmission goes. I see your running 3:73's in your car. How do you like them? I was kicking around the idea of them instead of the 3:50 gear I have to put in it.

 

[final5-0]

I think you did just fine

When you do things that many have not done before ............

You gotta get creative :Word:

Function B E F O R E beauty or appearance

You can always pretty things up later

As I see it ... hot rodding at its finest can be seen here

Grady