Getting all the preliminary stuff out the way, asking questions, ect. My builder is on the West coast and he and I communicate a lot but I know he's busy so I don't text or call him every few minutes I have a question. I usually have some written down to ask when we talk. I'm either going to go with a stock 351 block or a Dart. Depending on what he can find and if he can find a good one reasonable then I will go stock. I would probably go with a dart overall depending on cost difference for him finding a good 351 from a salvage yard. ( How much would a 351 from a yard probably go for ) ? I do want to use my AC so I will need the accompanying brackets. Again depends on what he can find or not, if he can't get all of the brackets I need to know what my options are for purchasing them. I'd like to gather my list and have everything written down with options, ect.
My car was a v6 and changed to a v8 in 02. I'm not sure it came with a k member. Actually just looked at some images and it appears it does. Two questions. No. 1 I assume te k members unbolt, as it looks like its welded in looking at images from outside of the car online. No. 2 what will suffice for this new setup? The car will be a non track car, weekend driver, nice street setup and I will only play around with it on the street as I choose
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With that being said, I want to make sure I match everything up correctly and so to avoid fitment issues with anything hitting the k member or oil pan hitting something, ect.
My fluidyne radiator has a leak at the fins and was going to put the stocker back in so I will still do that as I've read up on a lot of guys using the stockers without overheating issues. Thoughts??
Will go ahead and get an Astro tranny. Dang have to send mine in to get the $300 core back
I wonder how much it will be to ship it back to them. I used my v6 tranny when I did the swap.
What size injectors will do me fine? Builder mentioned that he'd recommend the new injector spray technology and I will go with those but what size upgrading from 24's to what for this motor will suffice?
Will probably want to go with Longtubes overall but in the back of my mind I'm thinking about the clearance issues, the car being too low issue ( though I'm going to put a coilover it on the front because as my car sits right now, the rear is lower ). So yes I'm going to consider all of that. I currently have shorties.
I've had some MSD stuff and really probably would avoid going with their distributor and even their coil because I've had some coils fail. So which dizzy ( or some ideas)?
I have a new IAC that I never put on so hopefully that will work with the Anderson power pipe and the Edel performer rpm 2. Work as in fit as how it bolts up stock. I think some guys had to use the rectangular/round shaped IAC for some reason???
As for Heads it will more than likely be AFR 205's or Dart cast iron 205s. I like the look of the aluminum head though I know it won't be seen lol, just to know they are aluminum and when pics are taken of the build through the process, ect. He is pretty particular in his work and a lot of the reason I will let him do the work because I trust him like he would build his own. As for the AFR vs the Dart one lil tid bit he shared was the BTU's escaping with aluminum heads and the whole thermal efficiency thing plus I'd say around 600 bucks minimum going with the Darts so I definitely will consider all of that.
I think that's all for now. Thanks in advance for the help
My car was a v6 and changed to a v8 in 02. I'm not sure it came with a k member. Actually just looked at some images and it appears it does. Two questions. No. 1 I assume te k members unbolt, as it looks like its welded in looking at images from outside of the car online. No. 2 what will suffice for this new setup? The car will be a non track car, weekend driver, nice street setup and I will only play around with it on the street as I choose
With that being said, I want to make sure I match everything up correctly and so to avoid fitment issues with anything hitting the k member or oil pan hitting something, ect.
My fluidyne radiator has a leak at the fins and was going to put the stocker back in so I will still do that as I've read up on a lot of guys using the stockers without overheating issues. Thoughts??
Will go ahead and get an Astro tranny. Dang have to send mine in to get the $300 core back
What size injectors will do me fine? Builder mentioned that he'd recommend the new injector spray technology and I will go with those but what size upgrading from 24's to what for this motor will suffice?
Will probably want to go with Longtubes overall but in the back of my mind I'm thinking about the clearance issues, the car being too low issue ( though I'm going to put a coilover it on the front because as my car sits right now, the rear is lower ). So yes I'm going to consider all of that. I currently have shorties.
I've had some MSD stuff and really probably would avoid going with their distributor and even their coil because I've had some coils fail. So which dizzy ( or some ideas)?
I have a new IAC that I never put on so hopefully that will work with the Anderson power pipe and the Edel performer rpm 2. Work as in fit as how it bolts up stock. I think some guys had to use the rectangular/round shaped IAC for some reason???
As for Heads it will more than likely be AFR 205's or Dart cast iron 205s. I like the look of the aluminum head though I know it won't be seen lol, just to know they are aluminum and when pics are taken of the build through the process, ect. He is pretty particular in his work and a lot of the reason I will let him do the work because I trust him like he would build his own. As for the AFR vs the Dart one lil tid bit he shared was the BTU's escaping with aluminum heads and the whole thermal efficiency thing plus I'd say around 600 bucks minimum going with the Darts so I definitely will consider all of that.
I think that's all for now. Thanks in advance for the help
