White95's 351w swap

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My 410w swap


So, I was asked to start a thread that highlights the parts used in my 351w swap. This is by no means a "how-to" thread, just what I did. Comments are welcomed but please leave them in my build thread:


1) 351w SVO block

2) Edelbrock Performer RPM 5.8 lower intake (advertised as a truck part, not a Mustang part)


I went with Aeromotive fuel rails and an external fuel pressure regulator but you can extend the crossover and reuse your stock fuel rails

3) '95 Lightning distributor (remote TFI, roller cam)

4) BBK 351w swap shorty headers

5) Canton 351w swap oil pan (street/strip)

6) Eagle/SRP forged rotating assembly, internal balance, zero balance balancer/flywheel

The short block came out looking like this:

I went with a Trick Flow stage 3 cam, Comp Cams link-bar lifters/pushrods and ProComp 210 heads with EPW 1.6 roller rockers. (Hind sight being 20/20 and how long this has taken, I should've waited longer and went with a better HCI. If you can, wait and save more money now, it will lead to less regret later.) I used a Mellings oil pump, ARP pump shaft and Fel-Pro gaskets throughout.

 

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Once the long block was finished, it was time to drop it in:

After that, the bell housing and transmission were put in place and the exhaust bolted on

The factory accessory brackets and accessories bolted on without any issue:

This is where things started becoming issues. The valve covers were too tall and I bought a 1" intake spacer. Even then, the adaptor elbow put my 5.0 CAI directly into the alternator. A C&L intake tube is a good remedy as is the AFM Power pipe. We like difficult and performed a fox style TB swap, built a custom intake with a s197 MAS. Also, the heater tube to firewall hoses and to water pump didn't fit any longer. Lots of trial and error but it was finally fixed.

I just hacked mine and ran heater hose.

Temporary fix for inlet tract:

 

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It's not perfect but it might just whip yours! Lol just kidding, it's slow. Really..

Don't forget the most important part, a custom tune!!

 

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Currently have the top end torn apart pending some upgrades...

 

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As mentioned before, I had a local CNC shop rework my Procomp 210 heads.

Naturally that intake ports were also massaged:

Also, I am switching the Edelbrock Performer RPM intake out for a Trick Flow Specialties R intake and switching from the 70mm to a 75mm. Supporting all of this will be a set of 1 3/4" long tube headers with the shorty headers going to my buddies '86 GT project.

 

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So, as usual, everything else happens before I can finish anything on my car. Finally got the heads rebuilt and, hopefully, will reassemble the motor next weekend.

 

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Putting it it back together finally...

 

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I'll update this to reflect current mods soon..

 

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