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Is the 351 C Cleveland 4 bolt engine rebuilt?

Is the 351 C Cleveland 4 bolt engine rebuilt?

REBUILT WITH FORGED PISTONS NICE SOUNDING CAM. ALUMINUM INTAKE HEADERS, ACCEL DUAL POINT DISTRIBUTOR. NEW VALVE SPRINGS. IT IS .030 OVER. DUAL ROLLER TIMING CHAIN. COMES WITH THE REBUILT C-6 TRANS BOLTED TO IT.

What kind of head flow did the Ford 351C have?

The answer was simple, the Cleveland family–and the 4V version more specifically–offered massive head flow. The 351C 4V motors, and even the smaller 1969 & 1970 Boss 302, offered head flow unmatched by any (regular) production small block Ford, Chevy, or Dodge heads of the period.

What kind of fuel did the 351C 4V use?

The 1970/1971 versions of the 351C 4V were built to use this fuel off the showroom floor. All of these considerations are factors in my choice to assemble street engines designed for this fuel octane.

What kind of engine does a Pantera 351C have?

During the last 3 of those years the 4V version of the 351C was equipped with open chamber heads; these were the Q code engines, the engines we call the “351 Cobra Jet”. The majority of the 351C 4V engines manufactured were Cobra Jet versions; the majority of Panteras were equipped with Cobra Jet engines as well.

REBUILT WITH FORGED PISTONS NICE SOUNDING CAM. ALUMINUM INTAKE HEADERS, ACCEL DUAL POINT DISTRIBUTOR. NEW VALVE SPRINGS. IT IS .030 OVER. DUAL ROLLER TIMING CHAIN. COMES WITH THE REBUILT C-6 TRANS BOLTED TO IT.

The answer was simple, the Cleveland family–and the 4V version more specifically–offered massive head flow. The 351C 4V motors, and even the smaller 1969 & 1970 Boss 302, offered head flow unmatched by any (regular) production small block Ford, Chevy, or Dodge heads of the period.

How much horsepower does a 351C Boss 302 have?

Powerheads did a nice CNC port job for MCE Engines on these Boss 302 heads, which have been modified to work on a 351C. Cooling passages have been plugged and modified for the Cleveland. With good port and bowl work, you can expect 340 cfm from these intake ports and roughly 190 cfm from exhaust.

When did 351C street performance motors become darling of performance industry?

I thought one or two of you guys might enjoy reading my ramblings about building 351C 4V street performance motors in the 1970s. The 351C became the darling of the performance industry from 1970 to 1973, nothing negative was written about the 351C during those years, there was no commentary about the intake ports being too large.

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Ruth Doyle