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Originally Posted by cobrafx
Has a healthy Aussie based 351C, quench heads and stroked.
Jaime
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Hi, Jamie! I've been following your other posts and am intrigued by your "Aussie" 351C.
The Aussies had the 351C much longer than we did here in the U.S., so they have various versions. One was the 351C with the 2V size quench heads (ports and valves were nowhere near as large as the factory 4V size ports and valves, so it had better street manners), MUCH better heads for the 351C than our U.S. open chambered heads. The other Cleveland they had was a 302C...based on the 351C block with a shorter stroke and longer rods.
I'm curious about yours....if you have a way to contact your friend (and what a
GREAT friend he must be...very generous!
), would you ask him if it is an Aussie block or not? It could very well be a U.S. block with a set of Aussie iron 2V quench chambered heads...maybe even a set of aftermarket 2V alloy heads. If it is a STROKED 351C, most likely it will be a 393 CID or perhaps a 408 CID....big cubes=BIG torque, and b/c of the canted valve arrangement the torque is more firmly placed in the power range appropriate for street use than a Windsor headed engine.
In case you need info or parts for the Cleveland, here are the go-to guys:
Aus Ford Parts - Aussie 351 Cleveland Specialists
They occasionally have the iron 351C-2V quench chamber heads in stock, but the last time I spoke with them they said that by the time you have them reworked with new valves, guides, springs, retainers and seats you are very close to the cost of their AFD aluminum heads....they have also occasionally had the 351C Aussie blocks in stock...reportedly they have a higher nickel content, IIRC....maybe (?) even thicker cyllinder walls, which would be a
great idea for the Cleveland, as it is very finicky about overbores.
Unless you want to use the car specifically for racing, I'd stay away from the 351C-4V heads...too much volume, not enough intake charge velocity, they are real pigs until you get them up to about 4K, at which point you'd better be strapped in!
This sounds like a great build....I don't know if you've seen this thread or not, but there's a guy in FL who has the CMC/Street Beasts toolings, if you have any missing parts he might be the best guy to contact (although if I understand it correctly, he only has the molds/jigs, etc, he has never mentioned parts).
Streetbeast Tooling
Good luck.....please keep posting on this one, it sounds like a great gift.
Cheers!
Dugly
