[DAVID GAGNARD]

Diego;

I have a 351-W in a 65 Fastback that I restored to be a 66 GT-350 clone,running a tremec 5sp and a Versailles 9" rear end..... Been on the road since 1996 with over 20,000 miles,about 50 or more quarter mile passes and a couple of hundred miles on road courses from 1.3 miles to 1.8 miles long....

First off the 351-W I have puts approximatley 350 hp at the flywheel,kinda mild by most standards.... I'm o-k with that,very relaible,fast and fun....Motor has never been touched in 20,000 miles and I do not forsee it being touched for many more miles unless something catastrophic and unforseen happens to it....

To install a 351-W enigne/block in a 65/66 fastback needs nothing special,use the same motor mounts and if you are running a toploader and it had one,use the same mounts,the only thing you need are a set of "special" headers,the 289 headers will NOT work. The headers needed are avaliable from Jegs and Summit in both shorty's and long tube headers and start at under 200 bucks.....

Nothing needs to be done to the front suspension or steering or shock towers as long as you re-install your shock tower braces.....That's all I have on mine.....

I opted for a tremec five speed and had to get an aftermarket trans brace,still use the toploader rubber mount,simple as that....

If/when my 351-W goes kaput on me I thought of building a 393 stroker,but now will probably just build another 351-W with aluminum AFR heads,more cam and shoot for an honest 400 hp....,plenty enough for me,BTW,in full street trim like I drive it weekly thru the mufflers on Wal-Mart tires,she runs 12.90's at better than 105 in the quarter mile,gets 23 miles to the gallon going and coming from the track......I can't ask for more out of an iron headed 1972 351-W motor......

David