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Originally Posted by RACER X #99
What's the love affair with the Cleveland block?  |
As a lifetime Ford guy, I don't consider the Cleveland as my favorite, I lean toward FEs. I have built many of them as wll as the other Ford engines, and the difference between the Cleveland and the combination you discuss is the water passages. Now, it is a minor convenience, but Clevelands route the coolant through the block and not the intake. This means you can swap intakes all day,if you are so inclined, without ever draining the coolant. Kind of a nice feature really. All the combinations you mention, while having superior oiling,etc. revert to the Windsor style cooling passages. So, if someone is casting a good Cleveland replacement block, all the Cleveland components can be used, instead of just the heads. Intake manifolds,waterpumps,
oil pans,distributors,etc. can be used. If you go with a Windsor based block, the heads are the only things you could retain...after modifying them. The rest is now worthless....well the distributor works in a 460.