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Ford 351 Windsor V-8 Engine Reuild

Ford 351 Windsor rebuild
This small block Ford engine is being built with lots of new parts. On completion it will be for sale here at Street Rods Forever.
351 Ford Windsor V8
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The block was magnafluxed to check for cracks or flaws and got primered and painted in Old Ford Blue.
Block repainted Old Ford Blue
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All the mains were line honed.
Line Honed Mains
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A Ford Lightning Grind hydraulic cam was installed to give it a little thump.
Top Side
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Measurements for the crankshaft end play came in at more than 0.004 but less than 0.006.
Crank Installed
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Close tolerances on the rotating assembly should provide smooth performance.
Seals in Place
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Before installing the pistons, all the ring gaps were set the same, 0.018 to 0.019 for the top rings and 0.020 to 0.022 for the bottom.
Pistons Installed
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The Cloyes double roller timing set was installed heads up because this will be an E.F.I. engine.
Timing Chain
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Clear markings on the new harmonic balancer are a big plus.
New Harmonic Balancer
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The water pump is painted a contrasting silver and installed with blue bolts.
Water Pump Installed
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A new front sump oil pump is installed.
Oil Sump Installed
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Because the block did not have a dipstick tube location, the front timing cover had to be drilled and the new, chrome, Ford Performance Products dip-stick and tube was installed..
Dipstick in newly drilled hole
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The chrome oil pan also is a "Ford Performance Products" (also referred to as FPP). The Oil Pump is a Melling, the timing-set was a Cloyes, more as the photos come along..
Chrome Oil Pan
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Once the engine was spun back with the heads in the up position, they were torqued to factory specifications in 3 separate torque steps..
Heads mounted and torqued
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Once the heads were torqued down, it was time to install the new Crane lifters, using lots of the cam-lube supplied with the new Crane "Lightening" grind cam. The push-rods were checked for straightness - only one had to be replaced. Rocker arms were then installed and all factory clearances maintained.
Rods and lifters installed
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Wanting to 'button-up' the engine to keep out any debris/dust particles, the intake manifold was installed using stainless-steel fasteners, again triple torquing the bolts to factory specifications. Front and rear cork gaskets were double siliconed.
Intake manifold installed
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This photos shows the first 'mock-up' on the upper plenum chamber with the wiring harness installed. Checking fitment on these items now makes for a better installation after all the parts are assembled.
Mock up plenum
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With the distributor installed and the FPP valve covers mocked-up, the fuel rails are mounted on the lower intake manifold and properly secured. The 2-Bbl throttle-body is also intalled. (Note the raw cast aluminum finish on the upper plenum chamber).
Mock up fuel rails
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This is the right side of the engine after the upper plenum chamber received 3 coats of Ford-Blue paint, the High-performance 8.5mm silicone spark-plug wires were installed and the throttle-body installed.
Right view
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This view shows the finished assembly, complete with sealing up the throttle-body bores, the thermostat housing, and the sealing of the water pump, as well as the water-pump by-pass hose installed. There was also a new 180 degree thermostat installed.
Front view
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Here's the left view of the completed engine, with the breather installed, the PCV installed on the right/rear, the air-injection tubes installed at the rear of the heads, and computer wiring harn-ess plugged in.
Left view
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The back view of the engine showing the air-pump tubes installed as well as the PCV hooked up to the rear of the right-side rocker-arm cover to the rear of the plenum chamber. A flex-plate will also be included, ready for a Ford AOD transmission. This would make a great combination, what with the smaller port heads and the beefier cam, it will offer gobs of low-end torque and power.
Back view
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Here's the completed engine, ready to be installed. This will be a very strong and powerful engine, with the added convenience of being fuel-injected, so that with a turn of the ignition switch, it'll start right up. The original computer that came with this engine will be a part of this engine package.

Ford 351 EFI Windsor engine
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This engine was used in a 27 Ford Roadster.. check it out!

 


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