Posted by SPEEDY PETE (IP: 209.156.20.47) on April 04, 1999 at 16:49:35:
In Reply to: Re: I'm hooked!!! ...Some more questions!!! posted by Chris on April 04, 1999 at 15:07:12:
: Heh, it's me again!
: You CAN put in a cleveland, but it's much harder than the windsor because it's wider. A much better idea for the same performance would be to put in a 351Windsor and put cleveland heads on it....i have a diagram of how to do that somewhere. You just have to plug up a couple of holes and change a few, it's relatively simple.
: Another thing about the cleveland...it's a better engine because of its heads but the oiling on it is awful. It's also hard to get performance parts for, not to mention the normal replacement parts!
: I know a kid here with a 351C that is totally ruined, you could probably get the heads off of him for cheap ($50??--this kid isn't the brightest)...they'd need work but it beats the windsor heads!
you might try looking to DART or TFS or maybe Brodix for a set of good fully assembled iron street heads for a windsor. it would probably be much more cost effective and worlds easier, not to mention the improvements in breathing of aftermarket heads is way ahead of anything that detroit or even speed shops in the 70s could come close to. after all the machining and modifying the cleveland heads will probably cost twice as much and flow less!!!