Can you put an AOD behind a 351 Cleveland. I know you can put a C4 behind a Cleveland, so why not an AOD. If I can, what do I need to do? If not, I could use some suggestions for putting a C4 behind the Cleveland. Also, suggestions for warming up the Cleveland itself would be useful.
hmmmm...I imagine the AOD should work fine. Not sure what would have to be done with it. It has same small block pattern as a 302, 351W. Cleveland warm up.....doesnt take much to make a great street motor, mainly headers and cam and carb!! 1. They seem to like as much as a 750 vacuum carb. 2. cam 3. headers 4. Oil restrictor if you are going to run high rpms (stock is fine for about 6000 to 7000 rpms) 5. Heads really dont need any work other than if you want to go roller rockers 6. I would recommend the 2v heads if you are running on the street, they are a little more responsive at low rpms. 7. intake (1" spacer under carb may help) 8. Dont bore over .030 (mine is .040 but makes me nervous) 9. Crank and rods will hold up fine to most racing applications. 10. Do not use early 4V heads unless it is an all out racing application or you want to use racing fuel all the time. Compression is 11:1 with the stock setup for 1970. You could use dish pistons or some other solution to lower compression but the 2V heads are easier to find (you probably have them already) and pretty much ready to go. Shoot for 9 - 10:1 compression. My motor is bone stock except a cam and a 750 carb. No headers or anything and a C6. On my cougar it runs 8.5 in the 1/8th and the car weights in at about 3700-3800 with me in it. Never tuned for racing and timing is retarded more than it is supposed to be due to high compression (cant afford racing fuel). 3:50 open gears. Shift point 6000 rpms. I am sure that I could shave off a few hundredths of a second if I actually tuned it for racing. My car is almost totally original or I would put more go-fast goodies on it. That is why I am building the Mav, I can do to it whatever my pocket book will allow! It really just depends on what you are planning on doing with the motor. The cleveland is an awesome motor to get horse power out of...just depends on how radical you want to go but bolt on stuff is usually all you need for the street. There are books out that will help. Jim :bananaman
