Just wonder'in.........do you guys...."up north" go to the junk yard with snow on the ground? Gotta be a miserable experience if so. Snow....mud...oil...grease...yuk... dried blood...brain matter...flat tires...horrible temps..all wrapped up in one spot you hafta pay to go into and they charge you for parts YOU take off!! ..hhhhhmmmmmmmm..great way to spend a Sat.!!
6sally6
PS.  Mustang Steve has/had a 351W in his 66 with a carb and a trick air cleaner and the hood closed sooooo an FI doesn't stand-up any higher, right?! (good way to get you a bump)

6sally6 wrote:

Just wonder'in.........do you guys...."up north" go to the junk yard with snow on the ground? Gotta be a miserable experience if so. Snow....mud...oil...grease...yuk... dried blood...brain matter...flat tires...horrible temps..all wrapped up in one spot you hafta pay to go into and they charge you for parts YOU take off!! ..hhhhhmmmmmmmm..great way to spend a Sat.!!
6sally6
PS. Mustang Steve has/had a 351W in his 66 with a carb and a trick air cleaner and the hood closed sooooo an FI doesn't stand-up any higher, right?! (good way to get you a bump)

Performer RPM is too tall for mine when it was carbed.  Had to use straight Performer manifold.  Now I have FiTech and I had to get a shorter air cleaner still on Performer.
 

This Picture is my 351W in my 65.  I have the Edelbrock "Performer RPM" manifold, 1/2" spacer and a Holley carb.  The air cleaner base is the 14" Ford used for the Hi-Po Mustangs, the air filter is a K&N 'E-2859' (1.5" high), the top is a Summit 'SUM-239501'.  The hood clearance is minimal, and the air cleaner would just touch the hood when the engine torqued over.  I've since changed the hood with a functional Shelby scoop and an oval air cleaner.
Years ago we put a 351W in a 65 Mustang with the stock Ford cast iron 4-BBL manifold; the stock 2-BBL air cleaner fit with no issues.

That’s one;nice looking engine bay Bob!

Kinda like Daze’s EFI intake.
There might be other options besides Mustang intake.
Fabricating will still be required.
Would need some known dimensions with a stock style front end.
Prefer to think this one out in advance instead of part way through the project and have to cut a hole in the hood.
This would be naturally aspirated too.

Last edited by Nos681 (4/28/2021 11:06 AM)

Rudi wrote:

That’s one;nice looking engine bay Bob!

Thank you Rudi.
 

BobE wrote:

Bolted to Floor wrote:

I'm not familiar with how a 351 looks from the bottom side of the car, but is there a room to lower the motor over the cross member and steering linkage? 

What other headaches would that create?? 

You can't lower the engine much as the cross brace under the engine is close, same as with the 289 engine.
 

I was wondering about that. My 390 sits way down in there. The oil pan has recesses on each side to clear the steering linkage for hard turns. 
 

Rudi wrote:

Yeah Sal, we in the North are tough un’s.
We grew up chewing on grade 8 bolts as soothers, spitting up rust and pulling parts in the dead of winter with three feet of snow on the ground.

Ha! I dunno, going through a dusty junkyard when it's 105 out and everything you touch wants to give you a 3rd degree burn can be just as brutal!
 

Cab4word67 wrote:

I have a 65 with a 289, performer intake, eldie carb, I added a 1" riser to my stock air cleaner and I still have about 3/4" to the hood. if you need more I can pull a tape out.

  WOW!
No way could I put a 1" spacer under mine!
6s6
 

Nos681 wrote:

BobE wrote:

Nos681 wrote:

Dang Bob!

That’s what your car used to look like?

Updated photo, finished the Winter project of moving the battery to the trunk, and installing an upgraded fuse block.

 
Do you like the R&C front end?
Noticed your hydro boost too.

Looks great!

Yes, I am happy with the R&C MII front end.  In the years past on several Fords, I had burned fingers, busted knuckles, and generally fought with those shock towers and was very happy to be rid of them.  The only issue I have with the this front end is that there is only about 3.5" of coil-over travel.  With the potholes and just poorly maintained roads here, you have to be aware of every divot to preclude bottoming out. 
I am also quite pleased with the hydroboost system, although it is a very tight fit, I had to modify some tools in order to tighten several bolts.