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5.0 SO ..or 5.8/351w

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Voting closed: March 08, 2006, 05:24:54 AM

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5.0 or 5.8?

Reply #15 – February 26, 2006, 10:34:06 PM

Do a 351, you can always put the right EFI stuff on there later.

A 5.0 HO sounds like a solid route too, though.

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Reply #16 – February 27, 2006, 12:05:42 PM

Go with a 5.0! But only because I have a 351W going in next summer...

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Reply #17 – February 27, 2006, 12:15:42 PM

Go 351 but do what nick did and use a carb intake and weld injector bungs on it. I would use an accel 4bl throttle body though. It would keep the height down.

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Reply #18 – February 27, 2006, 11:47:14 PM

Well i would say 351 hands down.
I might be wrong but i'm sure a 91 351 would be roller.
Just swaping in a b303 some head work and a good intake would wake that motor right up.

I do side with the bigger is better idea's

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Reply #19 – February 28, 2006, 12:24:57 AM

i'ld go 351 EFI just for the fact a friend has one and is getting all most 28-30 mpg.the engine hardly works at all and now i ma do it to my 85 XR-7 i have had a 351 fuelie with 5k sitting in my shed for a year.

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Reply #20 – February 28, 2006, 12:50:43 AM

id go with a 300 inline six.

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Reply #21 – February 28, 2006, 07:22:20 PM

Quote from: SirChirpAlot

Well i would say 351 hands down.
I might be wrong but i'm sure a 91 351 would be roller.
Just swaping in a b303 some head work and a good intake would wake that motor right up.

I do side with the bigger is better idea's

I agree bigger is better.You cant go wrong because the 351 has more tork than the 302 because of the stroke and rod length and this leads to qicker take offs for the weight of these cars and thats where it all starts at for performance.As far as a 91 351w it will be a flat tappet design camshaft because the windsor roller blocks did not start until 94 as far as I have seen.These blocks are fairly hard to come by but you can get around that with a new set of lifters that comp-cams makes that are retrofit hydrulic rollers connected by a swivell bar so you can run any year of block with a hyd. roller camshaft.They are a little expensive around 300 bux or so,so you have to decide what size engine you want and how much you are willing to spend.

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Reply #22 – March 02, 2006, 11:03:13 AM

i look at it this way. if you have the money for all the parts you need, oil pan, headers, ect, go for it. but if you have to spend the money on that stuff, go with a 460. you will not be dissapointed. gas mileage won't be fantastic but you will not be able to get the smile off your face! trust me :)

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Reply #23 – March 02, 2006, 11:57:31 AM

i say 5.0 HO for a DD. or at least swap over some parts from the HO to the SO and make it a good, reliable, low budget transportation.