The V8 Owners Forum -

A word of warning. NEVER run an engine in on Synthetic oil, this is a big no no. You must use a Petrolium based engine oil, period. With ref to Valvoline oils, Turbo V5 is a mineral oil for road use, thus it has no Zinc content so I always add a bottle of Comp Cams additive with every oil change thr...

One other thing, have the rotating assembly balanced by a competant engineer and make sure you get the balance sheets when you collect it. You need the following. Crank. Pistons. Rods. Rings. Rod bearings. Balancer. Bottom pully. Balancer bolt. Pulley bolts 3 OR 4. Flex plate / flywheel. Bolts for a...

The stroke on a 347 (example) is 3.40" where as a 302 uses a 3" stroke. Don't feel obligated to go the stroker route, although the parts will be of a similar price when compared to a 302, you may end up creating problems for yourself. You also need to notch the bores to accomidate the strokers rotat...

At the moment I'm just unsure which way to go - perhaps go the heavy route first and upgrade to ally down the road Ian You really need to decide which heads your going with before the build starts. A typical alloy head (Edelbrock) will have 60cc chambers but an iron head although a 351 could have 5...

I build Ford V8 engines every day of the week, I have 13 here at the mo from stock rebuilds to wild strokers. This is a 408 stroker ready for it's first fire up. http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff358/bad-ass-67/SAM_0119.jpg This was a mild 347 stroker. http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff358/bad...

Nice cool car, and the engines look mighty fine and i hope my 347 will look that good. I had my perfect job, driving around europe for 2 weeks then 2 days in england and back to europe, for a single person it was great. So how many times have been asked to do a Eleanor :D rich. I'm building an Elea...

Thanks fellas. I must admit it's a nice job to have and seeing as it's my company I have nobody to answer too other than my customers. But the problem is this. I work from 8am until between 5 - 7pm, then after a meal and seeing the children to bed i'm on the computer ordering parts from the U.S norm...

Thanks for the kind comments fellas. I'm lucky enough to play with classic Mustangs for a living and I get to build a lot of Ford V8 engines. Here's some pics of engines i've built recently. I seem to buiild a lot of strokers for people as they seem to be all the rage at the moment lol. Phil http://...

I'm new on here so here's a pic of my car. It's a 70 Mustang fastback with a 351 Cleveland. I just rebuilt the engine so i'll be running her at the Pod next season (hopefully) Phil http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff358/bad-ass-67/1970%20mustang%20fastback/SANY0390.jpg http://i539.photobucket.com/...