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Topic: 306or 351
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RacinGator
Journeyman Posts: 5
From: Hiram, Georgia U.S.
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 10-30-2001 08:14 PM
   
How's it going guys and girls? This is my first post, and I would like your opinions. I have both a 302 and a 351 Windsor, and I can't really decide which way to go. Some say go with as many cubic inches as you can, and while that makes sense I've seen some 302s run just as good as some of the 351s. My plans are CompCams 544/544 retro-fit roller cam, somewhere around 11:1 compression,Victor jr intake, Dart sr heads and nitrous. I'll probably limit the nitrous to 200 hp. I'll be running an automatic tranny (C4), and a 3.90 ring and pinion. Thanks
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 32961
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 10-30-2001 08:34 PM
Welcome to M&M!Go with the 351W. There's no replacement for displacement.  ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 M code 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 open
'72 Mustang Sprint Coupe 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Lok
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
'97 Probe GTS 2.5L DOHC Recycle --- Restore a Classic Ford!
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n2oMike
Gearhead Posts: 1511
From: Spencer, WV
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 10-30-2001 08:40 PM
With the heads to make one work, it's hard to beat the 351W... especially when it comes to nitrous. Those larger 1/2" bolts make head gaskets a LOT easier to keep in place. ------------------
Mike Burch
66 mustang real street
302 4-speed 289 heads
10.63 @ 129.3
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Fastymz
Moderator Posts: 11012
From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 10-30-2001 11:49 PM
Welcome,go for the 351w.I did not see what kinda of car its going in.And yes I've seen 302 run hard too.
Ron ------------------
65 Coupe with a 351w, RPM intake,carter625,shorty hedders,2.5 exhaust,Flowmasters,Black Magic electric fan,stock C4,peg leg 8" 2:80,Big Boss 429 hood scoop,Cragers SS,Black Suede finish.
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ccode67
Gearhead Posts: 1575
From: douglasville,ga,usa
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 10-31-2001 08:38 AM
Welcome to M&M, looks like we are neighbors, I'm in Douglasville, really closer to Hiram than Dville.
Go for the 351W, costs a few dollars more to start but more cubes means more power. 
Give me a yell sometime.------------------
Stuart MCA #48902
M&M #1091
67 stang 5 speed
91 f-150 xlt
98 explorer xlt sohc v-6
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capri man
Gearhead Posts: 3258
From: doerun, ga.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 10-31-2001 10:30 AM
welcome gator, (hope that dont mean fl. gators! hee hee) i got a 302 that runs in the mid 7s 1/8 on motor only. but if you really want to go fast, go with the 351 for cubes. its good to have another ga. boy on the site.------------------
mike r
racing is real
everything else is just a game.
81 capri-7.56 @88mph 1/8
1.56 60 ft.
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RacinGator
Journeyman Posts: 5
From: Hiram, Georgia U.S.
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 10-31-2001 11:17 AM
Thanks a lot guys, I was leaning toward the 351, I guess I just needed to hear it. ccode67, It looks like we're pretty close to each other. I live off Hwy 92 between Williams Lake RD & Ridge Rd. capri man, you guessed it I'm a die-hard GATOR fan!!(don't hold that against me) I'm not quite sure what I'm going to end up putting this motor in. I'm looking for an early Ford. The only car I have right now is a 69 Nova (don't ask)
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 6352
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 10-31-2001 12:33 PM
I also vote for the 351w.Why not put it in the Nova! That'd be one way to make a Chebbie run. SteveW
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RacinGator
Journeyman Posts: 5
From: Hiram, Georgia U.S.
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 10-31-2001 05:36 PM
steve66,
Believe me that's crossed my mind more than once. There's a lot of guys around here with small block "chebbies" in late-model Mustangs, and they seem to think that somehow improves the car. The Nova was my blind venture into the world of chevrolet. I'm back for good now. I had a 350 in the Nova that was a big disappointment to say the least. I'll put it this way, I had a mild 302 in an 85 Mustamg that would run off and leave this Nova. The Nova weighs 3270 with me in it, and the Mustang weighed 100 lbs less. It seems like 48 more cubes would have made that up. The Mustang ran 11 ohs on the bottle, The Nova runs 11.70s with better heads,cam and intake 
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 32961
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 10-31-2001 05:53 PM
Welcome to M&M, Gator!------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 M code 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 open
'72 Mustang Sprint Coupe 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Lok
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
'97 Probe GTS 2.5L DOHC
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ccode67
Gearhead Posts: 1575
From: douglasville,ga,usa
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 11-01-2001 07:17 AM
We are neighbors, I live on No.Burnt Hickory Rd. 1.5 miles from Greystone Power, couldn't be more than 3 or 4 miles away from you.
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Stuart MCA #48902
M&M #1091
67 stang 5 speed
91 f-150 xlt
98 explorer xlt sohc v-6
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RacinGator
Journeyman Posts: 5
From: Hiram, Georgia U.S.
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 11-03-2001 05:16 PM
ccode67'
That's right around the corner from me! I go down the other end of Burnt Hickory to go to work (Austell Nat. Gas).Thanks for the responses guys
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70 Pony
Gearhead Posts: 1814
From: Glenmoore, PA, USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 11-03-2001 09:06 PM
Run that 351.....no question about it....Can't beat cubes...I knocked 1.2 secs off my ET from a 308 (.40 over) to the 357 .030 over with basically an identical set up.....------------------
EDDIE D
Resto Mod '70 Sport Roof
Arrest Me Red
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ccode67
Gearhead Posts: 1575
From: douglasville,ga,usa
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 11-05-2001 08:02 AM
You work at Austell Gas. Do you know Craig Foster? He worked there but is now with Atlanta Gas, he is my brother but don't hold that against me okay. Also Chris Hunter? I hang out at his uncle's body shop pretty often.
You probably drive right past my house all the time, #407, brick house in the curve where mailboxes are never safe.
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Stuart MCA #48902
M&M #1091
67 stang 5 speed
91 f-150 xlt
98 explorer xlt sohc v-6[This message has been edited by ccode67 (edited 11-05-2001).]
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ragtopjr
Gearhead Posts: 2447
From: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 11-05-2001 03:22 PM
welcome to M&M
drop the 351 into the nova, and blow people's minds when you pop the hood and a windsor pops out ------------------
Ed
Heart mods:Trick High flow titanium valve ported & polished Listen close: "tic tic tic" No folks thats not a noisy lifter thats the sound of big flow!
1984 5.0L LX Conv 3600 lbs 13.41 at 101.89 SIR
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 4780
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 11-05-2001 03:28 PM
Hell yeah! ... I say put the 351W in the Nova... get a set of those valve cover adapters the "327 Cobra" guys use to put Cobra valve covers on their smallblock Chevs, install them upside down so you can use Chevy valve covers... Chevy guys ain't smart enough to tell the difference!
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RacinGator
Journeyman Posts: 5
From: Hiram, Georgia U.S.
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 11-05-2001 05:15 PM
Yeah, I can imagine the look on the faces of these die-hard chevy guys!! ccode67, I never met Craig, but I've heard some stories:>) I do know Chris Hunter. I really like Chris! We fished a Gas Company bass tournament together. We had a blast. At one time he was catching fish so fast that I only had time to take them off the hook and put them in the livewell. I stop by his uncle's body-shop sometimes too. Jerry's a good guy too. Man it's a small world!!!
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ccode67
Gearhead Posts: 1575
From: douglasville,ga,usa
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 11-07-2001 02:54 PM
If you hang out at the body shop we have probably seen each other at least once, definitely a small world.
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Stuart MCA #48902
M&M #1091
67 stang 5 speed
91 f-150 xlt
98 explorer xlt sohc v-6
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