Cleaning up a 351w

[tasker]

I ended up using the 5.8 crown victoria pan/pickup in mine with a Lokar dipstick assembly

 

[bigmuddy]

I was thinking so. I ended up buying a new one from Wild horses, pan, dipstick and pickup.

Nice piece but the hard dipstick took some serious bending and time when running with the shorty headers I have on my 351w

 

[1969]

I am running an 05+ Dana 60. I took some measurements and it looks like it will be close for me with the van pan.

 

[Timmy390]

From my research it hits, depending on your suspension.

I run 2.5 SL and 1 inch BL with 33's.....99% street never has hit......

Tim

 

[bigmuddy]

I am running an 05+ Dana 60. I took some measurements and it looks like it will be close for me with the van pan.

Yeah that D60 is a biggun

 

[bigmuddy]

I run 2.5 SL and 1 inch BL with 33's.....99% street never has hit......

Tim

I think the "street" part of that metric is key

 

[1969]

Yeah that D60 is a biggun

Yes but the pumpkin is very offset to the drive side compared to the stock axle. I’m more worried about the track bar.

 

[eBronc2]

351W's do clean up nice. Here's mine, going in, quite a few years ago.

 

[Bruners4]

I added 1.72:1 roller rockers to my '96 5.8 and noticed a bump in the off idle - mid power with the stock heads and cam. I thought it was money well spent. Pedestal mounts are getting harder to find but still out there. I might have got the last set that Summit Racing had.

 

[bigmuddy]

I added 1.72:1 roller rockers to my '96 5.8 and noticed a bump in the off idle - mid power with the stock heads and cam. I thought it was money well spent. Pedestal mounts are getting harder to find but still out there. I might have got the last set that Summit Racing had.

I added the same or similar but added them to rebuilt and drilled out GT40 heads yanked from an explorer donor.
Also, a slightly more aggressive cam that plays well or well is supposed to with the mustang ecm I am running.

Hopefully in the next month I finally get to crack it off and break it in.

 

[rjrobin2002]

The van oil pan works well in a F100 with crown vic front suspension FYI if you get the itch to build a street truck.

 

[BroncoJimbo]

Consider painting the engine with a brush rather than spraying it. The last two engines I did were painted using an acid brush and KBS or POR15 engine paint.

 

[bigmuddy]

Consider painting the engine with a brush rather than spraying it. The last two engines I did were painted using an acid brush and KBS or POR15 engine paint.

I used the KBS paint on my block as well using a brush and was very impressed how well it lays down and smooths out.

 

[cldonley]

I'm also in the 351W van motor club, mine is a 96 too. I inspected, cleaned up and resealed the block and had the heads gone through back to stock. Currently running a two barrel MC carb and Pertronix dizzy. She starts and runs great! Planning to go to a Qjet in the near future. But I have a dipstick tube question. It has a driver side push-in tube and I currently have a Mr. Gasket tube in there which is too short. Which dipstick assembly are y'all using? I see that Tasker is using a Lokar, but which one? I have stock heads and long tube headers.

 

[bigmuddy]

I'm also in the 351W van motor club, mine is a 96 too. I inspected, cleaned up and resealed the block and had the heads gone through back to stock. Currently running a two barrel MC carb and Pertronix dizzy. She starts and runs great! Planning to go to a Qjet in the near future. But I have a dipstick tube question. It has a driver side push-in tube and I currently have a Mr. Gasket tube in there which is too short. Which dipstick assembly are y'all using? I see that Tasker is using a Lokar, but which one? I have stock heads and long tube headers.

Can't answer your specific question but I will say that I have a 351w with the dipstick thru the block. Lokar doesn't make that dipstick as they said the flexy dipstick hits the crank. I then had to pull my pan and reinstall a new WH unit with their dipstick.. Could I get a lokar for their pan? Probably but so far it looks like the one that came with it will work. Only issue I had with theirs is that I had to bend and re bend it to make it work and its just kind of hanging in space as the mounting tab will not hit and mount up to a header bolt as designed.

 

[cldonley]

Can't answer your specific question but I will say that I have a 351w with the dipstick thru the block. Lokar doesn't make that dipstick as they said the flexy dipstick hits the crank. I then had to pull my pan and reinstall a new WH unit with their dipstick.. Could I get a lokar for their pan? Probably but so far it looks like the one that came with it will work. Only issue I had with theirs is that I had to bend and re bend it to make it work and its just kind of hanging in space as the mounting tab will not hit and mount up to a header bolt as designed.

That sounds painful. Really don’t want to go to that much effort and expense. Thinking about trying to harvest one from the pick n pull.

 

[tasker]

use the dipstick and tube from the Econoline in my daily

 

[bigmuddy]

use the dipstick and tube from the Econoline in my daily
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Stock manifolds?

 

[tasker]

YES...

 

[1969]

Eastwood dark Ford blue brushed on!