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Crazed · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 4:21 am Post subject: 351 Head swap

Getting ready to do alot of work on the bronco, so I need to make sure the fairlane is up to the task of being my DD for a bit.

She has had an issue where she puts out a nice puff of smoke when I start up, ever since the wreck back in 2000.

So, I picked up these heads a while back, '69 351 castings with screw in studs, and guideplates.

Sent them into Don's machine shop here local, and they disassembled them, mag'd them, and surfaced them for a nice flat sealing surface. hope to get them on in the next few days.

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64 Fairlane 500/302 with 351 heads/FMX/8" <----for now

89 Bronco/357w/AOD/SAS D44/BW1356/Nodular 9"

78 Bronco/400/4Speed/D44/NP205/D70 Spooled

mdnangl · Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2010 9:07 pm Post subject:

Nice... keep us informed of your progress..

Charlie
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AZFairlane · Bracket Racer Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 35

hmmmm, my '69 351W-4V heads had C9OE on them. I also had to cut .060 off the deck to restore the original compression of the 289 heads I took off.
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Crazed · Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 10:53 am Post subject:

Couple of pics from saturday, I'll post more later on.

2 from the motor before I started. (did tuneup last week, new wires etc.)

My girlfriend Mychele gettin dirty.

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64 Fairlane 500/302 with 351 heads/FMX/8" <----for now

89 Bronco/357w/AOD/SAS D44/BW1356/Nodular 9"

78 Bronco/400/4Speed/D44/NP205/D70 Spooled

mdnangl · Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:55 pm Post subject:

Nice.. wow, its been a long time since Iv seen a stock engine compartment... LOL

Cheers
Charlie
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as the clock strikes midnight

I didnt red light, the tree was slow !!

Stay as young as you can, for as long as you can

Crazed · Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:17 am Post subject:

More pics

Heads off, the seals were totally gone, I dont think even one is still intact.

Cleaned up the block

Putting the manifolds back on. Notice the Erson 1.6 roller rockers. I didn't get pics, but Mychele Torqued the heads.

Almost back together

All done, new hoses, fired right up.

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64 Fairlane 500/302 with 351 heads/FMX/8" <----for now

89 Bronco/357w/AOD/SAS D44/BW1356/Nodular 9"

78 Bronco/400/4Speed/D44/NP205/D70 Spooled

MDRFairlane · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:00 am Post subject: nice

great work! so how does it run?

Crazed · Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:50 am Post subject:

No smoke on startup is nice for a change.

Set timing at 12 degrees like it was before and it seemed down on power a bit, I assume it has lower compression now?

I cranked the timing up areound 20 and it runs great now. Not as snappy, but seems to have more on the bottom?

All in all good deal cause I dont smoke out the neighborhood every day.
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64 Fairlane 500/302 with 351 heads/FMX/8" <----for now

89 Bronco/357w/AOD/SAS D44/BW1356/Nodular 9"

78 Bronco/400/4Speed/D44/NP205/D70 Spooled

my63 · Sportman Joined: 05 Oct 2009 Posts: 54

What heads were on it before?
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