Yeah Ford Australia produced a " Windland " 351 ci V8 in the very early 1970s , it was a 351 Cleveland Block with 351 Windsor heads , they built 20 running examples for testing in Australian Falcons , they even had very rare cast iron Ford four barrel intakes to mate Windsor heads to a Cleveland block . 5 were put in cars and driven around Australia. Ford Australia wanted a lesser V8 for mum and dad cars , the 351 Cleveland was a bit over the top for taxis and wagons ,etc, so they tryed many different options , in the end Ford Australia built the 302 Cleveland as the " lesser" V8 choice. But those 351 Windland,s are probably the rarest factory ford 351,s !
No wonder they got help from NASCAR the first time they made Ford give up the secrets of their Cleveland NASCAR engine, then gave everybody a weight advantage over the Cleveland engine cars, that engine your showing us is a canted valve cengine, gee were they get that idea.
I used Boss 302 pistons with a 302 crank and 289 rods, and a modified 4V 351C heads converted to screw in studs and guide plates in my Clevor build. I used a stock Boss 302 manifold with a 750 double pumper, and a Boss 302 camshaft with .560 lift and 252 @.050. Not much torque, but ran a 4.88 gear with a 4 speed and had awesome power from 5-7k. The motor pulls hard well past 7,000 rpm but with 2 bolt mains, thats where I set my rev limiter. I sure do wish the intake manifolds were available back then to allow the use of the 2V heads.
66` Stang with 408W 232/236@.050 AFR195, Super Comp Headers, Hooker aero flow mufflers and tail pipes 53 0HP @ flywheel. It turns heads at cars and coffee, won`t disappoint.
I know Keith is already thinking of redoing the first MPFI version of this with huge injectors and an iron head. The question is when do we get that video ? Looking for that 1498 hp inline six that will do 90k trouble free miles. 😂❤🎉
Thank you so much for this fantastic video and you're right that's it that is one piece of jewelry that they have put together and the way they go about it congratulations to Wilkinson's for what they have done, I don't know a fantastic isn't well enough word to use but fantastic thank you so much for the video
It's going into a truck that may be used to pull a lightweight trailer. Will be driven everywhere and the owner didn't want anything on the edge of detonation even if it made more power. He just wants to get in and drive.
Yeah the 400 was available in cars, but it did have siamesed cylinders and possibly an inferior steel used in the casting, that has been proved and disproved depending on who you believe.
Ford designed a 4 cylinder version for the "N' series farm tractors which were produced through 1952. A lot of the parts were very similar. I believe I still have the special tools too adjust the valves someplace in my tool boxes.
Richard holdner twin turboed a stock bottom end, 2 bolt main windsor out of a wrecking yard, making 1300 horsepower the only reason the bottom end didn't survive was a mistake richard holdner made with the blow off valve and goes 8nto detail what he did wrong. Long story short the blow off valve wasnt blowing off excess boost and engine made like 1600 hp before throwing a stock non forged rod from a worn out bottom end windsor out of a wrecking yard!! 2 bolt mains on a windsor will easily handle 600 hp all day long no problem!
One hell of a Video never built many Ford engines my Dad did in his H&M days. My building was mainly Chevrolet and maybe a Dodge now and then. I remember when i was learning he would go into long explanations how the differences in the 427 Fords where with all the types Ford was developing. I never really made the connections , but watching this video I understand the clearly. Thanks
In 2002 I worked with a guy who was into the same thing here in WV. He had a 598ci build in a tube chassis Ranger, basically only the back tires were in the mud, he won every county mud bog that year. Anyway his wife ended up divorcing him over the engine for his truck, he spent just north of $33,000 and in the divorce papers was the build sheet and recipes for the engine.
