Ford Windsor Forums

First thing to search and try out... Find a domed 351c piston.  The deck height is almost the same as a piston for a 393 (351w) stroker.  This will provide adequate valve clearance for the larger valves.  A Windsor based piston will not have the proper valve clearance as the Cleveland piston.  You will probably need a domed ...

We've just finished putting together a 4.100'' stroke C9 block 351W, CHI 3v headed, EFI motor. The cam is an X303 with std Ford hyd rollers. All customer supplied parts. The engine will go regularly to 6000, occasionally to 6800ish. My question concerns lifter preload. The customers info is that ''tighten down the rockers till the ...

Here are a couple of links that should put you in the right direction. As for thoughts, you will probably spend almost as much on machining (intake, heads, water ports etc) and head prep as you would on a good set of windsor heads, unless you can get machining done cheaply. Go the 2v heads and not the ...

ranger_sohc:Well I am graduating this week from my Automotive technology class and there is also a machine shop class that I am pretty sure I can get most of the machine work done at and get new guides and and valve job for just the cost of parts. I know the M's would be more work but I like the idea of a Boss clone engine or clevor as I ...