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Old 07-24-2003, 12:08 PM   #2
hobgoblin351
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Hey Ronnie, no the flywheel from the Windsor will not work with the Cleveland. Nor will much else for that matter. Most people these days go with the windsors, parts availabiltiy,fuel injection and so on. I wanted to run the engine that came with my stang. I modified it heavily but it is what came under the hood.....almost.
There are enough performance parts available for the cleveland to get the job done. But, you'll have to choose mild or wild. There is not much inbetween. There are enough cams, and piston combo's. But the big choice is in the heads/intake manifold selection. 2V heads and manifold will give you up to 5,500rpms. Edelbrock performer, or Weiand Action+. They are good duel plain manifolds. Here's the messed up part. Edelbrock's performer RPM or Weiand's Stealth will both take you to 6,500/7,000 RPM's but they dont make them for Clevelands. The naext step for a Clevenad is a single plain the Torker or The X-celerator. Which dont work well with 2V heads or small cams.
What I did was go with the 4v heads and X-celerator manifold. To help with the low RPM's I added a set of port plates. They cut down the intake port size increasing the intake flow velocity, and give you a better low end. Once you get the rpm's up this thing goes lke nobody's business. My cam is probably a bit bigger than I should have, so you might wnat to bump it down. As far as oiling, Clevelands have bad oil properties. Starvation to the rear bearing I believe. Run roller rockers, add restrictors (restricts oil to the top of the motor, not needed due to the roller rockers, keeps it down at the bearings) and use a high pressure high volume oil pump and you should be fine. Good luck
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