"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> "CobraJet" <shedding@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> In article <3Y81i.427$b67.111@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Jeff Strickland
>> <crwlr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Wow, I can't believe somebody put together a site (or even a measely
>>> page)
>>> that says these two engines share anything beyond displacement.
>>
>> They have the same motor mounts, bellhousing pattern, starters,
>> distributor cap, balancers, flywheels, and lifters.
>>
>> However, the dickhead with the website is still a lazy, stupid,
>> freeloading bastard.
>>
>
> I guess I'll take your word for it. I thought the Cleveland and Windsor
> power plants were completely different in each of the areas you just
said
> they are common.
>
> I remember as a kid (with my father in car business) that when a car was
> listed with a Ford 351, the first question was, Cleveland or Windsor?
The
> performance specs were different, and the physical size was different.
Or
> that's what I remember thinking at the time.
>
As different as they are there are many similarities, same cylinder size
and
spacing, the heads from one will bolt directly on the other, and actually
work with some water jacket modifications. They are BOTH small block
engines if Ford has small block engines...
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