On Sat, 12 May 2007 02:15:19 +0000, Jeff Strickland rearranged some
electrons to form:
>
> "CobraJet" <shedding@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:110520071905550567%shedding@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 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.
No, they are externally similar (so that they can be used in the same
cars).
However they are completely different inside. The 351W is based on the
small-block. The 351C is not.
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