is there any company that makes a direct motor mount adapter for this swap? i havent found any...the swap is for my 1962 galaxie 500
Crites is the place. Just out of curiosity why do you want to make the swap? The 352 arguably has more potential (cubes, power, torque, etc.). The 352 may be a bit more expensive to rebuild, but I bet not $10 different in the grand scheme of things once the hassle of swapping motors is factored in. Just curious, I hate to see a good FE get thrown out. Good Luck
My windsor is a 352ci motor... The block was honed out too 4.001" by yours truly! The crank is a standard stroke of 3.500"... In your case, I'd go with a 390 also... With a tri-power..
A 352 will never make the power of a 351W given equal amounts of speed parts and or $$, especially if you factor power to weight, weighing at least 150 lbs more. The 352 bore size won't take any of the heads with bigger valves due to the small bore size. And yeah you could bore it or start with a 390 block but it's still a big heavy motor compared to a 351W. And before you talk about making it a 390 or bigger, you can make 351W's into 427's very easily these days. I'm not saying to dump the FE motor, just not agreeing that it has more potential than a 351W. I like the FE's, I just built a 416" one for my F150, but I don't have delusions that they are better than the newer technology motors.
Ha HA - Even a Stock bore 351W is really a 352 - it is 351.86. Ford decided to call it a 351 as to distinguish it from the 352
Yeah, it didn't take much to hone it out an extra .001"... I even used the same pistons and rings that came with the new factory fresh short block from FMS...
63/64 galaxie small block mounts should put a 351 in the 62,you will need a trans with the smallblock bolt pattern too.
just because...the 351 is there with a C6 and all it neesd is new rings and such...the 352 needs a whole hell of alot more and it still has that boat anchor of a cruise-o-matic behind it...and the 351 was free....so theres your answer
...I see your point!!! and you are keeping it in the family. Most FE/ SBF swaps are going the other direction so you might be able to round up the factory 289 mounts etc. pretty cheap.Trans. mount should work with a bit of fabrication.
Before you go calling the original trans a boat anchor they have one feature that modern trans dont have that can come in handy,they can be push started if the starter takes a dump and with a 67 and newer valve body can have the normal D21 shift pattern. I will be using the next generation of that trans (FMX) in my 55 sunliner when the Y block goes back in so I can push start it since I doubt Y block starters are stocked at the parts stores.
I don't agree. It is easy to take a 352 to 440 ci. Bore to 4.05, and drop in a 4.25 Scat stroker crank. Edelbrock Perform RPM heads and Intake along with the right cam and you are looking at a strong 500+ HP. That is no more difficult (maybe even easier) than turning a 351W into a 427. Way too many people write FE's off as heavy, out dated slugs. The truth is far from that. 351W: Iron Heads: 530 lbs 351W: Aluminum Heads: 490 lbs FE: Iron Heads and Intake: 600 lbs FE: Aluminum Heads and Intake: 520 lbs. Lighter then an Iron 351W. Most of the FE's weight is in that damn iron intake. The blocks are quite light by comparison to other big blocks and even some small blocks. As far as the cost. Machine work costs the same no matter what your building, and new parts are roughly all the same. I am not saying the Windsor is a bad motor, (I have one in my '51, and it does the job just fine) but the 352 in my '62 Monterey is much more interesting to me. I am glad the OP is sticking with a Ford motor, and if the 352 is shot, I understand his reasoning for wanting to swap to the 351W he has readily available.
Like I said, I like FE's alright, but I still think the 351W is a better motor all around - whether stock or taken to extremes, and parts are much cheaper - especially look at quality roller rockers for the FE, since I'm sure he has non adjustables to start with. As for the weight issue, we weighed both in my shop a few years ago on a UPS certified scale for a customer that we were doing a swap. The 351W with stock heads, iron manifold, 4 barrel carb, no exhaust manifolds, otherwise complete weighed 474 lbs. The 360 in the same configuration weighed 611. The FE might be more period, it might be more fun to look at and talk about, but the Windsor is a better motor. Like the old saying goes, if the old ones were so great, why'd they quit building them?
i would go with a 390 4 barrel duels unless he wants to race it and spend $$$$$$ and they stop making them for the same reasons they stop making big cars out of steel and now make little cars light plastic gas mileage and more profits
I'd say that the 351W is a good swap. I did one in my '68 Mustang GT that came with a 390 and needed to be tamed down a bit. The front end did come up noticeably, took some weight off the front of the car and it handled better. My 351 (out of a '69 Fairlane) came with a Cruise-o-matic, I bolted it up to a C4. Bob
Not to be a dick but the basic design of the Windsor series motor (1961) is only 4 years newer than the FE series (1958). You are right Windsors have a lot going for them that the FE's dont, and this guy is going with that. The 351 is probrably the better choice for daily driving an fuel milage by far. It sure will give him alot more engine bay space!!!!!
I took the worn out 352 out of my 59 Ranchero. It ran good, but smoked etc as you would expect a worn out engine to do. I installed a newly rebuilt 390. I hate it. It overheats, suck up gas like a dinasour and just pisses me off more than it makes me happy. If I ha had half a brain, which I don't, I would have used a 351W. JMHO
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