Which engine to run?

I have 2 choices of power plants to use...the first is a 1969 390 FE that came out of a Cyclone GT....needs minor work just a freshen up, a flexplate and transmission. The second choice is a 351 Cleveland CJ out of a 1970 Mustang Mach 1 that needs rebuilt but I also have the transmission with it....Which would you use??

 

use the 390 and sell the mustang engine to a restorer?

 

seems like the 390 would get you there cheaper than a complete rebuild... I'd run the 390.

 

Another vote for the 390..... FE motors rule.. second only to Y-blocks

 

390, but you need to buy both cars the engines came out of.

 

I'd vote 390 also. The last one I owned had 140,000 miles on it and sat for 5 years before I got it and ran like a new motor with absolutely no smoke, knocks, or noise. Best motor Ford ever produced if you ask me.
What do you want to put it in? That might make a difference.

 

390 if it was me.

 

sell them both and get a sbc lol

 

Sell me the 351.

 

I have a 1951 for F1 pickup that one or the other will go into...

Now for question #2...I have a bellhousing, clutch, pressure plate and flywheel for the 390 just no trans.....what trans will bolt up to the bellhousing? it is a stock bellhousing (1969)....and my truck does have a clutch pedal and linkage.....

 

get a mustang manual ******, should bolt up if its an older one

 

The '69 Cyclone engine with the bellhousing will accept any standard Ford manual transmission from about 1964 through the late 70's. It is a standard Ford pattern. You should also be able to bolt up a Tremec 5 speed out of a mid-'01 to '04 Mustang GT.... same pattern transmission. That would give you overdrive.

And I agree with the group on this one, run the 390.

 

Sounds like a winner to me .. The 390 ...

 

Well looks like the 390 won this one hands down...LOL...so a tremic 5 spd will bolt up to my bellhousing? That would help with gas milage big time!!! HHMMMMM

 

I vote 390 as well. I just got done (yesterday!) rebuilding my first FE motor. There were some things that were different than building a Chevy, but it went pretty smoothly. The hardest part was getting the correct radiator hose!

 

Another vote for the 390 FE.

 

Besides the early Hemi the Cleveland is my favorite! So I vote Cleveland in '08! The C has standard SBF bell pattern, the 390 has the FE pattern, different than SBF, or the 429/460.

 

I live in OZ so I vote twice
390 becuase on the street ;
TORQUE IS KING !

 

351 Cleveland

 

390 gets my vote

 

I did a 390 for my Cobra kit car. They make a lot of TORQUE! Dress it up and tell everyone it's a 427!!!!!! Any toploader will fit.