Hows this for a big bang but still together, , i think this is where the term "hand grenade" came from for the 351 cleveland engine, although stressed to the limit withh N02. we ran a few of these on gas and No5 cyl often split the cyl wall.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

never liked a cleveland.the 351m was the worst.all the hype when they first came out telling everyone to stay away from the windsor.no power.twice the engine.

That is an amazing mess!

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

So.......................it won't start now?

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

I had a 355 scrub in the late model once that looked alot like this and no NOS.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

Y-Guys:    With all those holes in the counterweights, and the wts on the flywheel,

        looks like he was fighting a balance problem......maybe, He missed a shift.....

        or, one to many passes on those aluminum rods.....it's a mess for sure!

Bill

Pelham,Al

Aussie Bill, in the mid-late 70s we couldn't keep any of the clevelands together. Our premier short tracker Dick Trickle was blowing one after the other. Another of our locals bought what he said was a Australian cleveland and it was awesome, he won like 10 in a row and dominated for quite awhile. Did Ford make an Australian block that was different than what was made in the U.S.. A little off topic, but seeing that block reminded me of some of Dicks engines. Gary

       

Gary, 55 Vicky, St. Germain, Wisconsin

 

Trickle's one of my heros. The guy won some 1000 short track races.

     We had trouble with Clevelands coming apart in drag racing also. NASCAR did too. The oiling system was not good, cranks didn't get enough oil. As memory serves the oiling was similar to the street FE's, the lifters were oiled first, then the crank. There were several built with oil piped directly to the main caps with internal lines.

     The other issue was the reduction of the crank journals so there was very little strength in the cast cranks. The Windsor bottom ends and oiling were considerably stronger. The result was "Clevors" and the aftermarket developement of better Heads.  

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Bill,

I couldn't help but notice that ratty looking engine in the background. The one with the weird oval air cleaner and flat valve covers. I would gladly take that off your hands for its own protection! Chuck in NH

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Manchester, New Hampshire

Jaysus! That defines the term "blowed up".

57 Black Tbird 312/auto