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Originally Posted by 1BadasGT-500
My thoughts exactly! That block probably only weighs about 40lbs. Maybe. I know when I built my FE it weighed in about the same as a small block when finished.
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It probably weights closer to 90 pounds, like this one:
Ford Racing Performance Parts []
The new Ford Racing Boss 351W (probably quite similar to the alu Shelby block, but in cast iron) weights 205 pounds. The 351W iron sportsman block is listed as ~200 pounds, which sounds heavy. Besides, the "package weight" (including the box and crate I guess) is listed as 186 pounds...... IIRC, production 351W blocks weight around 175 pounds.
The Shelby block is about 40 pounds lighter than an iron 302 block and an iron 351W weigths about 40 pounds more than an iron 302, so an all aluminum 351W based engine will probably weight about the same as an iron block/aluminum heads 302, which is not much heavier (if any) than many modern four cylinders.
