Sweet small block

[1BadasGT-500]

Might be wrong place to post this but This would be a sweet foundation for a nice small block. It seems pricey but I'm sure you would have alot of coin in machine work on a cast block to get it like this. Not mine but thought I would share SHELBY ALUMINUM BLOCK 351W NEW IN BOX 427 COBRA MUSTANG GASSER FORD

[jeff33702]

Nice

[C0V3R]

Are you selling it?

[1BadasGT-500]

Originally Posted by C0V3R

Are you selling it?

No, I'ts not mine. All I can say is,If it's like the 427 shelby block then it's good stuff

[dobrostang]

Wow, maybe in another life - power aside, imagine what it would do for your braking and cornering not to have that battleship anchor under the hood.

[1BadasGT-500]

Originally Posted by dobrostang

Wow, maybe in another life - power aside, imagine what it would do for your braking and cornering not to have that battleship anchor under the hood.

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.

[66 6]

Now I need to go change my shorts.

[Feex]

[pprince]

That is a work of art.

[Helmantel]

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.

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.

[dobrostang]

Interesting. Between rebuilds with my Iron Block 351 with Iron heads, I threw in a stock 302 to keep the old gal on the road. What I noticed besides absence of umph was that I had serious brakes. I finally settled on a 351 with aluminum heads and water pump but still noticed the brakes took a little more umph into corners although the throttle umph more than made up for it...

But at some point you gotta say - if I want to go faster - its time for a C6 Corvette,

May the Ford blog rath Gods have mercy upon my soul...