Mike's 302 to 351W Swap.

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millersmach said:
Hey what kinda mounts are you using? Im pulling my 302 out this weekend and cleaning up my engine bay juat looking for swap headers still lol
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Im using stock convertible motor mounts. Supposedly the engine sits a tad bit lower with these and are a bit stronger than older hatch/notch mounts i hear, but i dont know for myself. I was taking every step to try to get away with my stock hood.
 
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Degreased and pressure washed the bellhousing today. Also removed the rubber bushings from my new trans crossmember to prepare for paint.

Before pics:


 
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I got my dust cover in the mail today. Will have to scrub it clean, I let it go with the motor when i sold it forgetting the one on the 351w was for an AOD trans.
 
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Went to NAPA yesterday to pick up my Fel-Pro rear main seal for the 351w, bought the most expensive one i could. Hope it stays leak free for a long time. Also found out Valvoline synthetic MERC ATF was on sale! From $6.97 a bottle down to $4.49! So i picked up 3 quarts.
 
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Foxbody5.o said:
Went to NAPA yesterday to pick up my Fel-Pro rear main seal for the 351w, bought the most expensive one i could. Hope it stays leak free for a long time. Also found out Valvoline synthetic MERC ATF was on sale! From $6.97 a bottle down to $4.49! So i picked up 3 quarts.
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Nice find. She's gonna be sick. And with the way the weathers been you don't have to rush lol.
 
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I'm loving all this rain at the moment. Cleaning off the salt well! I hope to have the engine in this weekend and trans in next weekend. I'm pumped!
I still need to get a thermostat gasket, coolant, clutch cable, fuel line to extend my rails and maybe an intake spacer.
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Here is the progress from this past weekend. Not much due to an issue i ran into. Engine is in the car. We did some spot cleaning with degreaser in the engine bay and it looks a lot better (pic really doesn't represent it). Found out flex plate bolts are a lot shorter than fly wheel bolts!! I need to get a set from NAPA.

I unfortunately stripped a few threads form one of the crank holes! But i think i will be ok, i didn't even think about this stupid me!

Also got the new rear main in.

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millersmach

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Where did you get your mounts just a regular parts store or are they urethane? Part numbers by any chance? How much clearence did you have to the top of the firewall? And thanks for the follow up its looking good. I know how u feel I'm just a couple of steps behind u lol.keep up the good work and motivation for us all.
-matt
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millersmach said:
Where did you get your mounts just a regular parts store or are they urethane? Part numbers by any chance? How much clearence did you have to the top of the firewall? And thanks for the follow up its looking good. I know how u feel I'm just a couple of steps behind u lol.keep up the good work and motivation for us all.
-matt
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I actually got the mounts from Rock Auto maybe 2 years ago. I just got mounts for an 89 vert instead of my hatch. After some year in the early 90s I believe all fox cars came with vert mounts. Can't even remember how much they cost but it wasn't much. I didn't want all the extra vibes associated with the synthetic type mounts. I'll have to check on clearance by the firewall but there seems to be a lot! One spot where the engine is thigh is headers to frame rail and tube for a/c.
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Well ive been trying to aquire new flywheel bolts. Not having much luck in exactly what i want. I ended up stripping about 4 threads in 1 crank hole out of the 6 holes due to me not realizing the big difference in depths of flywheel and felx plate bolts. I found a set of ARP bolts that measure 1'' in length, my current ones measure about 1/2'' to 3/4'' at most. So i am going to take it easy with that one hole, but i did order the set. For anyone needing to know the size is 7/16-20. Ordered from summit so hopefully these will be here by this Saturday when i expect to progress more. Hoping for the best out of this situation.

I also looked into other fasteners at hiawatha fasteners. I saw grades of flywheel bolts ranging from grade 8-10. But the head on a normal bolt is not as large in diameter as a true flywheel bolt which had me worried. Hiawatha fasteners didnt stock anything over grade 8 but could order them.
The dealer bolts measure just over .9'' in length, but will need to be ordered and cost almost $7 a piece.
Yesterday was beautiful here, out crusing in the Wrangler made me really wish the car was done and i was cruising in it!
 
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