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Also ford was clever in marketing the new 351m in 1975 still calling it a cleveland 351,but by 1976 the cat was out of the bag and many who bought a new car thought it was a 351c,which had been canned since 1974,it amazes me even today yanks on you tube so many people have no idea if there engine is a 351m or 351c ,to them its just a 351 .

i want another 400 or 351m just for the hell of it,the 351m deck is not as much down the hole as a 400 at 65 thou odd,very hard to find a 351m here in aus but i have seen a few over the years for sale,they use the same rods as a 400 but a taller piston and 3.5 inch stroke ,the 351m was made from 1975 to 1979 ,and the 400 from 1971 to 1982,that last 400 i rebuilt was very rare being a 1971,i have been looking for the ultra rare 1973 small block bellhousing one,sought of like finding a nazcar pillow block at a garage sale for $100 lol.

i played the game with fmx /c6 speedo drives with my 400/c6 combo and it drives ya mad at $50 a pop thinking you got it right ,i still have a few in the garage i ended up getting the lowest tooth count 15 i think and it got me within 6km of correct with 15'' wheels and 225/60/15 ,if i went a 70 or 75 series tyre like the big yank tanks had it would have been near perfect.

yup i played swap de swap on gears for years (hey good poetry there)go the 2.92 and just leave it,some older diffs like valiant had some variations in 2.92 ,falcons too.

richard was live today on u tube about the 400 vs the rest,i did a few comments about our 2v closed chamber heads on a 400 as in my last build,good watch.

I have put quite a few fmx in cars and i have run into the same thing no dipstick or tube,and a lokar one is $200 plus ,stupid thing is you can buy a complete fmx box for the same money.

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The 351m has a deck height of 020 as to 060 or more on a 400 ,very interesting. Sent from my SM-G610Y using Tapatalk

yes thats what i thought ,thanks greg.

what about the 460 mounts are they the same as 400 ?

yeah i cant seem to find the info if 460 mounting bosses are the same as 400 ? the 3 bolt ones ? i always thought 400 had its own pattern ,i asked the guy at CRS and he said yeah m8 400m mounts into xa to xg $250 and they have em on the shelf ? maybe gregaus can chime on in if they are the same ,if i do another 400 i want to build it different this time ,no power steer,the usa flat tops ,hyd roller cam,alloy heads,and might try the edelbrock intake instead of the weiand one,or use the spacer kit on a 351c air gap manifold.

i noticed my xf ute still handled quite well with the 400 all i put was alloy w/pump and alloy weiand manifold,gerg i just found out CRS does 400 mounts for xa /xg i cant belive it .

well i cant belive it CRS does a 400 engine mounts to suit xa to xg ,all that frigin around calling america and everybody except CRS,pphhhhhhhhhhh.

a guy not far from here is selling a big block bell to suit c4 case fill ? $450 maybe they made both case and pan fill ones ?

the 400 3 bolt mount is a little different to the 460 but in saying that yesterdays research did uncover someone posting contact CRS for 400 mounts ,could be they just make the top plate to suit a 400 bolt pattern ,just for the hell of it i might call them tomorrow to find this out as it could be a make it as you need it part ?