351W experience

[Lou1119]

Originally Posted by Igofastr

Lou,

Sorry to hear of your travails. I'm local (Granite Bay), have we met?

I can't say that I have specific experience with a 351 to 427 (mine is 393), but what exactly to you want to know? It's not an uncommon conversion, I understand that you have to be careful about wall thickness if using a Ford block, but it is certainly do-able. Many builders do this on aftermarket blocks. I would assume that like a 302 to 347 build, there can be issues with oil consumption, and that you can't wind it up as much as a motor that hasn't been stroked as far, but, it should make good torque.

As far as your dizzy and cam gears fighting, that's another matter likely related to the camshaft. Do you have a roller cam? Depending on your camshaft, you need to either use a steel or bronze gear (you may already know all of this), or there will be trouble...it all depends on the cam gear. Of course, the lash may not have been set right when the dizzy was installed, but thats less commonly a problem (in my extremely limited experience).

Anyway, if you haven't alreay attended, the local cobra group (NorCal Cobras) meets most 3rd Saturdays. A good group.

Once I get it back together I do plan on attending the Nor Cal events.