[DeTomaso] Auction results

[doug351c]

Actually I think you're both part right.

Those are definitely 351C style heads but without the rear oil sender it has
to be either a 351W or an SVO block which is a Windsor-Cleveland hybrid that
uses a 351C crank but with a 351W oiling system, oil pan and front aluminum
cover.  This engine appears to have the 0.3" shorter deck height of a 351C
so I'm betting it's an SVO block that's been decked to the 351C height and
thus is using a 351C type intake.  That's why the intake's covering of the
block's rear valley rail doesn't quite match up (see how it hangs over the
rail?).  This is because the SVO uses the rail of the 351W which is a
reverse "S" of the 351C.  This means they had to add (heliarc) material to
the front and rear of the intake to get it to seal.

Doug Braun
blue 73L 35505

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[mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On Behalf Of Larry Finch
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 6:12 AM
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Subject: [DeTomaso] Auction results

That's definitely a 351C, with an Edelbrock Torker manifold....
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Mike, are you referring to the auction car, red in color, with the Ford blue
engine block and heads?

 If that is a Cleveland - link to the photo here:

http://tinyurl.com/auction-Torker

Then where is the oil sender boss at the rear of the block?

The intake is for a Windsor.

Edelbrock Torker photos here:

http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=28719

Larry - not an engine geek, but I know when something doesn't jive