Poll: King of the Ford V8's

[Fryday]

Decisions, Decisions.... I said Clevo cause I love the one that's in my XY and there's no chance of a change but I'm sure a 427 or a big block would do the job just nicely

[69XW]

Poll results say it all really.The cleveland at full noise,sounds like the end of the world is approaching.What a sweet sweet sound.....

[loxxr6]

The 1968-1997 "385" Big Block 429/460/512 gets my vote. It was my first engine choice when I had my XB coupe.

[Des]

I voted with my head, FE Gen II 427/428
Not my heart, Flathead, either a triple carbed Offenhauser or blown, mmmm '32 roadster mmmm.

[Falcon Coupe]

Sinéad O'Connor said it all in her song dedicated to the 351 Cleveland.
"Nothing compares to you"

[Des]

Originally Posted by Falcon Coupe

Sinéad O'Connor said it all in her song dedicated to the 351 Cleveland.
"Nothing compares to you"

Now there's a man in love....

[smciner1]

351 4V Cleveland (tm).

[Auslandau]

351C......I have one and I like it. Not much else to say!



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[nugget378]

Cleveland for me,best aussie made engine ever out:

[Group C]

I'm a Windsor man, thru and thru, so I'd have an original 69-70 Boss 302, even tho they had Cleveland heads, which we all know made 1 of the best V8's ever conceived.

[YOOT]

The absolute king would be the 238ci turbo charge 6 that is currently making all blue over bent eights looks lactluster. :

[Falcon Coupe]

Originally Posted by YOOT

The absolute king would be the 238ci turbo charge 6 that is currently making all blue over bent eights looks lactluster. :

I must have missed that one in the list :

[Sourbastard]

Originally Posted by YOOT

The absolute king would be the 238ci turbo charge 6 that is currently making all blue over bent eights looks lactluster. :

Maybe you should vote for the Flathead. It certainly describes you accurately.

[YOOT]

Originally Posted by sourbastard

Maybe you should vote for the Flathead. It certainly describes you accurately.

Its alright mate, I'd be ИИИИed off too! Lucky though I'm not a V8 owner LOL! :

[Sourbastard]

Originally Posted by YOOT

Lucky though I'm not a V8 owner LOL! :

817 hp @ 6,500 rpm at the fly wheel from a naturally aspirated carburetted 385 series big block at the JEG Engine Masters Comp.

Pull the hair dryer off your six, then see how well you pull against it with your taxi motor.

[4Vman]

Originally Posted by sourbastard

817 hp @ 6,500 rpm at the fly wheel from a naturally aspirated carburetted 385 series big block at the JEG Engine Masters Comp.

Pull the hair dryer off your six, then see how well you pull against it with your taxi motor.

And the Big block could probably run all day @6500 rpm, where as the boosted taxi donk would probably handranade after half an hr at full throttle...! :

[Gammaboy]

Originally Posted by YOOT

Its alright mate, I'd be ИИИИed off too! Lucky though I'm not a V8 owner LOL! :

240rwkw in 1920kg is nothing to write home about mate. Try 300rwkw in a 1500kg car.

Just remember, throw some boost on an 8 and you won't see which way they went. /me points at "OVA 800", John White's twin turbo 408 windsor in a 67 Mustang.
Boost + Cubes >>>> You.

[Gammaboy]

Originally Posted by Gammaboy

240rwkw in 1920kg is nothing to write home about mate. Try 300rwkw in a 1500kg car.

Just remember, throw some boost on an 8 and you won't see which way they went. /me points at "OVA 800", John White's twin turbo 408 windsor in a 67 Mustang.
Boost + Cubes >>>> You.

Sorry, mental block, its Marty White's car....

[Steffo]

Originally Posted by YOOT

The absolute king would be the 238ci turbo charge 6 that is currently making all blue over bent eights looks lactluster. :

It's a bit bigger then that... *cough* 243ci *cough*

[YOOT]

Originally Posted by Steffo

It's a bit bigger then that... *cough* 243ci *cough*

243.97ci to be more precise! I rounded the figures a bit much.

[Steffo]

Originally Posted by YOOT

243.97ci to be more precise! I rounded the figures a bit much.

243.97? How'd you come up with that?

3984cc = 242.926829268292682926829268.... ci

[Bossxr8]

Originally Posted by YOOT

The absolute king would be the 238ci turbo charge 6 that is currently making all blue over bent eights looks lactluster. :

There's always one. You got that turbo ****er bit right though.

[coyote]

1991 onwards : why not consider the variants available in this Mellinium????

[Sourbastard]

Originally Posted by coyote

1991 onwards : why not consider the variants available in this Mellinium????

I hate to break this to you, but your state of the art modular was designed over a decade ago after a billion dollars worth of investment from Ford US.

[flappist]

Originally Posted by YOOT

The absolute king would be the 238ci turbo charge 6 that is currently making all blue over bent eights looks lactluster. :

What a ridiculous post.

You can't compare the Barra/Copperhead turbocharged DVCT inline six against the might power and history of the Ford V8s

That is a silly as comparing IRS against the best leaf spring rear suspension, or Yokahama ADVAN 103s against the best cross ply tyres or direct port injection against the best carburettors.
Technology always advances but if there were never clevos or windsors then there would not now be I6Ts and we would all probably be driving FWD 3 cylinder slothmobiles......

The Ford V8s have a magnificent history and should be treated with the respect they deserve............

[4Vman]

Dont get me wrong, i love the BOSS 302 but ive allways wanted to know why everyone generally accepts that the BOSS 302 was an awesome engine (which it was) because of the Big port 4V heads yet some people bag the 4V headed 351 cleveland because the heads are basically the same big port 4V's???!!!
The 351C is bigger in capacity so it should suit the heads better than the 302!!
Got to love myths and "urban" truths.....

[Group C]

Originally Posted by 4Vman

Dont get me wrong, i love the BOSS 302 but ive allways wanted to know why everyone generally accepts that the BOSS 302 was an awesome engine (which it was) because of the Big port 4V heads yet some people bag the 4V headed 351 cleveland because the heads are basically the same big port 4V's???!!!
The 351C is bigger in capacity so it should suit the heads better than the 302!!
Got to love myths and "urban" truths.....

Agreed, but coming from a circuit racing background all my life, I tend to look past outright capacities and look at the overall package, including WEIGHT.
You'd have to agree that the Cleveland (in original form, not aftermarket alloy) is a heavy bugger.
Moffat proved that when he swapped the Boss 302 in his Mustang for the Cleveland out of his Super Falcon in the early 70's and found it totally changed the car's handling, for the worse.

I'd have had Clevo's in the past, and my old man club races 1 down here these days in his 82 Dick Johnson 'Red Roo Pipe' replica, but I just prefer the light weight, revvy little Windsor is all.

[Boss 330]

I reckon my boss is the king of all V8's,

Only joking, my vote goes to the mighty clevo!!

[Gammaboy]

As much as I love my Clevo, my vote goes to the 385 series block, stroked and poked to 500+ cubes and fitted with Ford Motorsport A442 SuperSwirl Boss 429 style heads. Serious Ownage of any other Ford V8 in terms of sheer horsepower.
{edit}
OK, 1969/1970 Boss 429 to clarify.

[AUIII XR8 MAN]

I like the Cleveland.