I just bought an xf with a v8 conversion. the guy said its a 302 stroker however i forgot to ask if its a windsor or a clevo. How can you tell the two apart?
i think it could still be a clevo stroked to a 351 using crank, easyest way i tell is where the top radiator hose goes into: inlet manifold = windsor, engine block = clevo
This is one easy way...another is count the valve cover bolts. 6 for a Windsor, 8 for a Cleveland. Another is to look at the fuel pump. A Windsor has horizontal bolts, a Cleveland has vertical bolts. Another is the exhaust manifold bolts. A Windsor has horizontal bolts, a Cleveland has staggered top/bottom diagonal bolts.
The easiest way is actually to drive it. The Cleveland will have a bunch of power and the Winnie-sore will be a dog with fleas! <grin>
Right. The last of the Windsors was in the early XW's when they changed over to the Clevelands partway thru that model.
Of course, the Windsors were re-introduced into the EB thru to AUIII.
If you want to see what a real tough Clevo can make, buy the latest edition of Performance Ford mag. The McSweeney brothers had a Clevo making nearly 2000Hp with a Whipple supercharger @ 17% underdriven making 32psi in an EB falcon replica that ran 6.89 @ 192mph from a Nacar 4 bolt mains block
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