Scrubtik

Having a discusson with a few older farts & we can't seem to agree on whether the 302 Cleveland was available first, in the XW,XY or XA Falcon range.
We've been through the 351W-351C intro mid year of the XW series & sorted that out,but any help on this would be great
Greg

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from all info i have read, the last of the XW's were available with a clevo

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xd351ute

XW and XY were all 302 windsor. 302 clevo came out in the XA when Ford Aust started production of the Clevo.

Thunder Kiss

Scrub, I also think the 351c came out mid XW, but I don't think the 302c came out until the XA.

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Scrubtik

OK,Thanks mate.
So does it follow that the first,Geelong built,351c came out in the XA?

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OK,Thanks mate.

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Yep,the bell's are starting to ring again!
So when did the first Aussie(Geelong)built 351 Clevo appear?
Did'nt Moffat race an Aussie built 351c in his XYGTHO ? Maybe not....I seem to remember something about him heading back to the 'States for some development work with Ford!

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Tote

4v 351s were available in XB GTs, these were the american motor so Moffat would have been using an american engine. I would think that the aussie 351s would have come on line during the XAs as a 2v motor.
Regards,
Tote

xd351ute

Also only manuel XB GT's had the 4v motor. Auto XB GT's had the Aussie 2v motor. 2v being 2v heads. They had a 4 barrel carb.

paull

In other words;
US 351 4V motor from XW till mid (manual) XB range.
US 351 2V motor from XY/ZD till '74-'75 XB (Australia imported all of the US casting for the clevelands in 1974). I have a heap of XB/C blocks and they all have 'C' cast into them next to the oil pressure sender. I don't know whether or not these late 70's blocks were cast here with an un-changed cast from the US or Ford Oz were still using US imported blocks?? However, I have an '82 Falcon Nascar block with 'GF' (Geelong Foundry) cast next to the oil sender.
XA/ZF Fairlane had the first 302 2V engine. If you look at the casting numbers you will note that the 302 stuff (cranks, heads & rods) have AR as part of the prefix. Now, the question therein lies, was this stuff made here or in the US? Also, were the engines assembled here from US/Aussie or US/US gear, this, I don not know.

Hope I haven't given more questions than answers

paul