Hey I have a 85 ford bronco with 351 and a body that is shot....I have a friend looking for bronco's in the Florida areia he has found one for a pretty good deal 160k miles mint....But it has a 302...im thinking with that much miles the engine wont last for a verry long time. So my question is if something go's wrong with the engine can I just use the 351 engine mounts to mount my 351 in the 85 bronco with a 302? If not what do I have to do to make the change? and how much will it cost?
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madmax
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as long as their both carb'd engines, it shoudn't be much of an issue, some of the linkages for the throttle might be different, but youve got the other truck for donor parts, I'd say pull the 351, rebuild it, and just set it aside, I've got plans somewhere for a plywood and 2x4 storage box for small block's, they move around easily enough with a decent hand truck. then he can just run the 302 till it's just barley hanging on.
/emoticons/broncotough
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im not 100% sure but the 302 and smaller engines have only a single shock mount. where as 351s have a dual shock. i have the 302 single shock, i plan on swaping to the dual shock to handle more abuse
broncotough
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as far as ive seen ive never seen a dual shock (up front) on anything smaller then a 351. i was thinking it was for the extra weight. im probably wrong. i wish i had the dual shock setup
madmax
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the dual shocks would probably help with the extra weight, but it's only 50 lbs i think
I had 2 302's with quad shocks. and my buddies 300 6 has quad shocks. I think it was just part of the package when ordered. Some guys must have ordered without for whatever reason
Shadow_D
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You are almost correct...
If the 351 is injected and the 302 is carbed you can still use the 351 BUT you will need to change the intake to a carbed setup. other than that it should work fine.
