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Hello, hope this helps you. 351 2v came with low compression heads smaller valves and a 2 barrel carb....a basic ok engine. You can run a 4 barrel carb with the 2v heads, suggest junkyard purchase, but edlebrock makes a nice manifold for which you can get a squarebore 4bbl just about anywhere. Dont get a huge cfm carb, no bigger than a 750 cfm and that is a bit too much if you have a standard cam setup. Eddlebrock and holley sell the attachment brackets for kickdown cables (which they sell seperately) and accelerator cable attachment.... they sell on line so being in France is just added shipping.Hello guys, I was advised to do this so...
Here's what I have right now :
72 Mustang Grande with 2V 351 Cleveland.
Autolite 2100 carburetor with no kick down link (there's a"vacuum link" only ? Dunno if it's the right word but it's the only link between the carb and the AT)
C4 automatic transmission
I thought in the first place I had a 4V 351C Cobra Jet. That's what the car VIN says (Q code Cleveland), but it appears it's a 2V due to previous owners who I guess changed the engine.
Here's what I'm waiting to receive/I just received :
Because I thought I had a 4V Cleveland, I ordered the following parts :
Ford 4V intake manifold that looks like this :
http://www.7173mustangs.com/gallery/798_13_08_11_2_22_07.jpeg
Old but working Holley 600 CFM square bore carb 1850-3 :
http://193.164.196.40/images/988/9880318114.jpg
http://193.164.196.60/images/986/9863271476.jpg
http://193.164.196.30/images/987/9871794795.jpg
It appears that the carb dimensions correspond to the intake manifold one (without needing an adaptator seal), so that's a great point (we measured).
Same for primaries and secondaries :
Intake primaries width : 40 mm
Intake secondaries width : 50 mm
Carburetor primaries AND secondaries width : 39 mm
So it should match in every point.
Problem is I have a 351C 2V engine... so the intake I just received should not match with the engine ?? I didn't "try" because I'm waiting for the carb to be shipped, and I also have to order some matching intake gaskets.
Someone from this forum told me that Edelbrock sell a special 4V intake manifold that allows you to put on a 2V Cleveland. Is this something I have to buy and use instead of my actual 4V intake that won't work ?
Questions are :
Is it possible to use a 4 barrels carb on a 2V engine ?
Am I forced to buy this Edelbrock special intake (4V intake for 2V engine) ?
What with the kickdown ?? Should I order a kickdown bracket ? Which ?
I currently have no kick down linkage from my Autolite 2V carb to the C4 transmission as I mentionned previously...
Here's what I want to do with this :
I want to get a bit more HP. It currently runs great with the Autolite carb but lacks a bit of punch when I need "more".
I use the car as a weekend car but I want it to run great though. No race, no dragster. I don't really mind about gas mileage in a certain limit.
What do you think of all that ? Is it a good idea to have a 4 barrel carb on a 2V Cleveland ? New intake to buy or it won't work ? What with the kick down ? Why I don't have that kick down thing right now in my engine ?
Beware that :
I'm in France so it's a bit of a mess to order parts here and there (really expensive shipping if I order from too much different stores).
Anyway I'm going to Montreal, CANADA on august 29 and stay there until september 16, now do you know great Mustang/Performance parts shops around Montreal ?
Thanks a lot, you guys rules :exclamation:
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