what a nice place...qualicum...are you selling the` rear end outa that?

when you are looking at the 351 c heads on the mill thats now in your mustang there will be a 2 or a 4 casted into the head below the valve cover near the head bolts that will tell you if you have 2 or 4 bbl heads,, the 351 could be a good core for someones project.

good score, not that i have much to do with Fords, but the 429 in the big trucks can easily be adapted for cars unlike GM or cryco products, block is the same, steel crank internally balanced, most guys dont realize this, and they are cheap to boot .

cheetah 427 wrote:

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cool car, i have a red with black int R code 1971 boss 351 ram air 391 gears its all stock 11.7:1 comp solid lifter 4spd mag 500 wheels ..... i have collected and restored fords since i was 15, i have tons of fast fords boss 302's, shelbys, mach1's, 427 side oilers, 428cj and 428scj's ...... if you need parts i can hook you up with great parts guys, when getting the marti report get the deluxe one it comes with door stickers and you can get the orig invoice for your car as well, good luck with the resto and great find.

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        I also have a grabber green R code 1971 Boss 351 and need parts,  can you hook me up????? Len

427carl wrote:

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looks like we need a   Ford love fest section

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Should do something, one of my Pontiacs had a factory Dearborn 3 speed transmission. The early SD cars had hood scoops off Ford trucks and the Mach 1 Mustang in this thread had a factory Quadrajet carburetor. I think they are related. :) 

427carl wrote:

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 You better get around the other side Carl,you keep smashing him in the guts,eventually you will get sprayed

trucker wrote:

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427carl wrote:

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 You better get around the other side Carl,you keep smashing him in the guts,eventually you will get sprayed

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 How did you know which one is Carl? Lol

You know, for the 1971 Mustangs the Boss 351 and 429 SCJ ran just about even to each other. The Boss 351 was lighter up front so the car would hook better, plus it was radical and would wail. It also had less friction due to the smaller displacement. The Boss 351 was rated at 330 gross h.p. but really was good for about 360 horses peak. The 429 was more of a torque monster, although in SCJ form they were something special, especially with the Factory Drag Pack. The 429 was of the 385-series family of Ford engines, which also include the 460. 427s & 428s are of the FE-series family that started in 1958 and ran from 332, 352, 360/361, 390, 406 & 427 specials, 410 (U.S. Merc) & 428.

A point about the Cleveland heads, the 2-barrel version was actually better on the average street-driven car because the valve size was more appropriate for maintaining intake charge velocity than the large valves on the 4-barrel version. This runs counter to the situation with your typical small block Chevy, which in nearly any case, larger valves are more desirable. The large valve, 4-barrel Cleveland 351 was very successful in NASCAR once the restrictor plates were used on Boss 429s & 426 Hemis to allow others to compete.

I have generally been a little lukewarm on the 1971-73 Mustangs compared to the 69/70 versions unless they were exceptionally clean, were the high performance versions or convertibles. Yours is a special car though, and it deserves to be brought back. I will say Nice Score!