Ford 351 Cleveland Eng: HTB for Max Perf: How to Build for Max Performance

This is one of the newest books available that exclusively covers the Ford 335 Series of Small Block Ford V-8’s which includes the legendary 351 Cleveland along with the basic emissions restricted 351-M and the largest factory cubic inch displacement engine based on the 351-C and with loads of performance potential from the aftermarket, the Ford 400.During my 40 years of involvement with competition Clevelands I’ve read many publications about the 351-C. Most of them generally covered the factory performance Clevelands with production statistics and part numbers with an occasional performance build using aftermarket parts. This publication is from S-A Design as part of their excellent “Performance How To” series and in my opinion, the very best available. The well known author George Reid calls upon his decades of Ford performance experience and shares it in this book.It covers Building Basics in Chapter 1 and with each sequential chapter, it progressively gets more detailed with essential technical information about each component or sub-system of components specific to Cleveland engines. The more involved technical details are presented in an easy to follow way that’s suitable for novice and experienced builders alike. Factory part numbers and descriptions are provided for components that can be used in performance builds without the unnecessary clutter of undesirable parts. Naturally there’s plenty of information provided about the latest aftermarket performance components for Clevelands ranging from alloy cylinder heads to modern blocks that look almost identical to the original production blocks but without the technical problems found back in the seventies when using them in 10,000 rpm Pro Stock builds. Stroker rotating assemblies are also discussed briefly including details about the recommended “safe” limitations of cylinder overbores when using the standard production blocks featuring the “thin wall” casting design that was used for producing lighter blocks from the Cleveland foundry.Aftermarket American production blocks are also mentioned for the ultimate Cleveland Small Block builds. With names like “Titus” and “Track Boss”, these blocks are available in special iron alloy or aluminum and builds featuring the newest alloy Cleveland heads that are also discussed in the book, Small Block Clevelands with close to 500 cubic inch capacity are now possible when used with the components currently available.This Ford 351 Cleveland Engines book was printed in 2013 and the information it provides is still very fresh and current.Chapter 11 titled Power Builds is the final chapter. It features the wealth of information contained in this book and puts it to good use with six professionals building 351C and 400 engines conservatively for street use on available U.S. pump gasoline. Despite the fact that a couple of these builders have assembled Clevelands that have exceeded the 1000 horsepower level in naturally aspirated builds without power adders, the dyno tests published in this book are listed as 400 horsepower, 500 horsepower and 600 horsepower. The 600 hp build is a nice streetable 408 Cleveland stroker that spun the Dyno to 675 horsepower at 7000 rpm’s and 571 pounds of torque at 5000 rpm’s.The Ford 400 was never intended to be a performance engine as produced by Ford. It’s commonly referred to as a “boat anchor” and gets very little respect. But with a stock bottom end rebuild using forged Cleveland pistons and upgraded heads, intake manifold and carburetor, this particular 400 boat anchor managed an impressive 568 hp and 542 pounds of torque on the dyno ! Checkout all of the builds in this very detailed Cleveland engine book by S-A Design. I’ve included a couple of photos of my Cleveland in the ‘70 Mach 1 and a couple more from my copy of this impressive book.

It's a great book , going to rebuild the 351 C engine in my 1970 mustang mach 1. A lot of very good information, I'll save money and time using the information in the book. Very happy.

Book is great for increasing performance from Ford Cleveland motors

A lot of good background on the Cleveland, a lot of specific information about the engine, and some helpful build tips, has head flow charts among brands and all kinds of stuff, really good book used it in my motor build and I’m extremely happy with the motor and the book itself

I'm not an engine builder but I've owned a 351c for 20 years. I feel this book is more high level than technical. It has a lot of good information about factory and aftermarket components. It covers a lot of the aftermarket parts that are available with specs and comparisons. It touches a lot of things to consider during a Cleveland build as far as part selection goes. If you're new to the world of Cleveland motors, this book is very good to get you up to speed. If you've read other Cleveland books, searched for 351c parts, read forums to find the best combinations, you probably won't learn much from this book. However the book summarizes aftermarket parts very good, including stroker motors, heads, and fuel injection. The visual illustrations are also very good and enjoyable to look at.I knocked off a star because I was expecting more technical information on building performance 351 Clevelands. Half of the sample builds at the end of the book were for the 400 Cleveland. Those were still greats reads, in fact the 400 builds went through quite a few variations swapping cam, intake, carb, with multiple dyno runs. I would have liked to have seen this much work on the 351c builds, or more 351c sample builds. There was some part swapping for the 351c, but nothing like was done for the 400. The end of the book left me feeling it should be called "Ford 400 for Max Performance", but it probably wouldn't have sold as goodOverall it is a good book. I'm glad we have a modern book on Clevelands and I'm happy to add it to my collection.

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Being a mechanic for twenty plus years I knew most of the material already... It would definitely help the novice out about the history and selection of parts for the Cleveland style engines.

This new book is by far the best book on the 351c & 400m engines. If your looking to get the most performance out of these engines this book is a must. This book shows several different setups for several different applications. It shows you what parts you need to buy for either a street strip or full out racing. It has helped me plan a 408 stoker street/strip Cleveland worthy of 500+ hp & trq.

The product was as described and delivered on time as promised.

Das Buch erklärt die Technik des Motors gut. Tuningteile die es am Markt gibt werden einschätzbar. An einigen Stellen wäre mehr Präzision wünschenswert. Meines Erachtens das beste Buch für den 351C am Markt.

a good read with lots of information on the 351c engine type

Modern updated info on 351 Cleveland engine.

I had a 400 M professionally built and it was quite helpful.