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Im building a 1971 Ford Torino 500 hardtop. It has a 302 2v Autolite 2100 carb completely stock engine with a C4 and a 9inch rear. I also have stock Iron cleveland 4v heads and the matching Iron 4v intake and just need a block. Im trying to decide to either run T/SA or U/SA with the 302 2V or G/SA or F/SA with the 351C I just need a block and a Holley 0-3310C or I could just build a footbrake bracket car. Im not really shur what direction I wanna go or what would make the most sense? I also have a Jim Paquet C4 4800 stall converter.
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Isn't that like the Starsky and Hutch car? Put a red stripe on it and make it the reverse paint job. Was the Torino available with the 429? Godd luck in what ever way you decide to go.
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If I'm right, your head numbers need to be
D0OE-B 302/140 D1AE-CB 351C/240 for stock.
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Exactly actually this car is pretty light at just around 3,000 ibs and thank you firesale anybody know who can build a badass Autolite 2100 carb?
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HP too high on the 302.. Should run under, but not a lot , without opening the wallet wide.
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So i looked in the guide. Is the 429 not considered a good combo at 350hp? Lots of compression big bore short stroke .500 lift cam.
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There are actually 3 different versions of the 429 4 barrel engine available in a 70 Torino. The base "Thunder jet" has the Autolite 4300 carb and standard heads , the Cobra Jet has a bigger hyd. cam, bigger valves and ports, and a Rochester Quadrajet (REALLY!), and the Super Cobra Jet has a solid lifter cam , the big heads, and a Holley 780. All the 4 barrel 429s had pretty high compression, and NHRA rolled the HP below factory a while back. A number of 71 Mustang Stockers are using the 429 SCJ engine, see no reason why the larger and heavier Torino couldn`t work too. But the 70-71 Torino is a pretty heavy car, I did not look at the Classification Guide, but a factory 429 70 Torino my buddy used to have was well over 4000 pounds with a skinny driver behind the wheel. The 351 Cleveland 4 barrel engine was also available, but he 70 had a smaller cam, and unless things have changed, are not able to use the big Holley carb the 71-72 351 C 4 barrel is allowed to run. With a 302 2 barrel, I doubt you could get the Torino light enough to get near the top of U/SA, let alone T.
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