The new engine



I've lost enough sleep worrying about whether my engine was going to self destruct by using the stock harmonic balancer. So I ordered a new SFI spec Probe/Romac harmonic balancer from Houston Motorsports. I've talked to a number of people in the know that recommend rebalancing a balanced motor when swapping balancers, so that meant rebuilding the engine. While the engine was apart, I decided a few other parts should be changed. This included some forged Eagle H-beam rods, some new aluminum heads, a bigger cam, and more compression.
The parts list:

Engine
1972 Ford 351W block
1972 Ford crank
Probe harmonic balancer
Eagle H-beam rods
Clevite Tri-Metal bearings
Melling HV oil pump
ARP heavy duty oil pump driveshaft
Lunati/Taylor lightweight pistons with 4cc valve pockets
Speed Pro rings
Cloyes true roller timing chain
Crane custom ground solid lifter cam with the following specs: Heads
Edelbrock Victor Junior heads
Dynagear stainless steel 2.06/1.60 valves
Comp Cams double valve springs
Comp Cams machined retainers
ARP 7/16" rocker studs
Comp Cams guideplates
Comp Cams Pro-Magnum roller rockers
Trick Flow hardened 8.200" pushrods

Intake & Fuel
Edelbrock Victor Jr. intake
Demon 750 CFM Double Pumper carbureter
Holley "Blue" fuel pump
Summit 3/8" aluminum fuel line
Mallory 4309 return-type fuel pressure regulator
Cartech intank fuel pickup

Exhaust
BBK 1 3/4" 351W swap long tube headers
Custom 3" X pipe
Dynomax Race Magnum oval welded mufflers

Ignition
MSD distributor
Ford Motorsport plug wires
Crane PS91 coil
Crane Hi6 Ignition


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