v8 headers?

[louiethelouper]

looking into buying a 351 for a td cortina not sure wat type i need windsor or clevo??? got the mounths price from the rod shop now just trying 2 figure out if standard extractors fix on em in the td.

any1 got any suggestions?

[JG65TE]

not really sure what u are asking here mate, i will try to answer ........ I lobbbed a cleveland into a cortina a while back, had to push the firewall back a couple of inches. xa - xc extractors fitted without a drama.even the sump was ok. I can only assume a windsor would go in just as easy if not easier....... does that help ?

Cheers Doc

[321Go]

A Windsor is much much easier in a TD. And more room for a 'proper' extractor.

[louiethelouper]

hey guys yee well i have herd its card 2 get extractors in em apparently i had to get them custom made.....i have bought the mounts for the v8. so i guess winsdor is the much as u guys are saying do i go 302 or 351???

[JG65TE]

02 or a 51 make no difference size wise mate, if u want engineers , i would hazard a guess u would only get a 302 engineered, im doin a capri right now for some stupid reason.......... and the engineer wouldnt allow a 351. if u just wanna take it bangin down the strip, do what u like . If money is a option like it is for most of us, use cast iron manifolds, a decent zorst man will be able to do a system to utilise them without the 1000 bucks cost of a set of custom headers. as for custom mounts, the corry i did, i just weled a plate across the originals and bolted the stock clevo engine plates to. custom nothing. ever since hadfield sold up.................. the new blokes are meh....

[louiethelouper]

well i guess now i got the engine mounts so do with make do i guess....but appreciated ur help.....u know anything about diffs??? should i keep the original td diff will it hold lets say i do put a 302 with a cam 351 heads and a decent holley would it hold???? i gotta do brakes coz the corty brakes r ****!!!

[JG65TE]

if u dont dump it, the diff will hold for a while, it will have to be done eventually tho. a cheap way would be a v8 borg warner out of around xd era. may be a touch wide tho ?? anyone ? . as for brakes, like they say if ya gunna make it go, ya gotta make it stop.

[louiethelouper]

ye thats rite been looking at brakes.....found some places that do them but not sure if they do 4 or 5 stud conversion.......then another issue tyre size wanna keep the original 13's with the hubcaps and whitewalls sleeper style

[Les]

Td Te and XF falcon diffs are the same width and both coil suspension shouldn't be too hard to just swap centres and axles
Les

[JG65TE]

i would hazard a guess if u do a brake upgrade u will not be able to keep 13" wheels mate. 14" at a push, maybe even require 15". 13s are way off the mark.

[louiethelouper]

ye i know they are off the mark but will see how we go i guess!!! now another question the cortina has been sitting for about a year.....took it for a drive the other day and my back breaks dont work at all what could be the reason front brakes work!!

[JG65TE]

1. The rear slaves went to heaven ?
2. low fluid ?
3. need a bleed ?

[louiethelouper]

fluid is full so maybe slaves or bleed but handbrake works fine haha ye ill muck around with it today gonna try get some photos up....i need a 302 windsor u recomend anywhere 2 look going to rebuild it so doesnt matter if it works?

[JG65TE]

u melbourne ? might have a spare here. handbrake always gunna work , cable ....

[louiethelouper]

ye i am in melbourne much help would be appreciated

[colz.b]

hay mate did ya end up puting a v8 in the cordy?