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[savage_beast]

hey all i'm slowly getting some cash together for a project car.

my end goal is to have a 351 clevo stroker set-up preferably in a xf/xg ford.
i've heard a few hints about if the vehicle after a certain year the motor would have to run on lpg or fuel injected due to emission laws is this true and if so what is the cutoff year?

i would also consider doing the same conversion in a ea/b can this be done and still be licensed i.e have an engineers report?

any help on this matter will be appreciated.

and yes i know the cost's will be high but this project will be spread over 3-5 years

[D3FEKT]

Love the Clevo's,
From what i am aware Only the first year of XF's were able to be licensed with a Clevo in it, After that you would have to Run Dedicated lpg or yes Fuel Inject it and jump through all kinds of hoops to get it registered.

[BigSteve]

The sound you get from a 351 with a few good bits and big carby is orgasmic. The costs will be worth it. I miss my 51's.
But to the point, I think if your car is 1976+ it needs a catalytic convertor and it should be ok.

Please anyone correct me if I am wrong.

This post has been edited by BigSteve: 28 July 2010 - 08:53 PM

[gambino]

pretty sure as long as it make less emissions than the standard engine in the car at the time of car in question of manufacture youll be able to register it.

[BigSteve]

http://www.infrastru...t/emission.aspx

Hopefully this will be handy

Emission control to get a "Registration" "Before you throw the real exhaust back on"

[BigSteve]

One big over-use of quotation marks in my previous post Yeah?

[Boosted Camster]

to my knowledge if there is no cat on the std car then you dont have to put one on. pretty sure all the XF's had cats - so you would have to go pre XF to get away without cat etc. As far as engineering goes if you put an engine into a car that is not the std one then you need a engineers certificate to get it passed as 'legal'. If you get a car with a 51 in it as std then your all good:-)

[el97monty]

the pre september 1986 xf,s ran on super so no cat,i have the same problem my xf ute is late 86 so it came out with unleaded fuel and a cat converter,which has put a hold on my cleveland project for the ute!!

[meat]

yeah if theres no cat converter then chances are youl l need the good ol' charcoal cannister lol.

im building a 393 clevo for my xc at the moment, and nice choice, cant beat the sound of old school v8. and you dont need to spend a billion bucks tuning computers every time you change a spark plug lol.

if you can afford an extra $2k then id recommend the stroke. because at the end of the day, the blocks are essentially the same size, and no inpector or insurance company will ever pull apart the engine to check that its not actually the 393/428 etc inside the 302/351 block ;)


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[el97monty]

meat, on 29 July 2010 - 04:03 PM, said:

yeah if theres no cat converter then chances are youl l need the good ol' charcoal cannister lol.

im building a 393 clevo for my xc at the moment, and nice choice, cant beat the sound of old school v8. and you dont need to spend a billion bucks tuning computers every time you change a spark plug lol.

if you can afford an extra $2k then id recommend the stroke. because at the end of the day, the blocks are essentially the same size, and no inpector or insurance company will ever pull apart the engine to check that its not actually the 393/428 etc inside the 302/351 block ;)


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sorry to be off topic but that engine is f@#$ing awesome meat,i agree you cant beat the sound of a worked cleveland!! :notworthy:

[savage_beast]

cheers guys so i'd need to preferably look for a pre 86 xf.

and yes meat i was looking at spending the extra coin to get the few extra cubes needed to keep me happy. :whistling:

now time to start looking for a pre 86 xf?

[ebgt184]

Go LPG have done it lots of times and got 460 bigblocks Lic in late mod cars

[Boosted Camster]

heres some mate :)

http://cgi.ebay.com....=item27b39f818e

but htis one is better:-)

http://cgi.ebay.com....=item3caf953a64

[ebgt184]

onya CAM the red one the go :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

This post has been edited by ebgt184: 01 August 2010 - 09:48 AM

[savage_beast]

Boosted Camster, on 01 August 2010 - 09:44 AM, said:

heres some mate :)

http://cgi.ebay.com....=item27b39f818e

but htis one is better:-)

http://cgi.ebay.com....=item3caf953a64

yeah thats definatley the go cam. and price wise that aint too bad. something similar to want i want to achieve.

[savage_beast]

ebgt184, on 01 August 2010 - 09:32 AM, said:

Go LPG have done it lots of times and got 460 bigblocks Lic in late mod cars

what would be the latest model car that you think could be done in with not too many
hassles?

[EF-XRAN]

Dedicated LPG means you can keep the carby and I'd have a cat converter on standby for an emissions test with a removable exhaust piece.

That's what I'm going to do to my XG when money permits anyway, although it'll be going over as a "302" so have to change my rocker covers haha