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351W Project

From 1992 Ford Bronco “Big '92”, documented by Jeremy Millrood.

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1992 Ford Bronco - 5.8 E40d EEC 1992 Ford Bronco - Upper and lower intake for my 351W swap. I'm going to get a dremel and do a little bit of work on the lower intake. 1992 Ford Bronco - Exhaust manifolds for 5.8W swap. These are probably going to switched out in favor of BBK shorty headers. P/N BBK-35110 1992 Ford Bronco - Rebuilt 19lbs injectors for my 351W swap. 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a dusty engine bay showing a black round air cleaner housing, corroded metal components, and multiple black rubber vacuum hoses… 1992 Ford Bronco - Engine bay view of a Ford Bronco showing a dusty V8 engine with intake manifold, radiator hoses, wiring, and a black oil filler cap labeled… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a REMAN engine control module (EEC-IV EFI-SOA8B) label showing part number F2TF-12A650-MC, code X2Z2, and a barcode. 1992 Ford Bronco - The 351 on the ground in my garage, it will sit here until I get around to putting it up on an engine stand. 1992 Ford Bronco - A V-engine removed from the vehicle, viewed from above, showing an aluminum intake manifold, a black oil-filler cap, a belt-driven A/C comp… 1992 Ford Bronco - As you can see the motor is filthy, the water pump, distributor, and pretty much everything will need to be replaced. 1992 Ford Bronco - TFI is mounted on the dist, not a good thing, since they are prone to heat soak. Scored one for $50 bucks with a remote mounted TFI. 1992 Ford Bronco - Water pump and brackets removed. 1992 Ford Bronco - Upper intake removed. Looks like something made a nest in there, probably a rat, or someother kind of rodent. 1992 Ford Bronco - The starter looks a lot bigger than the one on my 302, could be an aftermarket high torque one. 1992 Ford Bronco - Stock distributor with the earlier style TFI mounted to it. Since my Bronco has the TFI mounted on the fire wall, I'll need to go with a di… 1992 Ford Bronco - The intake plenum was dirty but not filthy. 1992 Ford Bronco - A dusty V-configuration engine block sitting on a workbench with an intake manifold featuring multiple round ports centered on top; surface… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a cylinder head with the valve cover removed, showing the rocker arms, valve springs, and pushrods with visible grease, rust, a… 1992 Ford Bronco - Lower intake manifold removed. 1992 Ford Bronco - Heads removed. 1992 Ford Bronco - Rear view of an engine block resting on a wooden pallet, showing the bare bellhousing area with a bolted-on flywheel/flexplate cover and ru… 1992 Ford Bronco - (Update) This whole is a normal part of the block casting process and will not harm the engine in any way. Not sure what this hole is from… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of two engine cylinder bores in an aluminum block or head, with the right piston crown visible showing carbon buildup, discolorati… 1992 Ford Bronco - Stock 351 heads. I'll be reusing this, although they will have new springs installed. 1992 Ford Bronco - Finally have it on a engine crane, I don't think the stand I have is sturdy enough. 1992 Ford Bronco - A rusty engine block sits on an orange engine stand or lift arms in a garage, with a chain hoist attached to its lifting eye. In the backgr… 1992 Ford Bronco - The timing chain cover came off, but the harmonic balancer needs to be pulled before that will come off. 1992 Ford Bronco - An engine block hangs suspended from an orange hydraulic engine hoist (cherry picker) with a chain, sitting in a cluttered garage. The grea… 1992 Ford Bronco - This is not the way to mount the engine to the engine stand. Notice the bolts are bending they need to be shimmed out with washers and use… 1992 Ford Bronco - Removing the valve spring, got this tool at Discount for $20 bucks. 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up macro of an engine valve spring being compressed by a spring compressor tool, showing the coiled spring, retainer, and valve keepe… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of an engine cylinder head component showing a valve spring, retainer and rocker arm area, with a metal probe or tool touching the… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a disassembled cylinder head showing valve springs, valve stems, and combustion chamber ports, with cast numbers (2, 4) visible… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a cylinder head or engine block casting showing a valve assembly, with pliers gripping a valve spring retainer or keeper during… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a cylinder head with a valve spring removed, showing the exposed valve stem protruding through the guide and an adjacent valve… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a cylinder head combustion chamber showing intake and exhaust valves, with a round plastic cap or plug covering one port. The m… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a metal engine cylinder head surface showing valve seats, spring seats, and bolt holes, with hand-written markings '3-2' and '3… 1992 Ford Bronco - Disassembled engine valvetrain components laid out on a shop rag, with red labels identifying the spring retainer, valve seal, spring washe… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of an engine block front with the timing cover removed, showing the timing chain connecting the camshaft sprocket and crankshaft g… 1992 Ford Bronco - This is the proper way to shim the block on the engine stand. The block is now tightly pulled up to the stand. 1992 Ford Bronco - Front face of an engine block with the timing cover removed, showing the camshaft gear/thrust plate area and the crankshaft snout protrudin… 1992 Ford Bronco - 351 Timing Chain 1992 Ford Bronco - Cam removal. 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a camshaft being installed or removed from an engine block or cylinder head, with visible lobes and journals. A gloved hand sup… 1992 Ford Bronco - Cam bearing will have to be removed by the machine shop. I just don't have the tools to get this done. 1992 Ford Bronco - oil pump 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of an engine block's main bearing saddles with the crankshaft removed, showing several main bearing bores, upper bearing shells, a… 1992 Ford Bronco - A disassembled V-configuration engine block sits upside down on a workbench, showing four pistons at various heights within the cylinder bo… 1992 Ford Bronco - Repainted upper intake 1992 Ford Bronco - Engine back from machine shop bored .40 over. 1992 Ford Bronco - A V8 engine block painted blue, viewed from above with the cylinder heads removed, showing eight bare cylinder bores and the freshly machin… 1992 Ford Bronco - Still need cam, lifters and timing chain. 1992 Ford Bronco - New parts for the engine, motor mounts, waterpump, timing chain, tensioner pulley and fuel pressure regulator. 1992 Ford Bronco - Installed new Melling oil pump. 1992 Ford Bronco - Cleaned the old T/B, polished the butterflys and hit it with a couple fo coats of paint. 1992 Ford Bronco - Lower intake was in good shape cleaned it up and painted it as well. 1992 Ford Bronco - Painted the alternator bracket, timing chain cover and valve covers as well. 1992 Ford Bronco - Got my heads back decided I would knock out the head gaskets. Bought Felpro, they are clearly marked with a Front imprint on the gasket, ma… 1992 Ford Bronco - An engine block sits on a stand with four aluminum pistons visible at top dead center through the deck, topped with a blue Fel-Pro head gas… 1992 Ford Bronco - Top-down view of a bare V8 engine block painted blue with a freshly installed cast-iron cylinder head, showing assembled valve springs, ret… 1992 Ford Bronco - A freshly rebuilt V8 engine block painted bright Ford blue, viewed from the side showing one cylinder head with valve springs and retainers… 1992 Ford Bronco - Both heads installed. Make sure you follow the torquing sequence on the head bolts. Always start in the middle. 1992 Ford Bronco - A freshly rebuilt V8 engine block painted Ford blue, mounted on an engine stand with cylinder heads installed showing exposed valve springs… 1992 Ford Bronco - Now that the heads are on, I decided to put the intake gaskets in place, since they will need to set up. 1992 Ford Bronco - The Felpro kit instructs you to run a 1/16th inch bead along this cork gasket and to put a drop a each corner where it meets with the intak… 1992 Ford Bronco - New fuel pressure regulator, I'm using the fuel rail from a '94 P/U so the design is different, much easier to access. 1992 Ford Bronco - The manual calls for you to lightly oil the o-ring to help with installation of the injector..Even with the oil, it was still a chore getti… 1992 Ford Bronco - Bolted the upper intake to the lower. 1992 Ford Bronco - View from the top. The hardest bolt is the center one on the upper intake that uses a torx bit. You'll need to get creative with your exten… 1992 Ford Bronco - Bolted up the throttle body, used a new gasket. 1992 Ford Bronco - Everything all together, still need an EGR, and a new IAC. 1992 Ford Bronco - Crane cam P/N CRN 444-232 ordered from Summit. 1992 Ford Bronco - They left the cam lube out, so I bought this at NAPA. 1992 Ford Bronco - Lubed the cam thoroughly and installed it into the block rotating it as I pushed it in. 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of the front of a blue engine block with the timing cover removed, exposing the camshaft snout, front gasket surface, and timing g… 1992 Ford Bronco - Installed the cam retainer 1992 Ford Bronco - Now the lifters. 1992 Ford Bronco - They went in easy enough. 1992 Ford Bronco - Time for the push rods and the rocker arms. 1992 Ford Bronco - Tighten the rocker arms to 35 - 50 ft lbs. The valve train is now done. 1992 Ford Bronco - Now to install the timing gears and chain. 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of an engine timing chain assembly with the front cover removed, showing the camshaft sprocket marked '5612' driving a chain down… 1992 Ford Bronco - cam eccentric for mechanical fuel pump 1992 Ford Bronco - This did not need to go on my motor. 1992 Ford Bronco - Front view of a freshly rebuilt Ford V8 engine block painted blue with a bare aluminum timing cover, front crankshaft seal, and a cast mark… 1992 Ford Bronco - Rear view of an engine block painted Ford blue, sitting on an engine stand with a bare aluminum oil pan installed and the rear main seal ho… 1992 Ford Bronco - At this point I should have replaced the harmonic balancer. The rubber inside the one from the factory was shot and several years later wou… 1992 Ford Bronco - water pump on with new hardware. added note: spend the money on a quality water pump, motorcraft preferably. 1992 Ford Bronco - Laid a thick bead of RTV to seat the lower intake. 1992 Ford Bronco - seated the lower intake. 1992 Ford Bronco - lower intake seated torque the bolts down to 18 ft lbs. 1992 Ford Bronco - Two Stant boxes for auto cooling parts sit on a workbench: a blue-and-yellow thermostat box marked '13008' and a white box for a water outl… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a freshly painted blue engine block with the intake manifold removed, showing the exposed valvetrain (rocker arms and valve spr… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a freshly rebuilt V8 cylinder head with exposed rocker arms and valve springs, topped by an aluminum intake with a fuel rail an… 1992 Ford Bronco - A freshly rebuilt Ford V8 engine block, painted Ford blue with polished aluminum valve covers, timing cover, and water pump, sitting on an… 1992 Ford Bronco - Top-down view of a freshly rebuilt Ford V8 engine with silver-painted valve covers bearing the Ford oval logo, an intake valley showing the… 1992 Ford Bronco - Mounting the alternator bracket, with new grade 8 hardware. The spot for the smog pump will be vacant as I'm eliminating it for this build. 1992 Ford Bronco - Couldn't find any decent pulleys so I decided to just clean mine up, they were rusty. Used the wire wheel on my grinder. Here they are prim… 1992 Ford Bronco - Installed the plugs, used some antiseize on the threads just to be safe, these are Autolite 24's, cheap copper but they work good, and gapp… 1992 Ford Bronco - Top-down view of a V8 engine bay with distributor, blue spark plug wires, upper intake, and various vacuum hoses; a canister-style componen… 1992 Ford Bronco - A white Ford Bronco lifted on large mud-terrain tires with polished aluminum wheels, viewed from the front-left three-quarter angle inside… 1992 Ford Bronco - A V8 engine suspended by a chain hoist being lowered into or lifted out of an engine bay, with a person's arms steadying the chain at left.… 1992 Ford Bronco - An engine block suspended by chains, showing a rusty cast-iron exhaust manifold, blue spark plug wires, and an oil filler cap, with an inta… 1992 Ford Bronco - A V8 engine suspended from a chain hoist inside a garage, still fitted with spark plug wires, a white Motorcraft oil filter, wiring harness… 1992 Ford Bronco - Underbody view of a vehicle chassis showing the front frame crossmember, rusty steel framerails, brake/fuel lines, and a bell housing/flywh… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a V-engine's intake/valve cover area showing blue Ford Racing spark plug wires, black plug boots, and various electrical connec… 1992 Ford Bronco - factory motor mounts were trashed. 1992 Ford Bronco - A removed engine block sits on a shop floor, supported by a lifting chain, showing blue spark plug wires labeled 'RACING', a black oil fill… 1992 Ford Bronco - Overhead view of a freshly rebuilt V8 engine bay showing a silver/aluminum intake manifold, refinished accessory brackets, alternator, A/C… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a V8 engine bay showing a silver aluminum A/C compressor with ribbed pulleys on the left, blue-painted valve covers, an MSD-lab… 1992 Ford Bronco - BBK Header for the 351, these should help it breath a little better. 1992 Ford Bronco - BBK header lined up with the EGR tube. This didn't work. 1992 Ford Bronco - Overhead view of a Ford V8 engine bay showing the intake manifold, upper plenum, blue spark plug wires with red boot ends, alternator, serp… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a Ford V8 engine bay showing the intake manifold, distributor, and blue aftermarket spark plug wires with red boots. Various va… 1992 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a lifted 4x4 showing the front differential, driveshaft, coil springs with red shocks, black sway bar/track bar, exhaust… 1992 Ford Bronco - Underside view of a vehicle showing a bare metal exhaust pipe or crossover routed beneath the transmission pan, with a red coil spring and… 1992 Ford Bronco - New exhaust, single Magnaflow muffler routed through 2 1/2 inch tubing with a single outlet, no cats and a custom y pipe. 1992 Ford Bronco - 351 waiting to be installed. 1992 Ford Bronco - A rebuilt V8 engine painted blue with fresh silver accessories sits on an engine stand in a workshop, with a front pulley and various remov… 1992 Ford Bronco - A freshly rebuilt Ford V8 engine mounted on an engine stand in a garage, featuring a blue block, silver-painted intake and valve covers, an… 1992 Ford Bronco - tired old 302, served me well. 1992 Ford Bronco - 351 rebuild cost sheet 1992 Ford Bronco - Overhead view of a freshly rebuilt or cleaned V-engine bay showing a silver aluminum upper intake manifold, an alternator on the left, a se… 1992 Ford Bronco - Top-down view of a freshly repainted silver V8 engine bay, showing a Ford intake manifold, distributor cap with plug wires, a black oil-fil… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of an engine bay showing a gray distributor cap with spark plug wire towers, mounted on a silver/aluminum engine. Surrounding are… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a Ford V8 engine bay showing the silver-painted intake manifold and lower intake, with a yellow oil dipstick handle, braided an… 1992 Ford Bronco - Close-up engine bay view of a gray plastic distributor cap with spark plug towers mounted centrally, surrounded by wiring harnesses, connec… 1992 Ford BroncoVideo 1992 Ford Bronco - What's wrong with this picture?? Answer, the rubber sleeve that acts as the dampener on the harmonic balancer has let go. 1992 Ford Bronco - **WARNING** Replacement harmonic balancer from Summit notice the spacers. THIS IS NOT THE CORRECT WAY TO INSTALL.. 1992 Ford Bronco - This is the summit balancer installed the correct way with the centering ring in place. looks good. 1992 Ford Bronco - Extreme macro shot of a mechanical assembly showing short cylindrical steel pins or studs, lightly surface-rusted, protruding between a pol… 1992 Ford Bronco - This document outlines the expenses for a 351 engine swap rebuild project, including parts and labor costs.