NEW FORD 351 CLEVELAND XD UTE ENGINE AND CAM BREAK IN

[@giantpune]

Killer motor. I'm jealous that these 351C were only in the US cars for a short period of time. That makes spare parts and aftermarket support pretty dismal here. Most of whats out there for old fords is for the windsor motors, or the 429/460. Every time I see you guys with one of these Aussi cars, I notice something else that's backwards. It was bad enough seeing the brake booster under the hood on the right side. Then I saw one with the stick shift under the driver's left hand instead of their right. And now in this one, I see the shift indicators for the automatic column shift are backwards. Its supposed to be PNRD21, but yours goes from 1 to P. Is nothing sacred!!!!

[@tonymontana897]

Man, yella Terra Heads and Mick Webb are words I haven't heard for a very long time ! Sadly Mick Passed away, but he was a legend when it came to Engines back in the 80s and 90. I Still have all my street machine mags from that Era and you can see the advertisements in there for his performance shop he had going then. Super days they were. It's sad how so many speed shops have disappeared over time. Brad's Speed shop was a big name here in Sydney among many others.

[@thclevoking]

I am friends with Mick Webb he is still doing well, he recently moved one of his shops and had a huge sale.

[@tonymontana897]

@@thclevoking Wow, that's strange. I heard some time back he passed away and it saddened me. Glad to hear he's ok and still with us. Thanks for clearing that up ! Keep up the awesome work mate. Love the channel.

[@StainlessTIG2]

Cleveland’s are the baddest engines ever. Sounds great 👍

[@jesseduke694]

I totally understand your nervousness! I love building engines but I only do it as a hobby. I dont make money at it. They are always my persanal engines. But I get nervous everytime I start a new one. I dont even like to have more than one person around. Someone to watch for leaks & help adjust timing if needed & me running controls & guages. Outside of that people are only a distraction. I always fear a bad noise, wonder if I forgot anything, did I measure correctly, did I double check everything? And you even have a camara rolling you are paying attention to as well! I think if I did videos, I might fake it? Maybey do the break in off camera & when im satisfied everything is good, lights, camera, action! Hello guys, im guna do the break in today & you all get to come along! Lol!

[@robertstojcevski1098]

Before you start new engine, and before you put dizzy in you could run the oil pump with 8mm 1/4 drive deep socket and extension with a drill, from memory put drill in reverse, what this does is it primes engine with oil, pumps oil everywhere before you start engine so you should have oil pressure from word go, she sounds nice bro!!! Oh makes sure you tape socket to extension before you lose it down the engine go slowly with drill too

[@thclevoking]

We made a video on it on our other channel the Brisbane Brothers on how to prime oil on a new Clevo, cheers mate!

[@svenomick5857]

Great Ute Clevo King great to see You and Your Brother into the Clevo’s.

[@barbar9919]

Long live the cleveland. Nice work

[@damienmacdonald122]

Geez, that’s a really nice XD ute! ✌️

[@otsenres1636]

Wow! I really need a set of those closed chambered 2V heads for my 406M!

[@tonymontana897]

Haha, also watching that low fuel warning light brings back memories. My 351 was a guzzler and that light featured a plenty lol !!

[@trev114heusdens]

Good morning from America. I just got my hands on a '74 ranchero with a Cleveland in it. Your video gives me motivation again to get it on the road making power. Thank you

[@Morgan-h5f]

Great job !! Gives me hope for my 69 351c thanks

[@gmans7859]

Huge smile. Nice work guys. Sounds really good. I think come Spring/Summer here I will have my 2V Closed Chamber Heads done up by machine shop.

[@Quakalakin]

Bro, I'm playing it through my stereo and it sounds bad ass!!

[@svenomick5857]

I love tho old Clevo’s got My first one in the early 80’s still have two great engines I think.

[@TheRCMaster]

I said "it sounds Mint" about 10 times 😅 awesome video bro 👌

[@danonoveh8114]

That little falcons gonna fly !👍good job mates!

[@brettc7435]

Awesome job sounds sweet 👌my mech made me pull my manifold off spark plugs out, wind it over & make sure every lifter was rotating thus was done before & after run in 😏

[@markamouat]

XD and a 351c...what can be better. Also I see your subscribers have gone up remarkably in the last year but I will always be subscriber 351 from your Instagram request early days, and will take that to the grave 🤘

[@thclevoking]

Thanks mate I remember that milestone and appreciate your support

[@pnr9730]

Very very nice. Glad you got a new beast in her. 🥳🥳👍

[@tednewcomb1048]

Sweet !! That's beautiful !! Love the Cleve's !!

[@JorgiPorgi-b4b]

Hey Clevo brothers, you mention a motor sitting around for 20 years that you would recommend attention to detail, does this necessarily mean rebuilding it. What I’ll like to ask if the motor has been rebuild for example, rings and bearings , water pump, timing chain, gaskets etc. if you have stored it for 20 years, what would be your main concerns be to just getting it started? What would this involve in this scenario? By the way the ute sounds great 👍

[@2011rubicon]

healthy sounding - real nice. i'd like to say sleeper but you cant hide a strong cleveland even in a white roof tilers ute.

[@howie2163]

Gday fellas , been watching your videos and very informative. So with the engine sitting for 20+ years what did you do to it prior to start up . I’ve got a pillow block that was rebuilt about 10 years ago,so very interested in your checks that you did . Cheers

[@landau393]

Love the videos boys sounds great 😍

[@apsallpartsolutions7312]

"Guys" and "Mint " is why i am here !!!

[@michaelwines7546]

That’s sweet Nice work 👍👍

[@MrMarkota85]

You gonna chuck this one on the dyno?

[@MrJustus152]

That sounds strong. Hope you saved money for new tires after doing some burnouts.

[@martinwallingford3773]

G'day mate, being an owner of a "Frankenstein" Cleveland I have been watching your videos. I am here in the U.S. and was wondering if it is worth rebuilding a set of U.S. spec 2V heads for a daily driver?

[@thclevoking]

They are not bad the open chamber 2v is growing with popularity over here for street motors. They work great when combined with a modern cam grind and allot intake. Plenty of 400hp engines around running open chamber 2v heads. The alloy heads are so cost effective for making more power not guys slip past the iron in favour of weight gains and a better combustion chamber design.

[@martinwallingford3773]

@@thclevoking Thanks, I have an Edlebrock RPM manifold and was looking at CompCam 212/218 duration @ 050 lift and .486/.493 lift LSA 110. Something for low end torque and smooth idle for a truck.

[@kempomac1]

Boys, That sounds is of pure muscle pumping out the spent gases, Awesome- You can,t beat a rebuilt clevo. So watching your full video here, can you hear the difference when you know the cam is run in?- I heard the bro say you can hear it smooth out- To the novice- Is the sound still obvious to pick up? _ It soundz mint alright,, Garyth NZ

[@thclevoking]

There isn’t really a defining moment but we do feel that they free up after about 15-20 minutes and then they run a lot smoother.

[@StainlessTIG2]

What year of a Falcon is that? Is the Falcon the Fox Body platform in Australia?

[@thclevoking]

1981 it’s much larger then a fox body but the design inspiration came from the Granada in the UK I think.

[@davidrossi9849]

@@thclevoking Hi what size cam is in the ute ??? Thank you

[@BigCav]

Had me really worried with the oil pressure taking way to long to come up but looks like it ended up fine

[@Uncle_Chuck]

So what’s actually been done to this donk mate I’m looking to do a freshn up and gain a few extra hp

[@thomassullivan1526]

Man that sounds good wat transmission are you running?

[@thclevoking]

Worked c4 shift kitted 2700 rpm stall

[@thomassullivan1526]

@@thclevoking Cool mate ive had a lot of drama with my fmx 4K dominator stall staged shift kit was great for years but played up after a rebuild hopefully issues are sorted now keen to get it happening again. Ps love your videos as always ✌🏼

[@aaronblyth596]

Fekk yeah. Can’t wait to see you give it a bit of curry. Good work once again. 👍🏽👍🏽 Will be looking forward to the updates on how it performs. 👌🏽

[@apsallpartsolutions7312]

Seriously, is there a dyno hp or a ¼ mile time for the white XD ute ?

[@thclevoking]

Not yet it’s beat a fair few low 11 second cars with the old combo. Might Dyno this one down the track before I do some more upgrades I have planned to see what sort of power I pick up.

[@jesse75]

Vacuum advance should be pointing to driver's side not passenger side.

[@SOM-inc.]

Hi Ozzy, I'm a big fan. I wrote you on FB messenger, let me know which is the best way to contact you as I have a quick question regarding my Cleveland for my 1970 Mach1. Thanks, Stef

[@thclevoking]

Thanks for the compliment, I have replied!

[@1darryloflife]

The myth of " breaking a cam in" is due to poor lifter design. The amount of oil getting to the camshaft should be more and the only way to overcome this inherited design flaw is to flute the lifters. There is also a myth around piston ring break in which if a piston ring is set properly should stay at those clearances for the life of a motor. If you check out a "worn block" you will note that the bores with the most amount of wear are the cylinders closest to the water pump, and the cylinders with almost no wear are furthest from the pump. Like I have said earlier you guys have a lot to learn about these engines. When they are treated properly they purr like a kitten and produce bags of torque and horsepower.

[@waynecera4422]

clive steinlake of clive cams in melbourne has always refaced my new lifters with a bigger radius as all lifter manufactures seem to be grinding an inefficient radius with leads to poor lifter rotation and poor oiling on the mating surfaces.

[@1darryloflife]

@@waynecera4422 Do you understand what "fluting " the lifter means?