The FATAL Flaw with The FORD 5.0

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If you have or are looking for a 5.0/302 ford please be careful doing anything with the front end of these low deck fords. use the proper torque spec and use the right bolts, believe me, I found put the hard way....
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let me know what you guys think about this, any feedback is much appreciated...

[@jimkoonce6574]

351W are an excellent engine!

[@trentbrownstone1481]

True

[@singularity7968]

Never had a problem with that with any of my engines, but good to know.

[@charlesperkins7746]

Not a flaw if it's related to owner stupidity.

[@manicmechanic448]

You've done it, haven't you? You can do 30 ft lbs with a standard boxed end wrench. This is a flawed design.

[@gdb5448]

Just because some idiot over torqued it or used a long bolt in a shallow hole does NOT equate to a fatal flaw...that's "user error"...big difference.

[@manicmechanic448]

No, this is definitely a flaw. This should never be an issue, and the fact you, and others, are ok with crap like this disturbs me greatly.

[@brianstough5286]

If you're going to "turn it up", dont forget to "reinforce the block" with the solid steel "spacer" between the engine and trans, and the "accessory 'spacer' "/mounting bracket - so that the V8 nature of the block does not "morph" into two 'straight 4' blocks...

[@kathyortiz8774]

I have owned and worked on many 260 and 289 blocks over the past 55 years, spoken with many people regarding these blocks, and read all about building and rebuilding these blocks, including 5L blocks, and I have never seen or heard of this issue. This sounds like an isolated case involving someone doing something incredibly stupid, like over torqued a bolt too long for that hole, causing the issue (the bolt bottoms out, the torque pulls the threads away from the bottom of the hole in the block). To the best of my knowledge, this is not a block issue. Joe

[@mrbill8542]

I've had dozens of those engines my entire life--NEVER once have I ever broken that piece off !!!!!!

[@OnlyMeee-ie3dw]

I haven't seen one of those cracks yet but I've seen the block crack in half with high RPM runs over time.

[@anthonyrowland9072]

The crackiest blocks ever...

[@darylhudson777]

So ditch the 302 and swap in a 351 Windsor built

[@andybarnett2214]

The sn cars are not the same as the foxbody.

[@theredtruckyt1193]

So 1994-2004 they still used the fox platform but it was modified, front steering geomotry was different, the whole chassis was reinforced, and there were many little tweaks here and there. Just like the thunderbird, cougar, fairmont, ltd (the small one) and the mark8 they're all foxbodys, but they're not exactly the same as a "foxbody mustang" (except the 79-86 capri)

[@NewEdgeDesigns]

They are better!!

[@NewEdgeDesigns]

@@theredtruckyt1193you mean the Mark 7.. The Mark 8 was not a fox chassis..