351 Lightening lower and GT40 upper

[plug ugly]

sold

[crawlin68]

Re: 351 Lightening lower and GT40 upper

Is this the aluminum 351 GT40 lower and is the upper the tubular intake?

[plug ugly]

Re: 351 Lightening lower and GT40 upper

upper is not tubular. its cast

old pic, prior to paint.

[JimGo]

Re: 351 Lightening lower and GT40 upper

I need a roller cam recommendation for a 393W i'm building for a Bronco . What are you running? How do you like it? Good price on your intake too!


Jim

[crawlin68]

Re: 351 Lightening lower and GT40 upper

Thanks for the pic. So is the lower an original aluminum GT-40 from a 93/94 Lightning Truck?

[plug ugly]

Re: 351 Lightening lower and GT40 upper

yes, the lower is. AFAIK, all the mid 90's 351 lowers (cobra R or Lightenings) were the same.Im trying to find some old pics I have of it. Ill post some newer ones here in a bit.

as for a cam, myself and others are running (i think from patrick??) the comp 35-308. nice a torquey, good driveablity with EFI, and pulls hard till about 5500. A few others are running close variants to this, with a think LSA being the only real change for the most part, between 112 and 114 to keep the vacuum happy, but I havent had any issues with mine, and run a manual, frequently down to 500 or so. Its not 'as'good as coming back from near 0 rpms as the factory cam was, but good enuf.




Here are a few old pics from the big bronco

[plug ugly]

Re: 351 Lightening lower and GT40 upper

here is one that looks just like mine but apparently his is made from gold
http://stockton.craigslist.org/pts/5299486824.html

[JimGo]

Re: 351 Lightening lower and GT40 upper

here is one that looks just like mine but apparently his is made from gold
http://stockton.craigslist.org/pts/5299486824.html

Our friend in Stockton has that Midas touch!

[crawlin68]

Re: 351 Lightening lower and GT40 upper

Ok, I've just seen a lot of people trying pass off the steel marine intake as a "Lightning" intake. Not saying that you would do that, mainly craigslist and eBay people. I'd like to buy it from you. Now we need to figure out transportation. Do you or do you know anyone that comes down this way? I'm in no hurry for it.

[crawlin68]

Re: 351 Lightening lower and GT40 upper

Our friend in Stockton has that Midas touch!

Hahaha! Yes he does.

[plug ugly]

Re: 351 Lightening lower and GT40 upper

i saw some guy coming to roseville soon, not sure when. Id need to pull it off first tho. Im confident its not steel, magnet wont stick to it.

Very worst, Ill be heading to KOH.

[crawlin68]

Re: 351 Lightening lower and GT40 upper

i saw some guy coming to roseville soon, not sure when. Id need to pull it off first tho. Im confident its not steel, magnet wont stick to it.

Very worst, Ill be heading to KOH.

I will be at KOH too. That would work fine for me.

[plug ugly]

Re: 351 Lightening lower and GT40 upper

not a great pic, and its filthy. I wiped some dust off as you can see. I smoothed as much of the intake as I could beore painting, and then sanded the fins to look like the valve covers and struts. I do have the '5.0L' top plate somewhere too if you want it. I had planned to make my own at some point.

[SonicDonkey]

Re: 351 Lightening lower and GT40 upper

I have to ask... What are you replacing it with?

[plug ugly]

Re: 351 Lightening lower and GT40 upper

I still have this, with a 65mm ford throttle body for 500. I prolly have a MAF to go with it. Easy way to go mustang fuel injection with a 351.
Its on my motor still if you want to hear it run/work.


(Patrick, sory we never got together on this. Not sure if you are still interested or not)