A lot of things. Cleveland is a hard to keep running motor. Windosor has smaller heads and block, allowing it to fit better into mustangs that supported a V6. You won`t be happy with a cleveland. Too many things go wrong.
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My 1971 Mustang fastback had a 351 cleveland 4 barrel and I never had any
problems with the actual engine , I did have the carburetor changed
The Windsor is a small block, basically an enlarged 289. The Cleveland is a big block, more high performance. You can tell the difference from the outside by looking at the valve cover. The Cleveland has 8 bolts securing it down * the Windsor has 5. Also the thermostat cover bolts to the block on a Cleveland and to the intake on a Windsor. Neil
The Windsor is a small block, basically an enlarged 289. The Cleveland is a big block, more high performance. You can tell the difference from the outside by looking at the valve cover. The Cleveland has 8 bolts securing it down * the Windsor has 5. Also the thermostat cover bolts to the block on a Cleveland and to the intake on a Windsor. Neil
The easiest way to tell is that the Windsor has trapezoidal valve covers with six bolts, whereas the Cleveland has rectangular valve covers with eight bolts. Also Cleveland has the thermostat housing on the front of the engine and the Windsor has it on the intake.
The Romeo engine is made at the Michigan plant, the Windsor at the Windsor plant. There are some differences in the engines The 8th digit in the VIN for the Windsor is 6, the Romeo is W.
6 degrees for a windsor and 10 degrees for a Cleveland
Neither is better. The 351 Cleveland develops more power in stock form, but the Windsor can be built to make just as much power. The Cleveland parts are more expensive and harder to come by. The Windsor is a more reliable engine. In the old days the Cleveland was the way to go, but today I would go with a Windsor and aftermarket heads. You will have a powerful, reliable, engine.
simple neither ford only made the winsor and Cleveland in a 351 the winsor is a small block and the Cleveland is a big block
Those numbers do not match any Ford engine. 302 engines were not available in a Windsor or Cleveland, only in a 351.
The 5.8 liter ( 351 cubic inch ) came in all 3 versions
On the Ford it is 3215469870. on the windsor it is 215698743
Ford didn't produce a 289 Windsor. EDIT: Actually.... The Windsor is the Ford small block V8 engine family, so yeah they actually did produce a 289 Windsor. People usually don't refer to it as a Windsor though since there wasn't an alternate 289 ci displacement engine, such as with the 351 (Cleveland and Modified, which are big blocks). Windsor just designates the Ford family of small blocks. And sorry, I know all that is irrelevant to your question. I just wanted to correct misinformation. The plug gap for a 289 is .034
No. The 302 is a small block only. However, the 351, came as a Windsor, or small block, and a Cleveland, which was a big block...