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Oh boy.
Boring an engine is a fix for scored and worn cylinder walls, not increasing displacement (although it DOES result in that, but not a huge amount.) If you want more cubes, build a stroker. I also highly doubt that there is any scientific evidence that will give you proof of an Olds 350 block being somehow stronger than a 351W block. Dude, people are building HUGE stroker engines with a lot of HP using 351W blocks... they're plenty strong.
The transmission you mentioned was also never used in an Ford truck. Never. So yes, you're still going to have to fabricate a bunch of stuff to make it fit. Clutch, crossmember, driveline, etc. All custom fab.
You are right, I have never heard of an Olds swapped F150, but probably because it's a dumb idea to swap a 200hp engine that fits the truck for a 200hp engine that doesn't. It's just not cool in that application, but in a Ranger, YES, it is a potentially neat idea.
Boring an engine is a fix for scored and worn cylinder walls, not increasing displacement (although it DOES result in that, but not a huge amount.) If you want more cubes, build a stroker. I also highly doubt that there is any scientific evidence that will give you proof of an Olds 350 block being somehow stronger than a 351W block. Dude, people are building HUGE stroker engines with a lot of HP using 351W blocks... they're plenty strong.
The transmission you mentioned was also never used in an Ford truck. Never. So yes, you're still going to have to fabricate a bunch of stuff to make it fit. Clutch, crossmember, driveline, etc. All custom fab.
You are right, I have never heard of an Olds swapped F150, but probably because it's a dumb idea to swap a 200hp engine that fits the truck for a 200hp engine that doesn't. It's just not cool in that application, but in a Ranger, YES, it is a potentially neat idea.