"Purgin" Spurgeon Adkins' **!CLEVELAND POWER!** 1970 Cougar
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- Опубликовано: 25 окт 2012
- Spurgeon and Wendell Adkins, brothers, play with Spurgeon's 1970 Mercury Cougar powered by a 351 Cleveland. Sounds awesome at idle and WOT and revs like a gangster!
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If you are a Ford guy this is pure music to your ears. What an awesome car. Cleveland's rock. Thanks for posting.
I'm working on getting the car running again right now.
@@Modifiedstreetcom I wondered where the car was now. So glad that it is in good hands. Best of luck to you in getting this ripping again! Maybe some new video will be coming?
@@duke2304 Absolutely. I'm planning on doing a build series on it! We have a couple of projects we are working on!
Yep ,,yea, & definitely !
I'm a Mopar guy and this is music to my ears.......lol
My favorite engine of all time! When I was in high school, I had a 351 Cleveland powered '71 Cougar. That thing would incinerate the tires. A 4V Cleveland would eat a 350 Chevy's lunch and all the Chevy guys knew it too!
I had a 1970 cleveland and a friend had the 1970 camaro and I beat him every time we raced had 350 chevy for lunch weekly
68blownpony. hell a average 351 w would incinerate a typical 350 chevy. even my 302 could pull alot of 350 chevys.
@@homebound3740 how bad did he beat you ?
This just gets better every time I watch it....
A heck of a builder, driver and gentleman. One of my current customers, he is now in the hospital and not doing well. Prayers from all who see are appreciated!!
Best wishes from Australia, I hope he gets through, Cheers.
Steelgreyeyes Thank you he is doing well nowadays.
Outstanding news. I have since been transferred, but became friends with his son who continues his father's legacy, and is a gentleman in his own right.
Good to hear mate, all the best from Australia. Steve.
Steelgreyeyes did he croak?
I'm a Ford guy and that's sounds awesome!
Thank you!
I love it! The only power-adder this thing needed was itself. Cleveland, for the uninformed, means a badass motor that only needs a little push to be a really badass motor! This thing is probably not much more than the factory sent out, shy a bigger cam, intake, and carb. This is how shit used to get done kids...awesome.
I have a 73 Gran Torino I grew up in the backseat and my Mom finally gave it to me for my 40th birthday I got to ditch the two barrel what should I do to it in your opinion I believe it has the two CV valve heads but I'm not 100% sure I'm new to the Ford stuff
I worked in a Ford mustang restoration body shop for five years .
I saw every one from 65 - 73 and even a few cougars too like a 70' 428 cj eliminator.
Best days of my life I'll never forget them. 👍🏻🥇
The 1970 and '71 351 Cleveland 4V most BRUTAL "small" block ever. That's all there is to it. THAT'S IT. It's a fact. I dare ANY stock GM 350 to take on ANY stock 351C in similar sized cars. Any model. I NEVER lost a race with a Camaro, EVER, when I had my '70 MACH 1 back during the mid- seventies. I did not lose one race against a 350. Not on the street, not on the track. I have 47 quarter mile time tickets to prove it. (and racked up 23 points on my license in less than one year, including wreckless diving - 138 mph in 55 zone) Ahh . . . the GOOD OLD DAYS! I love that Cleveland, and I am: 351Charlie!
If u woulda lined up next to 69-70 corvette 350 4sp u woulda got ur ass handed to u. Or even nova for that matter. Ima ford guy sayin this.
@SouthernRR4501 little bit, not by alot. Cougar isa unibody car, vette fullframe.
@@GJ-DT Maybe on the quarter but on top end clevelands rule
@@deanfisher733 I do believe that back in the 70s if you wanted to build a small block the 351c was the best choice cause of cylinders heads, but back then bigblocks we're King. Nowa days there's no reason to build 351c. 408w with afr 225s is far superior. More power more torque smaller lighter package.
Look lookkkkkkk at dim dern marrrrks!
That motor sounds really good! Gotta love old Cougars. Wish there were more of them around.
There's plenty out there, you must be looking in the wrong bars/pubs.
don't think there would be many with a decent Cleveland engine than this around bars n pubs this thing is impressive going thru the gears and still melting the tyres one of the best powerkids on youtube ive seen even up there with the Australians power skids down under
So bars and maybe parks,,but she can't be older than 67..😀
yes I've had plenty of Cleveland's myself and never lost a race against a Chevy 350 or even a Chevy 383 it is the baddest small block ever made no other small block ever came with valves and ports that big when I showed my friend that likes Chevys the heads for my Cleveland he sold his Chevy stuff and now runs a 408 Cleveland.
Dave's Radio Repair That's funny! You're right those big valves will scare the Chevy kids
Not much good to have those big valve heads when the Cleveland bottom ends were grenades and only good for scrap metal and that's a fact !
@@johnpena9165 Your "facts" are bullshit! I OWNED A 73 Mach 1 351 COBRA jet 4bbl q code with a c 6 trans - destroyed EVERY CRAPMARO it went against. EVEN A GNX that was fast off the line, but I quickly sprinted past after a few seconds!!! That car would SHOVE you BACK HARD WHEN ACCELERATING!!!! WHEN I SOLD IT TO MY NEIGHBOR, HE WANTED TO REBUILD THE ENGINE, ONLY TO FIND THAT IT'S LIKE NEW INSIDE!!!!!!!! I ONLY USED MOBIL 1 SYNTHETIC EVERY 3,000 MILES!!!! WAS STOPPED BY THE POLICE ONCE - I TOOK OFF FROM MY METERED ON RAMP, IMMEDIATELY GOT IN LEFT LANE (4 LANES- CALIF.) BLASTED OVER THE HILL, THEN GOT IN TRAFFIC. I SAW IN MY SIDE MIRROR A SINGLE RED LIGHT ON A CAR 8 CARS BEHIND ME. AS THE TRAFFIC SLOWLY MOVED FORWARD, THE CARS MOVED AWAY, THEN I REALIZED THE POLICE CHASE MUSTANG WAS AFTER ME. WHEN I PULLED OVER, HE ASKED ME IF I KNEW HOW FAST I WAS GOING, I DIDN'T KNOW. HE SAID HE DIDN'T EITHER, BUT HIS SPEEDO WAS PEGGED AND I WAS QUICKLY ACCELERATING AWAY FROM HIM. HE ASKED ABOUT MY CAR'S ENGINE ETC. HE GAVE ME A BREAK - 10 MPH ABOVE THE POSTED LIMIT!!!!
That is one pissed-off p***y 😂
One of my favorite all-time cars and engine combinations.
Gm and Dodge guys
Hated the Cleveland's for a very good reason.
Myself used to own 72 Gran Torino exactly like the one in the Clint Eastwood movie. 351 Cleveland Cobra Jet just mild work headers carburetor mild cam Aluminum Intake. Took out a 1970 454 Chevelle no problem. One of many races won. I was known as having the fastest car in high school.
He mentioned you're sick I hope you get better so you can drive that cat! God bless
I'm building a 351 long rod Cleveland for a 81 Capri. 4-V closed chamber heads, .700 lift mech roller, Funnel Web intake, 1050 Holley Dominator. Clevelands one of the baddest small blocks ever if you get the combo right. Cool video.
Race in Peace Spurgeon!
This video is awesome pure raw power
R.I.P. SPURGEON
1:50 What a sick idle!
I never get tired of listening to that bad ass car!
Dude, that torque twist!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Absolutely my most favorite Cleveland video ever!!!! The sound of at Cleveland the sound so sweet every Cleveland should sound like that when it grows up :-) you guys are badass I would love to hang out with you guys and make some smoke :-)
Thanks Tom for sharing this video of this awesome car.
Wow!!! Great built!
A 351 Cleveland, mercury cougars oh yea and tire smoke. Chevy what?? Owned the 14 th cougar built for 1971. November of 1970 had 351-4v Cleveland man I miss that car!!
I saw a 2493 sticker in the window, I’ll take it!!
Seriously, that is a bad bad kitty!! I have a 70 cougar I just got to work on with my grandson, ima send him this video so he can get some wood..
Awesome video!!!!!!
Dang son thanks for this video me and my dad was trying to see his motor he had when he was 17 and well we found it I didn’t know he was such a bad ass compared to me lol
ah the memories I miss my cougar
Had a ‘69 Cougar that sounded just about the same as this one. Laid down smoke like this one does too. Fast car and I loved it too. Miss that car.
Why this comment posted to this video I don’t know. Should be under a different video. - sure would like a GT-E though.
Good looking cars, both first and second gen Cougars. I owned a '68 w/ a 302 and put a Cleveland in it. What a difference! I was pulling 12 second 1/4 miles vs 14-15 w/ the 302! Such a sweet car, then some drunk had to end it. Hit it while parked. No salvaging what was left, so I pulled the drive train and sent it to the scrapper. Sniff
My dad just gave me his 72' cougar with the 351 and damn do I love it
ODMairsoft 351 what?
clev or windsor
very nice car 351 c is a beast i put 351c in my old f100 one bad mother
I cant believe you made your final run. spurgeon Only now it hits wells up... Gunna love and miss you RIP..
Got a 73 grain Torino sport fastback it has 351 Cleveland with 4 barrel heads
Video looks like its from late 80s early 90s. Kick ass car, Clevelands are nasty fucking engines
slashfan7964 I believe it was in the fall of 1984.
Modifiedstreetcom that's awesome anymore vids of this car??
@@TailgunnerATC I will be documenting a build series soon right here on this channel. I'm resurrecting it!
@@Modifiedstreetcom OOOOOOOO Keep me in the loop!!! Im super interested!
@@TailgunnerATC Absolutely!
I put a 351C in a 66 Mustang GT, Toploader, 9" Lincoln Versailles rearend came with disc brakes I put in 391 gears. My 66 came factory with Kelsey Hayes front disc brakes, 750 Holley dp, A Mallory dual point, Crane cam 519 lift 280 duration. The Cleveland was a tight fit in the 66. It was a blast to drive This was the first car I pretty much built from the ground up. The only things original was the doors, roof and trunk lid. I put in floor pans, front fenders, hood, quarter panels, tail light panel, front and rear valance carpet on floor and fold down rear seats, inside door panels, I had someone else recover my seats in the front the back seats were like new. I lost a few races only because of traction or lack there of. My Grandfather wanted me to turbocharge it 1983. Which is a long story but he was a engineer for Schwitzer turbocharger he designed the journal bearing and I have the Patent Plaque with his name on it. I can only imagine what a handful that car would have been .
There are a few turbocharged Clevelands out there. But rare.
Awesome story by the way!
And just a four barrel carb unreal power impressed
es mi carro musculoso favorito lo vi por primera vez en psx gran turismo. y me enamore. de este vehiculo.
this thing is awesome bob glidden would be proud..
love it
real burnout too. no power braking..
I have a 351 Cleveland cobrajet im going to re build to put in my 88 thunderbird can't wait to see how it runs.
The original all gas no breaks for you boys in L.A
Looks Like Someone Can REALLY use a set of Cheater Slicks.. During the 80;s I read an article in Hot Rod Magazine That stated : ( THE 351 CLEVELAND CAN MAKE MORE HORSE POWER PER CUBIC INCH THAN ANY OTHER AMERICAN MADE MOTOR )!!! My Boss 351 Made 525 hp @ 7200 rpm with just a 600 lift solid roller cam..Stock bore & stroke.. They didn't call them Rat killers for no reason..
Hell yea
Small block 351 FTW
Only thing I got is wow I Love it
The sign of the Cat has been made!!
This is better than return to Macon County with nick nolte
That's a well built Cleveland engine. At first sound I thought it was an FE motor, until I read the video description.
Thanks for the compliment! I'm in the process of restoring the car right now!
1970 "light 'em if you got 'em".
Steve from Annapolis always been a Chevy man but you going to build a Ford to build it right Cleveland small block way to go that car is just tight hooks up right got a nice camshaft in it they did that car right wow
Thank you sir!! Still got the car, currently in the process of a restomod. Follow the channel for videos coming later this year.
chev eaters those clevelands engines straight up
Great Cleveland. Would be amazing what it would do in a foxbody on the strip
Trent Slay this engine was put in a fox body mustang. It ran a 9.53 on nitrous in the 1/4 in Bradenton, Fl around 1995.
Just bought a 1970 4v been on a engine stand since 1970's! Will go in one of my 4 Fox cars.
chevy WHO? lol
At 2;18 is what I call a real burnout!
Hey I love this video and have a car with a cleveland myself. I was wondering if you would share the details of the car
any nos back then ?
please dont try this with a chevy .
Love it! Who was the idiot that didn't like the video??
Can you tell me what stall you have on the beast, Love it I have the same car I want it to go like yours.
This video was taken 35+ years ago. I have no idea what stall. There are more resources today than there was in 1985 though. You should have no problems finding an even better converter than the one in this combo.
What camshaft is/ was in that Beast ( Comp cam 294s)
We don't remember! It was a long time ago.
Love the XR7 .
Used to see a few here over in the UK but they rusted badly .
The man's version of the mustang .
Whereabouts in the U.S. are you ? It looks beautiful and soulful out there .
Georgia
what was he running behind that? C6?
Ian Sather yes it's a C6
Bad ass posse rear end. My 70 cougar is 351 Cleveland car but no posse. Still a burn out smoke fest though.
It has a spool
a real burn out... nasty
Wow . i e
Wonder what times he run?
I think it ran high 11s at 116-118mph
That was cool. Not crazy about a lot of burn out vids I've watched, but that was cool. My neighbor had a 1970 Boss 351 Mustang with a Cleveland engine and top loader 4 gear. It was really nice, until he wrapped it around a utility pole. He came out of it ok, the car, not so much.😢
I don't think nitrous was available over the counter back then. You had to have a prescription. lol
Is that the country singer Wendell Adkins ?
If so got his autograph in England about 35 years ago .
striebs The driver/owner is Spurgeon Adkins but the camera man is is brother who's name is Wendell Adkins but not the country singer. Our descendents are from England however.
Sounds amazing! What mufflers are you running?
I don't think any ......
I can't remember if it had mufflers at the time of this video or not but I doubt it had any. Its LOUD!
how old is this video? im guessing early to mid 80s
Will Brace I believe it was in the fall of 1984.
I have a 70 cougar w/Cleveland and want to build it like yours Wow can you post specs? That's got to be a stroker right?
megatapped stock bore and stroke. Edelbrock Torker intake, Comp Cam (can't remember specs).
Can you give any other specs please like compression, or carb size, stock 4v boss heads ported or unported? or Dyno hp trq numbers, Tks!
@@glasserallen I'm sorry I can't provide that information... not because its secret but because its history! 😅🤣😂 this thing is long gone!
when vaporwave took your soul
How much HP does this car have?
SpyMjau According to hp calculator based on 1/4 mile mph of 118 and weight of 3400, 460hp approximately.
Pretty. Bad. Ass. !! Nice
Hope he is doing ok thats a bad car the cleveland is a very fast motor. Does anyone know what intake and cam he is running ?
Dave's Radio Repair It's a Edelbrock Torker intake. Comp Cam. Solid lifter. My dad can't remember the specs on the camshaft. Stock bore and stroke. Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed!
That's one hell of a badass running Cleveland reminds me of how engines were built back in the day what's the horsepower? Between 450 to 500 horse at maybe about 7000 RPM with a solid lifter cam open plenum high-rise manifold and a good size carb?
29x12 required
It eventually got a set of 30x11.50s!
I had this car in the 70's when I was a Navy pilot. Quite the chick magnet. It could smoke my brother's Mustang Mach One.
Now I drive a Pontiac Grand Prix. Not as sexy but still the second best car I ever owned. It can smoke my brother's Malibu.
Interesting story! First gen Cougars are awesome!
Well it’s only good at spinning- it’s not hooking up -
Y build a motor thats under sized and over weight? Mayb good smallblock back then but even ford admitted after 73 351c was mistake. If they were better than why is everything Windsor? Wouldnt u want more inches and light weight? That cougar better off with 429. Clev guys talk about 4v heads, its proven 2v heads make more power. 351 clev in bigger cars were dawgs. Big cam, 4sp, 410s sure it will run good but so would anything. Well built Aluminum headed 347 prolly stomp the shit outta that undersized boat anchor.
Why don't you Google all those questions. You are asking questions based off of assumption and opinion. You must dislike the Cleveland?
? Use of the term “ prolly” can disqualify an opinion quickly . 2v heads do not make more power than 4v heads. The issue in 72-73 was emissions standards. With the 4v head flowing great at high rpm but soft at lower revs , especially so with lower compression ratios- it was not an ideal choice .
The Cleveland’s were built in much lower numbers and as such lacked the aftermarket support. However , you might check out some of John Kasse builds with aftermarket aluminum 4v style heads.
To address the “ dog “ in big cars , that’s what the larger more torquey engines were for . You mentioned 429 ,which is a 385 series big block 429/460 and great engines too . You might consider not touting specific displacements as , in the case of the 385 series engines the 429 offers no real world rpm potential advantage over the 460 and as such not worth the loss in displacement.
You also mentioned an aluminum head 347 . Of course a 347 is a stroker 302 . Aluminum heads dissipate heat in a manner which allows higher compression ratios , you didn’t mention which head or which combination either. Low rpm street build or higher rpm build.
As far as 4v heads needing 4:10 gears big cam etc and Anything else will run hard with just those parts ?
Hyperbolic rhetoric at best . Your assertions are vague and broad, almost entirely incorrect and the few which are not invalid are simply extraneous.
The video shows a car in the early 80s or so with factory heads and it runs quite hard .
you must be a misinformed chev guy,.cleveland was never a car engine,it was designed for truck bus apps.,torque as hell.,we,in the good old aus.,were the ones that made these things hoot.4v heads are stupid,8k plus,.chev guys dream of 2v ford heads.canted valves,huge valves,huge in/out.std.just need to grind the hump a bit,ex,that is..in my bronc,i have a std 351,with 302 heads,weighs 3t,beats anything across the lights.lpg only.no petrol.12.1 comp.&,economical..only decent engine chev made was a hybrid clevo,IE,,LS.,only took em 60 yrs....429.??.best engine,427,or 460..do some research.mybe head out of ass..as for boat anchors,,6.2/6.5td.gm.tru boat anchor..a possible ''good'' chev engine is the 010 block,then visit speed shop,for the rest of it.!!.oh,plus,you,ll need a 9" to go with it..funny,eh..
Sweet !!!!
Thanks! Check out parts 2 and 3 on my channel!