[Jack21]

True, the cam, a Comp Cams 224/224 retrofit roller is a little stout for my driving style, it was available in a retrofit roller grind when the engine was going together. Today, there are a lot more options. It's right at the 800 - 1500 RPM range that it's a little balky. Past that, and it pulls like a diesel.

Ford engine upgrades are getting to be like computer upgrades. No sooner is the engine out of the shop, and it's obsolete. The 372/377 of a few years back was the Pentium III for 351 motors. Not to mention engine machinists, who tend to be conservative, taking a dim view of mixing Ford, Chevy, and Mopar parts in an engine; and making it work. Am surprised it's still being offered for sale. The Scat stroker crank is the Pentium IV for 351 motors. It was designed around stock 351 rods, and stock 302 pistons. No machining headaches, no balancing headaches, no mix & match parts. Drops in, buttons up, and makes gobs of torque.

So what will the Pentium V look like? Blue Thunder just introduced an aluminum Cleveland head that offers breathing for 400 inch Windsors, but there's the monkey motion (like the 400M crank) of adapting it to the Windsor block. And they're expensive! Somebody; TFS, Ede, AFR, Canfield, will introduce a Cleveland style canted valve head that will bolt right up to Henry's truck & boat motor, use off the shelf C4V intake (carbureted), offer a C style lower EFI for 302/351 variants, use off the shelf C or W valve covers, and either W or C exhaust. And cost about $1,200 a pair. When? Within a year. Takers?