[Excaliber]

Turlarin, you talking about a 351C? They DID look like a BIG motor compared to the 351W. The heads I guess is what does it.

Hmmmm,,,,,,283 block and 327 crank? I guess! I would think the short stroke 283 crank and the large bore 327 block would have "built rpm" faster. I would have gone that way myself.

The GOOD NEWS is that finally there are LOTS of after market parts available for Ford engines at reasonable prices! Especially the 302. What a long long time THAT has taken!

Chevy "got lucky" in 1955 and did come up with a basic design that was light years ahead of Fords 292-312 Y blocks. The 7 or so years it took Ford to develope what would become the 289-302 engines was way to late in the game to overcome Chev's HUGE lead.

That fact alone could be considered Fords biggest mistake of all time. Management just refused to believe their 292-312's would NEVER be a "race" motor (until it was to late). This was the same managment team that brought us the Edsel.

Ernie