[Russ Dickey]

I wish I could brag. The original owner and builder put a 351W in it, which was supposed to be the 380hp Ford Motorsport crate motor. Unfortunately, it's more like a mid-70's LTD station wagon motor.

It's got GT40 iron heads, Performer RPM intake, 750 Holley, 290 cam, Mallory distributor, MSD 6AL ignition, I assume around 9.2:1 compression, and only musters about 280rwhp. It's very driveable and cruises around like a champ, isn't too loud, gets great MPG (especially with the 5-speed), but it's dog a$$ slow. I've only been able to get a best of 12.9 @ 103 quarter out of it, even though it's usually more in the 13.2 range. Just doesn't seem to pull like a Cobra should.

It's got too much carb, so I am going to step down to a 600 or 650 over the winter to see if that helps throttle response and overall performance. Future plans call for a stroked 351 with weber look-alike fuel injection. I'd like to have somewhere in the 450rwhp range.