Once again, thanks tons, for the information, guys.
Talked to my rebuilder. He's an older guy (hell come to think of it I am getting old
) who raced fords (clevelands) and knows his way around the FE's.
So anyway we talked about cam selection 1st. This car is going to be used for a lot of long cruises down winding secondary highways, in the hot (37C-44C) summers we sometimes get in wine country.
So I am looking for something well mannered and reliable on the highway. aka not breaking down in the middle of nowhere.
-This is a little different than I would have done in my younger days -aka ripping between pubs etc.
So we picked the cam then talked about plan of attack for the engine.
We are going to try and save the badly pitted #8 bore. He's going to try and offset the bore slightly on that cylinder, and see if we can clean it up.
Worst case scenario, if we cannot save it, he'll recenter it and sleeve it.
Taking the crank out late today, to get it magged, checked for straightness. If that's okay, he'll try an main and see if it will clean up and what it will clean up at.
-hoping for good news on both accounts