Hey man whats this 25lb weight doing here

[burly94gt]

Originally Posted by eillob

Dude I wish I had half your knowlege when it comes to motors. Why are you going with the 351?

if only we all did....

[eillob]

Hey burly you pull that weight out of there or what?

[SVTcobra306]

Originally Posted by eillob

Well they'd be doing alot better if I would stop buying crap off ebay. I've only had time to go to one shop and he wants 5K to do what I want. There going to rebuild my short block and turn it into a 347 w AFR 185 heads. About 415hp NA

www.dssracing.com

don't waste your money, get one of their longblocks.

Then call Ed Curtis at FTI for a cam grind...

Trust me, a local shop in Iowa did my motor, since I was deployed to Iraq at the time and couldn't do the work myself. In my opinion I wasted 3500 bucks getting nothing but a shortblock redone.

I wanted to do a DSS 331 w/Edelbrock heads, and run a custom cam. Woulda had a hell of a lot better than the 14 second Slowbra I have now, and doing it myself I'd have saved a load of cash.

[eillob]

Thanks for the advice svtcobra, I'll look them up.

[burly94gt]

Originally Posted by eillob

Hey burly you pull that weight out of there or what?

im prob gonna drop that 25lbs when ever it is i get the rest of my goodies on ... im all about high expectations.

[burly94gt]

Then call Ed Curtis at FTI for a cam grind...

i know this guy that is getting rid of heads rockers cam lifters and push rods for a steal and i think i might submit, but the cam is an x303...i really want an fti custom. should i sell the x and spend a little more mulah and get the fti??? i just want some other people opinions... thanks

[351wStang]

I havent done much with the abc cams. But I've heard they are over rated...much like gt40's.

[351wStang]

Originally Posted by eillob

Why are you going with the 351?

The main reason I'm going with the 351 I think is because I already have it lol. Also I like the free extra stroke and stouter bottom end when compared to a 302. With the 351 I have or will have over 400 ft lbs of torque for a total of 4000 rpms of my power band according to desktop dyno which supposedly is accurate up to 5%. Also having the extra stroke will lower my power band some so I dont have to spin the motor as high to get great power.

[GTStang]

Originally Posted by burly94gt

Then call Ed Curtis at FTI for a cam grind...

i know this guy that is getting rid of heads rockers cam lifters and push rods for a steal and i think i might submit, but the cam is an x303...i really want an fti custom. should i sell the x and spend a little more mulah and get the fti??? i just want some other people opinions... thanks

YES!!!!! Ed Curtis is the man!!!!!!

[burly94gt]

does anyone know how much a custom cam from ed might run??

[SVTcobra306]

Originally Posted by 351wStang

I havent done much with the abc cams. But I've heard they are over rated...much like gt40's.

I'm not a fan of Alphabet cams myself either. Fords really need a dual pattern cam, and a 94-95 computer doesn't like a lobe sep less than 112 degrees. That's why the classic E-cam won't work on ours. I do like my Crane 2031 (.513/529 216/220 IIRC), and other guys have had good luck with some Comp grinds, but Ed Curtis is definitely the road to true power.

I don't remember his prices right off hand, I'll look it up tonight while I'm browsing the ol' corral. Those guys love custom cam setups.

GT-40's are overrated to a point, but I'm still gonna get GT-40X's for mine. They will work well with my cam, and it's still the same engine concept that Ford had in mind for my Cobra, it's just a lot more competitive than my Iron stockers...