I'd get a brochure, but it would only cost me money...hehehe...I'd end up wanting one.
I've heard of some custom blocks, but the only Clevors I've ever seen were Windsor blocks with Cleveland heads. Oh well.....
I have a nice little engine that I built for my Cobra. 351W punched out and stroked to 425ci. It made 484hp and 500 lb-ft with a somewhat mild cam and a 750cfm Demon. Compression was 10.3:1. It should be plenty.
If you're wanting a race motor and you are thinking about spending that kind of money on a block...there are probably some alternative routes that would be less expensive.
Like I said earlier, you can go to Ford Racing's webpage and look at their 351W Winston Cup blocks. They have the smaller main journals, 4 bolt mains, and you can get them with either a 9.200" or a 9.500" deck height. They would be a lot cheaper (I think they're somewhere in the $2000 range) than the block you're thinking of using. You could use a fairly large bore (4.125") and a shorter stroke to get 427ci....that would give you some rev-ability. To top it off, a set of Yates heads would be nice...they would be my choice for a hi-po engine of that price bracket. Bare heads are $1200 each. But they flow really well. The guy that dyno'd my engine had a 347ci stroker (out of a 302) with those heads...titanium valves, etc...and with some pretty high compression and a wild cam, it made 715hp at 7800 rpm. Not too shabby.
I can't really justify spending that much cash on an engine myself though...the only racing that I'll be doing is some pretty mild SCCA stuff. However, I've spent approximately $8500 in my engine not counting the clutch/pressure plate and the blowproof bellhousing.
It was my first build though, and I researched everything...and I'm really happy with the results. I used the best parts I could find for that caliber engine...Main cap girdle, Eagle H-beam rods, Eagle ESP 4340 crank...Victor Jr. heads (custom assembled by me
)...etc. I didn't skimp anywhere. I even bought a bore mic so I could mic the bearings down to .0001". No plastigage here.
Anyway to make a long story short, if you're building it yourself, it could be a 2.8L V6, and it would make you proud. It was just totally awesome to hear that thing fire up the first time and not throw any rods through the block.
No leaks, really good
oil pressure...no metal in the
oil filter. It was a good day for me.
I did run out of carb though...I have a 750cfm Demon, and the EGT sensors showed that the cylinders were running a little lean. Turned out, even though we got it really rich on the idle circuit, it still wasn't running too rich even with 88's and 98's in the carb. I could have used a bigger carb I think. There's probably a lot more potential in that engine...but it's good enough.
I'm sure you'll be happy with whatever you decide to do, and there's a lot of knowledgable people on here to help you along the way. You're in good hands with this group of people.
BTW, check out my pics...I have a few posted on my engine build.
Brent