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Bill...

1) By "cammer" are you speaking of the 4.6/5.4 Modular V8 platform? If so, it will never fit unless you plan on doing many thousands of dollars worth of custom work to the SPF. The modular platform, while a pretty sweet setup, is wider than an FE. Somewhere, there is a beautiful front and side profile cad drawing of a 351W, FE (maybe it was a 429/460), and a modular. Amazing how fat the Mod motor is.

2) If you go the traditional route and around that 400HP number, look at the Ford Racing Crate 351W. It makes 385HP and is quite streetable. Very reliable motor, nothing particularly sexy or special about it. There are many reliable builders out there who can easily make you a 425HP 351W. A REAL easy way to get to 425 and keep it streetable is to stroke it (but not like Clarence Carter). There's nothing particularly radical about my 408W and it makes 508 horsepower and over 540 lb-ft. TQ. It has a very noticeable lumpy idle, but will idle at 400 RPM if you want it to (I don't). It's streetable, but some people are afraid of it. It's LOUD.

You're right - you will have a great experience with the folks at Dynamic. Dean and Ron Rosen are great people. Mark (service) is the most polite man you'll ever meet, and I think he has an amphetamine drip in his arm because he is always running around like crazy trying to get everyone their stuff.

The smallblock package provides basically 50/50 weight distribution in the SPF car. An aluminum big block (not sure what your budget is) would do the same and is very very cool.

Enjoy your journey. Pick a cool color. And remember... you may think now that you don't want a rough idle, you want ultimate streetability, etc... but there is a good possibility you will want to revise that later. Strike a good mix between performance and reliability. A 400+ HP Windsor will do that if someone reputable builds it. A 300 HP Windsor will be boring. a 600 HP Windsor won't be quite as reliable or streetable.

Hope this helps. Feel free to ask more questions, that is what we are all here for. To ask and answer.....

JP