[DAVID GAGNARD]

Dan;

I went to a local junk yard and bought my engine out of a 72 or 74 Ford LTD.... That was the only 351-W the owner had at the time and he said it would run but had a bad "rattle" in it,for 50 bucks,I figured I had that much in parts I could use even if the block was not useable....

Took it home,took it apart,then to the machine shop.... They bored the block .040 over,turned the crank 10/10,installed ARP rod bolts and resized my rods...... Had a friend port/polish/gasket match the heads,machine shop intalled 1.90/1.60 valves,put an Edelbrock Performer RPM intake and Holley 600 carb,484 lift Crane cam,roller rockers,assembled the motor and been running it ever since....

If I was to do it over,the only thing I'd change is the heads,I would not mess with the old iron heads,but put a good set of aluminum heads on it......For the money I spent on the iron heads (valves/port/polish/screw-in studs/machine work) I could have bought a set of AFR or any other aluminum head new and have a better set of heads and more hp......

My motor with a set of AFR heads should easily be 400 to 425 hp......

The rest of the motor I would leave the same.........

It does not take that much to get 350 hp out of a 351-W and you will be suprised at what 350 hp can and will do.......

David