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Originally Posted by Philm
My opinion only, if you were to spend money on an engine, start from scratch with a complete package from sump to fuel and induction systems. This does not mean all new parts but a carefully designed specification. I have seen Windsors with stock heads ( ported and flowed) perform better than engines with fancy bolt on parts.
Never use a solid roller cam, they allow you to make lots of power but what a pain in the arse.
Phil
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Great advice.
My original reply on the upgrade mods assumed you were looking for a bit of pep rather than a full build. (you know what they say about assumptions..)
I was looking at an 'upgrade path' but was advised that I'd end up paying more for less - after doing the numbers it may well work out that way for you too.
Beware of the '...for only $50 more I could get....' because;
a) there are a lot of parts and a lot x $50 is real lot, and;
b) an upgrade in some areas is going to require upgrades in other to realise the benefit.
(think $0 to keep your gearbox vs $3000 for the TKO + clutch, bellhousing maybe diff....you get the picture)
Before you start you have to decide where you want to end up, you seem to be a way along this path.
At the risk of sounding like the poster boy for Keith Craft, I have one of his custom cams and am beyond delighted with the results. I told Tony what I wanted to use the car for and what parts I was using - Tony asked a number of questions made some suggestions and at the end I got the reponse (You have to imagine a Arkansas accent)
'We('ve) got some real nice grinds here that you're going to like'. And when it arrived I
did like and then even more when I got to use it
I was very impressed with the attention to detail Tony paid to my requests/requirements dispite the fact that I was a very small customer $ wise and half way 'round the world.
(Dispite what I said earlier about spending a bit more here and there...
) A custom cam is only marginally more expensive than a quality performance product and given the cams central role in determining performance characteristics it's probably worth considering.
One last thing - I had originally intended to assemble the engine myself but somewhere along the line (after abandoning restraint) I concluded that my assembly skills were exceeded by my performance expectations. I was in the fortunate position of being able to hand the build over to fellow club member Don Stafford (who's own windsor has a similar EFI configuration to that you're considering). Don found a couple of issues with my block (got me another) and rectified other things I had overlooked like my failing to acquire a baffled sump - Don welded in some gates etc to keep it fed with
oil while cornering hard. He also called to see how the install was going and provided all sorts of tips on a variety of items from break-in to spark plugs. (And he got the build done ahead of time
)
I found working with someone who provided this sort of support a great help.
OK - didn't expect my post to go on like that - got up at 4am - might be a bit overtired....
LucidBelly?
I second that
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