427 FE vs 351w, advantages?

[Barry_R]

Rick
The two divisions are at the request of some of the entrants. Guys wanted to see what would happen in an "all out" environment with race heads, unlimited compression and Q16 fuel. I also think its a mistake, diluting the contest with two "winners" and taking away from teh street flavor of the original concept.

I am entered in the street class this year. In large part because I simply do not think I can compete against a full on canted valve race head combination - such as Ford "Cup" engine stuff, BT Thor or 4.3s, LS "Mozez" heads and the like - all of which are legal in the "extreme" class.

I am going to continue developing on my wedge FE stuff. Last year I left a lot "on the stand" due to the contest fuel, which required a lot less timing than I was running at home on 93 octane pump fuel. In addition I was running a carb under restrictive throttle size rules competing against EFI packages with no limit on throttle bore. This year they made some changes that will let me add EFI to this engine. I KNOW that adding airflow to last years package gained nearly 100 points duing testing.

I have the flow into the engine as straight as I can get it, concentrating on centering the intake valve up over the piston. I have no idea at all if it swirls, but if it does it's not intentional.

The thing made nearly 500lbs of torque at 2500 last year before I had to pull timing - see the fuel reference above. That's diesel territory.....