Sure I asked for support, unfortunately 2 facts are given because they really exist right now.
1. 165 AFR KC CNC ported heads are here since 6 weeks, imported, taxed, paid, no one here will buy these heads because nobody knows AFR here
They were planned to refurbish a full emissions "california" factory 5.0 HO from 85 in my Cobra.
I tried to sell them.... no way! So, they have to go on my new engine.
2. 331 short block was defined and is ordered, they work on it.
Everything else is not finally decided and can be changed to hit the target for a smooth idling small block with as much torque as I can get with the 2 fixed parameters above.
My Clevelands had different characters, the first one was build for torque the second one in different evolution steps was made for a rpm limit of 7k and it did so.
To be honest, i liked the rpm/hp Cleveland more because you could hunt Porsches on the highway up to 165 mph and you could fight with fast motorcycles on curvy country roads til they gave up.
I enjoyed the horses in the higher rpm range always because they where straightforward and predictable for me as the driver.
But ask me what made more fun without going real fast, always the Cleveland made for torque.
I'm far away from arguing everything and I hope this will not stop you from giving ideas and sharing opinions on cams, intakes, carbs and so on.
Uwe
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