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[mrltd]

Uh, not quite.... the pistons are part of equation when it comes to the compression ratio. And that the pistons and valves will hit each other becasue there isn't any reliefs in the pistons. Gotta read up a bit on engine building.

And those results are with nice really efficient headers, no accessories, etc. Not going to happen in a panther chassis unless you spend a whole bunch of money.

[Southern_Pride]

I can vouch for the big cam killing the low end. My isnt really big and its more of a mid top end cam. Even with the 4.10 rear its still a dog out of the hole. High HP motors are kind of impractical in cars this heavy unless you stall the shit out of it.

[vannvicious]

Thanks for all the info! I bought a book on rebuilding small block fords that has a large camshaft section...yall have definitely given me some good direction there. I am going to start a new thread on blocks/lower ends.

[mrltd]

some of our build threads here show some good inexpensive builds that work well.