Ford in Ford 302 Cam & Head Question
Considering an engine for a new '32 build I am a fan of Ford in Ford. Talking to my son who hot rodded a Fox body Mustang a few years back I am leaning towards a 302 from the '83-'93 range for the roller cam as opposed to a 351. A Car Craft article http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles...dup/index.html
lists the basic specs and shows their results with the AFR 165cc heads and a set of stepped tri-y headers plus some 1.7:1 roller rockers with everything else stock - not too shabby 405hp and 380 ft-lb.
Now those AFR heads list for $1450 which is doable but pricey. A few of questions for the blue oval guys:
1) is there an alternate more economical head out there that might get close to the AFR for results?
2) assuming the AFR heads, what cam would you recommend for a stick shift highboy that will be for highway/cruising? A bit of lumpy idle is not a bad thing, but want it to maintain good street manners and reasonable economy.
3) The Car Craft build used a Road Demon 625 cfm carb on a Weiand dual-plane. I lean toward carburated for build economy and simpler electrical, but would consider EFI and aftermarket controller. Thoughts?
If this has all been covered before I would appreciate a pointer to the thread, but I did not find this in my search.