Reply to "4499 gets new engine"

Dan,
Correct on the offenhouser 360
This may sound a little Lame, but I honestly do not know all the specs. Engine building is weakest part of my Resto skills, so I rely on those who do know. I found a local reputable engine builder who knows ford engines. I printed 20 or so pages of comments and remarks from this forum on 351C from Cowboy, Boss, Marlin and yourself. When I told him that I wanted 500Hp, he kind of laughed, said thats easy. Showed me some program on a computer that he input a 393 stroker kit, I think the cam has a .5 inch of lift (no idea on the duration) I think he said the compression is 10.5 (maybe 11) to 1. (runs on high test and is a bitch to start with a stock starter)
He did do some head work (swirl port the chambers? again not sure)also set it up for Hydrolic roller rockers. He said the limiting factors is the intake manifold (he wanted a high rise, I said no) and exhaust which I will be removing some baffles. He also suggested I use a larger carb, I had a 650 Quickfuel but will probably change to a 750 holly. He said the engine with the current build will make 500Hp no problem, but I might have to make some of the above mentioned changes before I see that.
Either way, I took it around the block for the first time yesterday, very easy going but can already see a huge differance from a stock engine.