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The fellow in Valencia IS Jim Grubbs. Mind you, there are a couple of other possibilities in the South Bay (Torrance) area that have reputations building Cleveland engines, possibilities if you don't mind driving a bit further. If you're interested let me know & I can find them for you. Its not that Jim Grubbs doesn't have a good reputation, its just that the 351C is a specialty engine, and there are few specialists around.

Your engine mechanic can supply parts that are readily available, you should supply any parts that are rare, hard to find, or frequently sold out.

Whaddya mean the engine won't see north of 6000 rpm? Build it right and it will be hard to avoid it. The engine will invite you to rev it hard.

The GTS was just equipped with hydraulic cammed production engines, equipped with a few bolt-on parts like high capacity oil pans and Holley carburetors, and retuned by De Tomaso to eliminate the smog tuning. The 351C engines acquired from the US had either 8.6:1 or 8.0:1 compression, those acquired from Australia had about 9:1 compression.