351 Cleveland Versus Windsor

I am brand new with the 351C and learning little more about it now that I have aquired my boyhood dream ans goal of owning a Pantera.....But am not at all new to Drag Racing another brand and wrenching... <No Bowties>>>> [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_razz.gif[/img]

Anyway, I have read a few owners of Pantera's have opted for 351W bottom ends with their Clevo style heads...
Is his really hotter setup? I could see a little bit of weight savings with the Windsor swap but HP wise I would think the Cleve would come out ahead on a street build having what I thought was a way better head design Bore/Stroke ratio? then the Windsors.... So the questions on advantage dis- advantage Cleveland versus Windsor versus half breed mix match.

Anybody have a general good recipe for Cam/Intake/Heads for 73 351C Block and heads with open Chambered 4V heads? Looking for decent torque and a good hard pull through 6000 RPM. Today my car has a performer, 750 Holley DP, Halls big Bore headers...and an unknown cam that is lopey pulls hard to a smidge over 4500 and starts flattening... I am thinking a solid cam for starters, I have a preference for Crower... I would appreciate some recomendations for a strong cam for this car on the street? I would like something pulling me hard 3-6 RPM

Thanks in advance for your help and educating me!




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you might want to ask the cleveland forum:

http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/119419

73 P, if your car came with the Cleveland mite as well use it for now it sure would be easyer than trying to find a Windsor and going threw it to get it to where U are now.Any way the 750 is fine right now I would say for some more pull threw 6000 to 65-6800-7000 1st. a Edelbrock Torker , a solid lifter cam is the next best Idea you had,and this is where U are going to need to pull the heads and machine them up for studs and guide plates ,try some nice roller rocker arms Crane , Harland-Shrap, or Crower if U like, that should give U the pulling past that 4500 flat spot!!!!We have a motor like this(open-chamber flat top .540"lift/224dur@.050 solid lifter Comp. Cam Cleveland in a 3250lb Mustang/4spd/4.57.1 gears off the trailer it runs 12.50s@110 and is still pulling threw the traps.Remember they made the Pantera w/ a 351-C becuase theres NO dout it makes MORE POWER !!!! Theres other stuff U can do put U most go into the bottow end (oil resistors Balance& Blueprint,gapless rings,polish the rpd beams etc..........) Hope this helped a little....OH almost forgot theres ROLLER cams too...solid or hdyr......TboltII[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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