Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
a fresh 600cfm Holley 0-80457 on a 2 plane for intake. If you can stick with factory dual plane AND avoid Edel-Broke, Youll be good. Ford has some good Marine engine perf parts.
Cam? No hotter than ~ 205deg duration, possibly use a short track, tight lobe center cheater - say 108 splay. Can you say Lunati?
Don't ignore the ignition. This is where your power will be made or lost.
So:
Timing set, mild cam (not CRANE), uncorked exhaust, Weiand Stealth (or equivalent) dual-plane, EFI or Holly ford 600cfm carb. This is all under 1500 bucks.
The you can look at a sloppier converter and a Locker rear
There you go, sounds almost like the 306 in my '72 Comet...
Has a Lunati Voo Doo 207*/213* cam, 600 Holley(was free, sent a defective one back to Holley that a freind gave me), Weiand intake on a set of Pro Comp heads & Thorley headers... Exhaust is 2¼" with Magna Flow mufflers... Disty is a Ford Duraspark triggering a Street Fire ignition... The Dist, Street Fire box, wires, dist cap, etc was $60 buy from a member on the Maverick/Comet Forum..
The fresh built C4 is stock(prob swap to AOD) but does have a Hughes 2200 converter... Biggest problem, on regular radials traction is almost non existent...
Don't pay attention to the plug wires, going to cut my own using the black Ford racing wires...