Need a little advice with my 360 teardown
AJ's opinion;
and not directed at anyone in particular;
There is no deal anyone could make me, on a normally-aspirated, FTH 268-equipped, 8.5/1 Scr, 360 engine, none. I don't care whose cam is in it, I don't want it not even for free. I'm not pointing to the cam, and not pointing to the meager Scr. I am pointing to the very low cylinder pressure that this combo makes; I don't want it, it has no potential, no character, no zest. It needs three friends to bust it's way out of the wet-paper bag it is; namely a higher stall, a deeper starter gear, and weight reduction..
If someone gave me such an engine, and I needed it for street-anything, I would immediately take it apart and reconfigure it to create some pressure.
To show you how serious I am, Not many years ago, I took my personal engine out,just to deck it an additional .007 , to work with a one-size bigger than 268 cam.Sure, I couldda done that with a thinner gasket, but after puking the .028s out,on a previous iteration, I was stuck to the FelPro .039s.. That brought my Q down to .031 average, and the pressure up to 177/180. This created the combo that is said to still have been spinning the 325/50-15 BFG DRs at 93 mph in the 660, and my tach was stuck between 7000 and 7200 (manual trans) the entire distance; telling me the same thing. Not bad for a street 360. Of course the other end is every bit as strong. and so is the midrange. Cuz that's what pressure does. The entire rev-range is boosted.