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I have heard (and very much agree with) different versions of the same philosophy but basically, choose a camshaft based on what you want and build the rest of the engine around it. Sent from my CPH1607 using Tapatalk

Hey what you do in your own time is up to you!

You need to know what you want from the engine, what heads, comp ratio you would like to run, rocker ratio, gearing, intake manifold, exhaust, what sort of power you are chasing all needs to be selected as one package otherwise you will end up with something that doesn't work very well and will leave you disappointed

the other method of choosing(from gemini reading pages and pages of info) is fix the cheapest restrictions until you run out of budget.. so, gemini stock manifold is super crap aparentlly .. extractors fix this fairly cheap.. then better exhaust.. also cheap.. then camshaft/valve springs.. then ignition.. do you have any money left? better carby/intake/porting,compression and bigger cam again.. still want to over capitalize? there's far more from here.. on the windsor.. as Thom has suggested.. Headers.. exhaust.. what's the next crap thing? probably heads?(not sure) got any money left ... nope.. rest is stock then ..

I am under the impression I need this one you posted earlier like page 1: I would love a Ford part #???

considering the foam was dear when i went to a foam mattress joint(and cover was a pain to make) and you can't sleep on the wheel arches anyway. .. i'd get a single mattress(maybe king sinlgle if it fits length ways?) and maybe stuff cushions or blankets or doover whatsits in the gaps on the side.. i was doing this for My econovan, but because i had enough height, i spaced up the mattress by building a frame to the wheel arch height. one of My mates was considering measuring the wheel in the arch height and cutting the arches down and plating them flat and building a similar false floor over the arches for the van. not sure you'd gain much.(My econovan also measures wider above the arches than below, so it fits a queen size in rather than a cut down middle of a double.. )

Its a 76DA block, with the later head - I think I have to pull the valve cover to check for a casting # and haven't checked the head. I have a later model valve cover I was going to polish and put on it at some point -