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whats the best way to go for reliability and performance

I have been reading up and have heard some horror stories about hypereurtectic piston so I have two questions who makes the best hyper pistons and if I go forged who make the best mid price forged for my combination I am also worried about the looser clearance with required with the forgies and possible extra ( meaning quicker) wear

I was talking with and engine builder who told me that internally the ford 6 cylinder and 8 cylinder are the same and that the box can handle over 500hp is this true

unfortunately I have been told that ACL are no longer I want to use quality pistons not cheap unknown crap but Im not interested in forged Im going to rev limit it to 6500 to 6800 anyway

sounds a good combo but think of changing inlet to an airgap edelbrock

who makes pistons to suit this combo and where can I get them also are there any problems with these pistons

thamks for all the info I am thinking of aftermarket rods after reading factory 302 rods are a bit soft who makes good rods at a decent price and what roller rockers should I use (brand wise)

I used to work in an auto paint store up until 2 weeks ago so here goes, metal flake is not a paint but an aditive used (also Known as jewels) they were and still are in smaller quanities used in the boat industry (ski boats and the like) it is a very coarse flake made from highly reflective pieces of plastic some people use them on cars but you need to know what your doing because of the size of the flake can leave dimples in the finish thats why its best applied mixed in a toning binder and then clear over that some people mixit in with the clear though

who makes a good std stroke 351 crank I have heard pro comp are crap, I dont want to spend shit loads on it upto about $500 max or should I look arround for a 2nd hand 4ma

thanks for the advice a little more its probably wank factor I know but I'd like a nice cammy note a idle and as for exhaust should I go tuned headers and twin 2.5" exhaust and what carb setup do you sugest I have had trouble with a 750 holley before keeping tune and developed a bit of a flat spot in an xc intercepter I owned but when running right it went very well from what I remember the specs were as follows 40 thou over cast fat tops not balanced 750 holley sigerson hi-flo 1H cam wide ratio toploader from a 6 cylinder corty pig to get off the line with the auto diff but howled in second and thirdwas also running 2.25 twin no headers no I dea what power it had but went ok

Also forgot to add at the moment when she gets a warmed up she tends to pre ignite when you turn her off I think the timing chain is most likely seen much better days

thanks for the advice should I look at using the 6" 302 rods or not at the moment the engine runs real well you can have it sit for 6 mths and she stars after 5or 6 winds of the starter no rattles or smoke

I have a matching numbers xc gs ute fitted with a 302 clevo c10 std bw diff, currently in a long rebuild, what I'm looking to do is turn the 302 into a 351 running arround 10:1 comp (to be safe on our shitty fuel or maybe go higher and run E85). At the moment (as I brought it) she runs a 600 vac holley and I think a mild cam it has a single contact points dizzy in it. What should I do to get about 400 to 450hp out of her the car will be mainly street driven with the odd run down the stip my budget with be arround $6000 to $7000 I want the vehicle reliable and running hydrulic cam. And yes I will change to disc brake 9" between 3.25 and 3.5:1 ratio