My buddy has a 360 in a 72 ford f-100 shortbed 4x4 truck. I just rebuilt it to stock specs last spring. It maybe has 2,000 miles on it and he doesn't want to go back into the bottom end to make it a 390. The truck has a 4-speed with granny gear, and 3.50 rear axle ratio. I can get a ford cast run of the mill 4v intake for $50 and pick up up locally, is that a good idea, or should he just spend the $300 and get an aluminum one, and if so which one? Also I have a 3310 750 holley that I can sell him for like $100 that I just rebuilt, would that work good on there. We are going to put headers on it as I here that is the best thing you can do for it, and I can see why. What size pipe should I run after the headers? Also what should he use for a cam, it is offroaded a lot, but still driven every day during the summer. If I go to a solid and use some adjustable rockers, do I need to use oil restrictors or do I need different pushrods? Any other suggestions would be great, thanks, Brandon.

One more thing, new here and this is my first post. Little about myself. I have a 70 mustang with a 400 horse 306 in it, and a 86 ford standard cab long box truck with a 5.0, towing package so it has a c-6, and a 3.08 8.8" rear, lariat package, power windows, power locks, cab lights, and even came with factory electronic radio. Only thing it's missing is 4x4. It's getting kind of rusty, but I hope to make it into a hotrod one day, maybe with stroker 460 power!

 

Whats up, I think you can get away with the cast iron intake...the performer is less than 200 and its alluminum (I hate Weight) Or the performer rpm just under 300. Id say 2.5" exhaust, now the cam...I'd stick with hydraulic for reliability. Like the crane 901. That thing will be screamin.

 

The 360 is a good motor. A little low on compression, but that can be made up for. I'd get a 343971 cam for it. The stock 4 barrel intake is an excellent idea. However, the 750 is not. It's too big and it'll make it bog. I'd use a Holley 600cfm vacuum secondary. Headers are an excellent idea. Run the same size of pipe that the collectors are. For instance, if the collectors are 3", run 3" pipe all the way out back. You dont gain anything going larger or smaller. Go larger, you lose velocity. Go smaller, it acts as a restriction. Before anyone says you lose velocity by not going smaller than the collectors, remember that the velocity is lost when the exhaust hits the collector anyway. Squishing it down into a smaller pipe right after the collector simply increases backpressure. So match the size of the collector for your piping. And locate the mufflers as far back in the system as possible.