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    OVERACHIEVER

    Dec 27, 2021 4 minutes
    WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHUCK HANSON

    WHEN IMPROBABLE CIRCUMSTANCES meet up with good fortune, the results sometimes turn out better than anticipated. And everyone loves it when their expectations are exceeded, right? For overachievers, surpassing expectations is not a problem, even though the means to reach that level of performance is occasionally troublesome.

    Building a 351 Cleveland-based 408-cu.in. stroker is a case in point. Certain components are critical to extract maximum power from the engine, according to the Cleveland cognoscenti. The problem is, even the knowledgeable don’t always agree on what those critical components are.

    With remarkable foresight, Ford anticipated a

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