Hi All As I wait for my 69 barrel back I have been thinking about the engine thats in it, a 302 ford and talking with a good friend of mine who owns a Mustang, Cobra performance shop here in California. He has offered to help me build a new engine mostly out of what he has off the shelve and could use some advice. First off I'm not looking for more than 300HP or to over tax the existing Volvo 250. He has a newly machined 302 block, conrods, pistons, roller set up and crank. What sort of cam should I be looking for? Carb? Distributer? Manifold? He has some Iron heads that we would like to use. What else am I missing? I have never built an engine and appreciate any help in this matter. My buddy builds some of the nicest performance engines out there but is new to marine engines. We know about brass freeze plugs being mandatory and the fact that we need torq early but don't know what is the best approach. Cheers Brian