I think some of you who posted and criticized the 360hp/352 are a little harsh on the first high performance FE ever. It is very easy to look back 60+ years, play the "what if" game and lament of what Ford should have done. Very easy to say now, 60+ years later. One poster criticized the 360/352 intake manifold, which, IMO it was not bad considering it was said to be a "layed out" on Don Sullivan's kitchen table and using only Sullivan's knowledge, common sense and the sound of the engine was the only way they had a general idea the manifold worked. No flow benches, no dyno testing because the 4 man team [Sulliven, Frey, John Cowley, a chassis/suspension engineer and Bill Innes from engine/foundry div.] did not rank high enough on the corporate food chain to have access to dyno facilities. In one link posted in this thread showed the 360hp/352 was a close second to the Pontiac which the article indicated the Pontiac was a "ringer" set up by the Royal Pontiac dealership for the 4 car test. Pontiac used the 'Tripower" on a 389 which also had a 37 cubic inch advantage, had an Isky cam and several other "options" the Pontiac had over the Ford. IMO the Ford did remarkably well considering the lack of experience, lack of time involved and lack of manpower that the Pontiac/GM enjoyed over that of the Ford "team". Also consider that GM went "underground" since June 1957 when the AMA passed a resolution that all car mfgs. would adhere to the "racing ban" and the advertising of horsepower, racing and any other type of speed contest. GM then marketed their high performance parts as "police/emergency vehicle" or "heavy duty". Ford purged any and all parts connected to high performance and racing and got completely out of the high performance market which as a result left GM with a 2 year advantage over Ford.