canfields are great heads I just sold my set when i built my stroker 351 beacause no one would port them to the flow i needed. thiey had alot of problems cracking in the old castings (this was without portwork) they changed them a bit and made them thicker. wich solved the cracking problem to an extent. the problem is with heavy port work they have a tendance to crack. lots of head porters will not touch them.Fox lake use to port them all the time,till acouple of years ago Ron had four set crack on him in a row and he said no more.I talked to tea, bennitt, and a few others and they have the same policy they dont mess with them. they also have problems cracking when used on a 351 do to the larger bolts and the extra clamping force. They are an exelent head but with all the new heads out thier are so many better choices. rummer has it canfield has a new head to be released that will be the cats meow.
IMO i dont like afr heads. thats all i am going to say on that. to many people get up set and flame people when you talk about thier beloved heads. they make a good head. one thing i can defently say you get alot for your money.
I love trick flow they make a great product. I just dont like the fact that summit owns them. I love my high ports a canfield head is based off that head. the two heads use the same rocker girdles and the girdle only fits them two heads. other heads use diferent girdles. the high port was one of the first aftermarket ford heads made. both heads use a "raised port" design.
But to say the high port or the canfield is right for you i cant say without knowing your combo. we live in a great age now that thier is more than two heads to chose from. i have seen super impressive things with edelbrock vic jr heads. i have seen amazing things out of tfs twisted wedge heads. I love the tfs tw r head it has tons of potential. the main thing is not to get cought up in well certaine racer uses x head so it got to be good for me.
what do you want the engine to do? what are your long term plans? do you think that some day you will build something bigger, a stroker or what have you? do you planes on any super chargers,turbos, n2o?