[blykins]

The cam companies can't give you that much information.

The cam's performance depends on every single aspect of the engine build. For instance, a cam that is matched for a stocked headed 302 will not be the right cam for that same 302 with AFR heads. Also, keep in mind that the catalogs will say "For a Ford 302", but in all actuality, that cam will work in a 302, 331, 347, 351, 392, 408, etc. They simply can't provide all the information for that cam in each engine.

The first two cams that you listed will be too much for the criteria that you listed.

The Edelbrock cam will be more like it as you're looking for something that mostly mimics the stock cam in a 5.0L Mustang. Comp Cams makes several cams with specs around that particular scenario.

Keep in mind that you can get away with a little more in a Cobra than you can in other vehicles. If you're dead set on having a low hp peak and setting the rev limiter low, that's your decision, but I would choose a cam that will peak somewhere around 5500.

It can be tricky, deciphering all the information. I can help answer any questions that you have, and I have dyno results for a lot of engines with a lot of cams.