ConCobra,
There is no point in arguing about the bb vs small block. If
you are happy with the FE then that's what you should run. The problem with the FE as a serious race engine for TODAY is the restrictive exhaust ports. The intakes can be made to flow just as good and some(tunnelport) better than others.
Hot Rod just did a buildup of a Shelby all Aluminum FE with realigned exhaust ports and all the best parts they could find. Max HP 1200, hardly enough to keep up with the BB pro stock motors from the General.
I had always been a fan of the FE and I still think it was one of the best engines for its time (60's) but the other guys big and small have made it an engine best left to nostalgia racers and Cobra street cruisers, and restoration projects.
Cranky,
You asked about flow numbers
http://www.pinn.net/~nascar/fordhead.htm