[jdean]

Not a good comparison to compare an aluminum Shelby block FE to the iron 385...let's talk instead about the aluminum 385 block...then I don't think you have a chance any way you look at it - maximum size, heads, etc. A 485ci FE?.....remember, you can go up to over 700 cubes with a tall deck 385.

Anyway Duane, I think there were FEs in the BB challenge, and if so they gave it their best shot. I'll see where their numbers and ranking came in.

But the point is not Ford vs. Ford, it is Ford big iron against all the others.

See, even now the Chevy fans are trying to get some of the credit by saying their design was copied.

You just can't get there from here with an FE of any type.