[Pete Munroe]

Guys,

You can change an engine in an afternoon. Well, two weekends, lots of beer and pizza.

Seems with a good build a 390 FE will blow the doors of most everything on the street.

Are you REALLY a "time slip" collecting track/drag racer?

If you don't have unlimited funds, get the stuff YOU think make the car you want to drive/show. The 390 will be enough power to go to jail.

Oh, NO ONE can tell the difference between a 390, 406, 428 or 427 unless they are looking at numbers or the side oiler "bulge".

Get the accurate pin drive wheels, ( PS Engineering has great USA made product), good body/paint...Tony at ERA is terrific...leather, transmission, etc...or, what ever you may otherwise "pass over" to build a super wazoo engine with more power than you can put on the ground.

The BATTERY?...on the ERA 427" its can be BEHIND the REAR WHEELS...thats called TRACTION...get the BIGGEST, HIGHEST CCA AMPS battery that fits...your battery cables are 8 feet long or so...I have an OPTIMA that is sealed..first one lasted 5.5 years...got $45 credit on the old one!
have fun.

Change out the 390" after you out-grow it...hunt for your pristine "side-oiler block" in the time you aren't driving the car.
Pete