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Originally Posted by Barry_R
This was a 428 pass car block, with the 4.25 stroke kit for 465 cubes. It had dish pistons and a lightly dolled up set of Edelbrock heads for 9.8:1 compression. It had a 238@.050 Crane hydraulic roller cam, Erson rockers, and a BT intake (sorry 'bout the guy who don't like them ) - the intake fit perfectly, looked good and ran darn well. The motor idled decently at 750RPM, and made over 500lbs TQ from 3200 all the way to 5200 with a peak of 518. For horsepower we hit 497 at 5250.
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That would make a lovely street Cobra engine. Jockey, when putting together your parts list, seek out a tried-and-true combination that gives you DCR numbers that will run on your available pump gas and that gives you a power range that you can actually use. Don't get inventive on your first build -- instead, find somebody's build that you like and copy it exactly. Smart FE builders, like Barry, make their living not just by knowing how to put them together properly, but by knowing what parts work together well. That comes from experience; you won't find it in any of the manuals.