Dueling 390's for sale......................

[CaptCobrajet]

I did two nice 390's for some head testing that we did.  There is some info in the discussion forum that references the posts I put on the FE Forum.  If you are interested in a "spirited" streetable 390, full of nice parts, I have two for sale!  Both are in the $12K range, and have about 10 pulls apiece on them.  Serious inquiries only, please.  You can email me at captcj at hughes dot net, if it looks like one of these fits your program.  They are finished and dynoed.......no waiting for a build to be completed.

Thanks,

BP

[CaptCobrajet]

Being that I am purty much compooter illiterate, I added some pics to the above post with a little help from my wife, Lance Hargis, and Jay.  Here are a few more pics.  A little interest in the BBM engine, and NO INQUIRY on the 390 CJ have driven me to lower the prices!  They just don't need to sit here too long.  The dyno info on both engines is in the technical section under "dueling 390's".  Both of the distributors you see in the pics are locked out "shop" distributors with bronze gears.  The engines will be outfitted with a street curve Duraspark unit with a steel gear rather than the bronze, for much longer service, and will have low resistance spiral core wires, black in color, instead of the red you see in the pics.

The price on the 390 CJ is now $10,500.

The price on the BBM 390 is now $11,500.

[CaptCobrajet]

Price reduced..........The CJ now at $10,000 and the BBM now at $11,000.

Both engines have careful and correct prep throughout, and the following parts, only one has really good iron CJ heads with my prep, and the other a pair of new BBM heads with my prep work.

.030 over 390 block. bored, plate honed, square decked by me, and align honed
Proper oil mods throughout
C4AE-B iron cranks
C7AE-B connecting rods. ARP bolts, mag'd and shot peened, sized properly
King rod and main bearings
Both internal balanced
Forged flattop pistons
Custom ring pack, Steel Moly top, Napier 2nd
Crane .588 adv lift, 240/248@.050 on 110 C/L hydraulic roller
Morel short travel, severe duty hydraulic rollers
Smith Bros pushrods
Hardened shafts with studs
Non-Adj Ford rockers
Deck is +.010 and have 8045PT (.051 thick) gaskets for 391 HD app
Cometic kevlar manifold gaskets
Port-matched Ed RPM manifold
Quick Fuel 850 annular carb with dyno tune
1/2" phenolic open spacer
Cast Cobra-LeMans valve covers
Accel Breakerless distributor w/steel gear and vacuum advance
Pioneer SFI damper
Canton windage screen
Milodon 31130 oil pan
M57B Melling pump
ARP pump drive
Cloyes double roller chain
1-pc eccentric and oil slinger inside

Dyno sheets, build info, and oil filter element furnished to buyer(s).

New prices put these engines in the "great deal" category. The same care went into these as goes into every street or race engine that leaves here. I'm contemplating a major purchase and turning these into liquid capital would help the cause! You can reach me at captcj at hughes dot net. Thanks.

[CaptCobrajet]

Both of the dueling 390's are now sold!  I appreciate all who looked, talked, and thought about buying them.  There are more where these came from, Lord willing!

[drdano]

Now you're free to go build one more, just like the other two but this time use a set of Barry's heads so we can see how that combo does.   

[machoneman]

Congrats on the sales. Will you do more in the near future? It was neat to see the dyno tests side-by-side.

[CaptCobrajet]

I think so.  I have all the stuff on the shelf for two 428's and five 445's, so I am going to put some in the pipeline.  If I use them for "fillers" when I have custom engines awaiting parts, it works out pretty good.  The hard part was getting enough inventory here to do it!

[machone]

Blair,

Great pair of engines you just sold with excellent numbers.

How do you think one would go with a 428 bottom end and say a solid lifter cam with a "worked" streetmaster?

Naz

[CaptCobrajet]

Well, that is a fairly loaded question.  With equal prep, I think a 428 should top 600 with the BBM heads.  There is alot of well-matched parts in those 390s.  Not sure I would go Streetmaster.  I like those on small cube engines where a small cross-section would be your friend.  I think the RPM would be better, or maybe even a Portosonic as cams get bigger.  I also would not throw out a Street Dominator!  There are a few '70's era FE intakes that may not look as swoopy as the new ones that will RUN if you mix your chili just right.

[Faron]

So Did One go to Iowa ? Just curious