450hp out of leftover parts?

[bluef100fe]

On the valve train deal I wouldn't normally recommend this but it's been done with good results for years in a truck pulling engine I put together, rules mandated stock appearing valvetrain. It's just got a set of pump builders hd shafts, stock aluminum stands, stock bolts, and new stock adjustable rockers from Napa. It's been to 6500-7000 rpm for 15 sometimes 20 seconds at a time. Also has some drag strip passes/street miles on it. Anyway, good luck with what ever direction you decide to go. You should have a little more torque than my build did, hp would be a question mark, possibly a little more also. BTW my heads had 2.03/1.56 stock OEM valves. By the math on paper using my build as the reference point with hp per cube 396 versus 416 would get you 474hp/470tq, with adding the 428 crank. Would be fun to dyno and compare. Have fun with it.

[chilly460]

So Chilly,

I love the idea of a rowdy 416, but why not make a rowdy 416 with BBM heads and do the experimental motor with the 390?  Power will be up significantly.

The other option of course is if the 416 with iron heads behaves the way you want it, you can swap heads later for a little more, but with the good parts in the 416, seems like a win

Ross, that would definitely make more sense!!  Issue is I literally stumbled on this shortblock and intake, the 390 is buttoned up and I need to get the car rolling.  The 416 will need block and crank work so no way it would go together without losing part of summer.  Let’s me take my time on the 416

[chilly460]

Thanks again, Cody.  Plan is to walk the rows at Ford Carlisle and see what kind of FE rocker setup I can find, I like the OEM with endstsnds option to go along with the budget theme.