My turn to ask the questions of the Pro's..

[cobrashoch]

Ed- 460's and their derived combos thrive on lift at the camshaft. As a general rule though I generally tell folks not to go past .65 lift figures on 460 street engines with standard or roller rockers. Another thing to look at is the rockers themselves. Are they "Chevy" or truely 385 rockers. It's common that the Chevy stuff is used and thats not cool. Yes, its a good idea to use lots of aluminum on these engines and a 850cfm carb is just about right. My 544 uses a 1050 dominator for example, and as we have discussed previous I like Carters or Edelbrocks for the street. These engines run disproportionally better at lower compession ratios than the other camps. Given the choice of going up or down in compression I ALLWAYS go down. You know the rest of the stuff allready. But keep in mine that it's easy to get these guys to 600 ft.lbs. of torque and I don't like most of the manual trannys out there with these motors. (won't live long with drag race abuse)
I have never used a hdraulic roller so I can't testify there but I second the Comp Cam steel rockers idea if they are made for 385 engines and not Chevy. I'm not in love with the Dove heads generally but with work they are O.K. Ed- I don't know a thing about Bishoff engines here it Indy. First time I have ever heard of them. If you want I can persuit that lack of knowledge as you now have got my nose sniffing. TO BE CONTINUED,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

P.S- You've just positively got to see my roll bar setup. I will send you photos soon. Unlike any cobra out there. I KNOW you will be interested.
cobrashock