[Excaliber]

10.5 to 1 compression is in the ball park for the street, 9.5 would be better. Sounds like the block, pistons etc are as good as it gets for an FE. Short block like this would probably run 6 to $8,000 dollars, done right.

The high riser heads which REQUIRE a matching high riser intake are about as expensive as it gets for an FE. If you had to start from scratch and put this system together the heads and intake alone would probably cost $2,000 (IF you could even find them)! Add the fuel injection components for another 3 to $4,000? Total 5 to $6,000 for the top end for your "short block".

Whats that trans worth? I'm not sure, $2K maybe?

Short block: 6 to 8K
Top end: 5 to 6 K
Engine total: 11 to $14,000

5 speed trans: $2,000?

I'm not surprised it hasn't met reserve yet at $9,300
This is a GREAT setup and I would love to be running this in MY Cobra!

All this assumes of course the engine is in fact VERY healthy and VERY new. I would figure the horse power at well over 500.