CSX vs. SPF? 427FE vs. 460?

[BANDIT 1]

You all can make all of the jokes you want and take what I say out of text.

Fact: The 429/460 engine has more parts available, better parts available, parts available for less money, is more reliable, has had more testing (factory and other), can achieve more horsepower for less money, and has been the Ford Racing engine Big Block of choice for over 30 years.

Fact: The 427 S.O. engine is a "rare" legendary engine that in it's time was the "Best Big Block engine Ford had". The engine is expensive because of the rarity of the engine itself, the parts available and the "supply and demand".

Mr. Misfit:

If you saw one 460 in person and it ran like "$hit", I would say the engine has problems. If I was to go with your way of thinking, I would say 75% of the 427 engines with weber carbs. were running "terrible" and 75% of the 428 engines with 2-4bbl. carbs were running "terrible". I however know the problems were the "setup" (adjustments, etc..) of the engines and not that these setups don't work.

If you think the 429/460 engine sounds "terrible", than you never liked the sound of Bob Glidden, Roy Hill, or Ricky Smiths Pro Stock cars (or any Pro Stock Ford Big Block engine of the last 30 years) . You must have never like the sound of the engine in Bigfoot or 75% of the Ford Monster Trucks out there.

Mr. Turk:

I have owned a 1969 Mach 1 with a 427 S.O. engine and a 1969 Torino Cobra with a 428 Cobra Jet engine. These engines and the 427 S/C Cobra are what got me into "muscle cars" and "sports cars". I loved both of those engines, period. In a Kirkham, ERA, and in a new CSX4000 Cobra the idea is to have the car "as close to original as possible", I understand this and have no arguements. However, a Superformance Cobra is not intended to have the original frame, suspension, transmission, etc... Because of this, why would I recommend a 500 horsepower 427 engine at $30,000.00 over a "custom" 520 c.i. 600+ horsepower engine for 15 - $20,000.00. There is no doubt that the 520c.i. engine would be more reliable and cost less for repair.

There is this "fiction" on Club Cobra that the more expensive the engine is, the better it is. While the 427 engine has it's place in history, it is not a better engine than the 460 engine. People here need to quit comparing a 460 engine pulled form a old Lincoln (not rebuilt, or rebuilt to "stock" specifications) to a $27,000.00 "custom" built 427 engine.