400CID? or 390?

[Chaplin]

Originally Posted by joey_hv

thanks, yeah that is why i am convinced on the 390 pretty much. i think i'm gonna pick up that bare block with the 427 cross bolt bosses and have it drilled and built from the ground up by a pro i dont want to go over 400hp at the flywheel.

As patrick said, 400 hp should be no problem even with a mild cam that is very street friendly. However, if you are going to build a mild motor, you really don't need to have the cross bolts drilled- you can do it if you want to, but it's not necessary. I'd save the money you'd put towards drilling the cross-bolts and invest it somewhere else where you will get a bigger payoff, like aluminum heads or hyd roller cam.

Also, check out the 390 stroker thread. It is very possible to build a 390 stroker on a budget that will give you all the performance you could want.

And also check out the below thread and the links contained within that thread. There is a lot of good info there.

http://clubcobra.com/forums/showthre...t+Rod+magazine