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Played around a bit with the data and math. Looks more realistic now.

Here is a very good article regarding top speed of the Cobra vs. engine HP.

http://www.mayfco.com/cobra.htm

Eric,

The '99 engine is the one you want. It has GT40P heads which was a Ford Racing head back in it's time. Read this article about them http://www.stangpro.com/html/articles/gt40p_files/gt40p1.htm. With an E303 cam [or Trickflow Stage 1], a high flow dual plane intake and a 600CFM carb, it will be a good 340 ft.lb, 300+ HP street engine. Or, you can go EFI and get same results. Lot's of info on the web about them. Start your research and you can spend days reading and learning all about it.

I think I read the same book that refers to the engine kits you mentioned. Could be a good way to go but keep in mind that you'll have another $1500 or so to add to the kit cost for intake, carb, accessories, etc. If you've never built an engine before, it might be wise to get a really cheap motor from a junk yard, tear it down and put it back together just for the experience. Doesn't have to be

Anyone planning to build a Ford 302 engine needs to read this guy's stuff. Very informative.

http://www.jason.fletcher.net/default.htm

Gentlemen,    seems I'm in the same boat only it's in St. Louis. Looked at various vendors, narrowed it down to FFR and Hurricane. Did some more analysis, read the various forums and if I were to order one today, it would be a Hurricane. Got the wife's OK, she's picked the color and says it has to have a wood grain dash. Now just have to wait until we can afford it. I do plan to start the engine build this spring and visit the factory.

Found this site while surfing and it looks like it has some very good info for those of us who want to build our own engine and who know little of the fine details involved. I can take-apart and put-together very well; been doing that sort of thing for over 40 years now. But, building a reliable, high-performance engine goes well beyond my current level of knowlegde. So, doing a lot of research and reading. I think this site will help as well as all the books one can buy.

http://www.estevancomp.ca/marshall/mech20b/mechanics20b.html

Doing some research and planning for a build some day. Will probably start building an engine next spring. Plans are for a FSB 302 with GT40P heads [99-01 Explorer engine], Edlebrock Performer RPM intake, Trickflow Stage 1 cam and a carburator. Was wondering what experience others have had with Deamon, Edelbrock and Holley carbs. 600 CFM should be max size. 500 and 570 CFM would also be OK since I would be looking for street machine performance. Any thoughts?