Originally Posted by
archangel
Well.
In favor of the FE, the low, medium, and high rise heads offered from the factory were rather sweet options, and as for the "no replacement for displacement" statement, if you got a 427 block @ a 4.23 bore and installed the 428 @ a 3.984 crank, you could get just under 450 cid with the standard bore
4.23 X 3.984 = 448
and with the recommended maximum .030 over bore gets you
4.26 X 3.984 = 454
That's only 6 cid shy of the stock 460.
4.36x3.85 = 460
Install the high rise heads, intake, and a few other go fast goodies and I think a 454 FE could give the 460 one H3LL of a run!
Stroking the 460 is another thing!
"Built in the same manner" would not mean a custom, high performance 390 or 427--now that you're talking 4.23 bore, it's not a 390--vs. a stock 460. I can find enough stuff on line in 90 seconds to do the same things to a 460, bringing it up in true mountain motor territory, and far outpowering your examples.