Quote Originally Posted by Paul Kane
All 460 blocks are good ones...basically most all core 460s are good ones (carbureted versions). As far as a rebuilder core, the main difference between years is in the cylinder heads, but for a street engine to 500HP or so, any year will work and be a maintenance free engine at that HP level. (More HP is certainly possible.)

If you want some grunt power for that Galaxie, I would suggest a 501 or 521 stroker. I'm not a fan of the 4.5 stroke (557 stroker) cranks for several reasons, unless there are specific circumstances for running them. These stroker rotating assembies are available complete with bearings and rings, just bring your block to the machine shop and have them prep it for assy. Also, you will be amazed at what the OEM iron heads can do when propery prepped for the application, AND when you pop the hood the engine looks like a stock longblock...and then you smoke the competition.

Give some more detail about how much power you desire (and if it must run on pump gas) and I can suggest a combo or two.

Paul
www.highflowdynamics.com
I would love to hear the reasons not to run the 4.5 stroke crank.
I have a customer that brought me a 4.5 forged crank and rods from TMD.
He started running 6.50's with ported dove heads and a mech. roller cam.
That was last tear with 70 pass's on it shifting at 6,000 rpm's.
He basicly ran out of head.
This year he has a set of Blue Thunder heads he bought used on the same engine. and went to a larger mech. roller cam along with a 200 shot of N20.
He has had chaissis problems and has only run a best of 5.21.
He has over 80 pass's on the engine so far with no problems.
Not bad for a $450 imported crank.