Paul,

I'm looking for something in the neighborhood of 400-450HP. I'd prefer to have the power in the lower end of the RPM range. It will rarely see 5K. I'm looking for a cruiser, not a drag racer but I'd also like it to sound nice at idle.
Do you have any experience with the Offenhauser Dual Port intake? The only number I can find on it is 360 but I haven't had the time to do much checking as to what it really is. It bead blasted up nicely and is low so it would fit under the hood of the Cobra. I'd consider using it if it was half way decent.
One final question I have is can you suggest a good reference manual for helping me to optimize the valve train? I've rebuilt stock engines before but never had much experience with the high performance 385s.

Also wanted to thank techinspector1 for the post. It was timely as the block is at the machine shop getting bored and decked this week so I relayed the info to the shop.

Thanks,

Dwayne