I have a 1962 thunderbird that has a 391 truck engine with 390 heads and intake on it, and I would like some advice on getting more power out of it.
The motor has around 30K on a rebuild, I don't know how far it was bored or anything though, but it ran great before I pulled it out. I would like to leave the bottom end together and just change the carb/intake/cam/and maybe the heads. Also I am going to buy the headers FPA makes.
My question is, what would be a good setup to run on this motor in my car? I want it to take off fast but I also want it to run fast top end. I'm going to have the cruise-o-matic transmission rebuilt and install a trans go shift kit and a 2400rpm stall convertor.
Should I go with the edelbrock performer intake and carb, or the performer RPM? I also want the edelbrock heads but that will have to wait, is there a cheaper way to get power out of some iron heads?
Sorry I have so many questions, and thanks for the help in advance!

Later,

Larry