Hi, I'm new here, and I have an old FE out of a truck that I'm going to have built this fall/winter. It will be a 390 c.i. , or perhaps stroke it and get more torque. It will be in a 1985 f-150 4x4 chassis with the np435 tranny. it will see mostly daily driver use, and alot of off road on the weekends.

1.What is the biggest stroke that I could put in it and keep everything safe?

2.I saw that mass flow had a cool E.F.I. setup too. Do they work well for an engine such as the FE?

3. Is it possible to get 400 to 500 h.p. and 500+ft.lb. of torque on this engine with a streetable compression ratio and the mass flow E.F.I.?

4.What is the maximum amout of power a streetable 390 or 440 stroker (if possible) can make?

5. How long do these engines last with that much power, and How reliable/durable are they?

6. This will have forged pistons, and good rods, but do I need a forged crank too? How strong is the stock one?

7. are the edelbrock heads a good investment?

- I really would prefer to set it up with the fuel injection, so I can tune each cylinder independently and maximize my fuel consumption as much as possible. I know it may not help much, but I'd rather have the E.F.I. anyways. This build will be a good one, but I don't know very much about the FE. Thanks for your time.