I am wanting to build a BBF for a jeep project cause its differant and I have always been partial to the blue oval. That said I want this motor to be as bullet proof as possible and make around 450-550hp. I have been reading and searching for quite a while now and as far as I can tell the 460s were only offered in 2 bolt mains. Is this correct?

I know the 4 bolt is overkill for what I am wanting to do but I will beat on this motor and I really need it to be beefy. I know it will cost more but I would rather do the job once also.

My next question is, if there are no 4 bolt 460s where would be a good place in the southeast to have it done? And how much $ am I lookin at?

I know these are some newb questions but I have been out of the gas motor seen for quite a while and have been dealing only with hot rod diesel motors for the last few years and dont know much about the BBFs. So any advice is much appreciated.

And if it matters right now I am thinking I would like to go forged crank and rods, Al heads and maybe a 10:1 ratio. I want good power and reliability but I want to be able to crank it up and drive it everyday if I want to, and do it on pump gas.

Thanks for any help, and again, please forgive the newbieness of this post but I have used the search function and I just cant read anymore.

PS What 429/460 block I should be looking for? Again reliability is what I am after and since I plan on aftermarket heads I dont quess the castin on the heads matters other than resale.

Thanks