Thread: 390 fe budget build... what to do???

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My name is Jerry and i am new on club hot rod so bear with me. I am wanting to get the most power out of my 390 engine to hot rod and drive on the street on a $2 k budget. my car is an 87 thunderbird with a C6 tranny and 345 gears. I have an edelbrock streetmaste intake, i was wanting to get an edelbrock performer RPM intake the cam have is a PBM cam with a intake valve lift of .510 and an exhaut valve lif .536, headers and a 600 CFM edelbrock carberater, i was going to put a holley 650 double pumper on it...is that a good idea or not??? A was going t convert it to a standard witha 5-speed. Any ideas of what would be best for me to do. I need all the help i can get.....thanks!!!

Since you changed the question I have deleted my answer

Contact Barry R at survival motor sports. http://www.survivalmotorsports.com/
He is an FE expert and can tell you the best way to use 2K to get the most power.
I would assume heads and cam with some porting of your intake would give you the best power in this price range. I know a stroker kit will do it quickly, but I don't think you could afford the stroker kit and the heads to go with it on 2K.
Thanks, Josh

a cheap stroker is swap in the crank,rods piston out of a 410,you'llfind them in mercurys,65-66

Over in the UK, FE and budget build are not usually used in the same sentence

auto is good. traction issues with stick and allot more breakage. bigger carb will help if jetted correctley. if not will hurt power. performer rpm is good on fe with head & intake ports matched. no need to fine polish on unleaded. fe's can wind pretty good. just let it breath. I have moved to lower rpm strokers for more torgue to pull the c-6 better. aftermarket heads are amazing depending on budget. I also have a 410fe if you know anyone who needs one. I like no smaller than 3 in pipes with balance tube close to the motor. helps on fe to get the exhaust out.