'88 T-Bird 4.6 DOHC swap.
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Well, not everyone has 10,000 dollars to build a stroked Boss '9.
If I did, I'd have a force-fed 427w, but definitely something from the "small block" Windsor....why lug around the penalty of 250-300 pounds of extra weight? Sure, sure...Boss 514 sounds intimidating as hell, and it'd would be fast, and it would cost a hell of a lot more. Especially if you had to start from scratch and get block and heads, too. You can still find a 5.0 or a 351 in nearly anyone's backyard, a 429, not so much, and likely not a Boss block at all. Of course, a windsor based block in which to make a 427" combo is also going to be aftermarket, but still, it's cheaper than a 385 series block.
Any pics of your build? I DO like looking at big block foxes, and am weighing on putting a 460 into my '84 notch.