[Formulajones]

I've built 455's just like you described. I like the combo. One of the 455's dad used in his car for years. Edelbrock round port 330 cfm heads from Kauffman, and his custom ground hydraulic roller with 254/262 @ .050 and a little over .600" lift. Had an RPM intake on that one and was 10:1 compression. Ran great on pump gas and ran easy mid 11's in a 4,000 lbs. car in the heat of the day with a 400 turbo and 3.73 gears through a full exhaust system and DOT tires.
I liked it, torque everywhere. Made a very nice street engine, he drove it all over the place.

The lone 428 I built was a mild version that I did 25 years ago, with a turned down 428 crank to fit a 400 block, flat top forged TRW pistons that I machined a dish in to use with the #13 iron heads, had 9.7:1 compression, mild hydraulic cam 218 @ .050 and stock iron intake. It made a nice engine for a long time and ran great, but I just don't see those builds anymore. Seems most people when needing to buy a crank would just rather spend the same money on a 4.21" or 4.25" and go that direction, since the build cost is about the same it makes the decision pretty easy for most to go with cubes.