Reply to "408 dyno results"

Thank you all for the kind words, it was a long process with lots of help from some talented car
guys.
To answer a few questions; the torque curve was
340ft lbs @ 3k rpm to 428ft lbs at 5.5K rpm @ the rearwheels.( the graph I got was from 3k rpm to 7K rpm only)
The CHI-4V were ported and the exhaust ports exit widened and then port matched to the Hilborn intake. Because of the higher flow numbers ( couldn't find the paperwork from the machine shop, but remember somthing in the high 300's.) which is why I went with a custom ground hyd roller cam from Isky. Those numbers were 621 lift int. and 631 lift exh with 298int and 302 exh duration. We went with 110 lobe seperation to help bleed off the 10:6-1 comprerssion so it wouldn't rattle ( which it doesn't at 36 degrees total advance) What was surprising is the lack of cam lope, which I'm told is from the tall Hilborn stacks. It sounds real good but nothing like you would expect from a cam that big.
I was told to put a couple humdred miles on the engine and bring the car back to Superior for additional tuning. They expect bigger numbers
especially if they can rev it closer to 7K rpm. I'm not convinced ( hesitant really ) that I should to do that. It's too bad that I've built a motor that makes a ton of horsepower between
5,500 and 7,000 rpm and is in a block that can't take much of that. Oh well, it sure sounds good and I know its there on occassion. Also, I have a bunch of good parts that will be posted for sale soon, including excellent closed chamber 4V heads, crane hyd roller cam, P&J's quiet gear drive,and 6 childs & albert rods with carillo (sp?)flat top pistons for a stoker.I'll try to get those posted in the next couple of weeks.