He was saying that the engine was around 800hp (if I remember correctly) and had to be dialed down to 7,000 rpm and about 700 hp.
I've seen and heard this car. It is streetable. If your locality decides for some inexplicable reason to bring back "Trollies", they will hire him to cut the grooves in the pavement for the tracks by just doing burnouts.
I've been around Clevelands a long time, since 1972. If George wants to go further back, that's ok, I will defer that title to him, but that's not the point.
They have come a long way since the days of Glidden, Gapp & Rousch and others running them in Pro-stock.
650hp and 500 ft-lbs of torque that is streetable is not hard to do. I just don't understand these comments that you can't get power out of the engine.
Ask McCall about this. To me this is just out and out bull s hit that somehow is coming out of the subversive Chevy camp? It's a bunch of c rap. It's from the Corvette wanna-be's.
Next thing people will be putting Camaro mirrors on the thing? Gee-se!
I can tell you also, it ain't gonna' cost you $15,000. I don't know who you are talking too but it's your car. Turn it into anything you want and I wish you the best but it does not sound like you are off on the right foot...maybe the left one...and you need cowbell, but timed just right...not just anywhere?
One of these started life as a Pantera. I forget which one? Anyone remember?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv5z4yWbLro
The main problem with this "modification" of Panteras is just that people got them too cheap. It wouldn't happen if it cost someone what an Aventador does. That's just the harsh reality.