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Old 12-11-2014, 08:11 PM
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It would have a pretty radical idle and would need some fairly steep gearing. It's all in how much roughness your personal taste will accept. I've built several 455 engines with that cam and the power band is relatively high. With a 400 it would pull to well over 6200 - 6600.

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