[Stuckinda60s]

I've always liked the 4" stroke. It can make the hp of the 455 without that tire-shredding bottom-end. It might give up a little ET because it's torque band is narrower, but you can make it up if you can come out a little stronger and can have it hook.

Maybe this combo won't make the power I'm looking for, but my machinist and a couple of other guys know what my cars have run like in the past and are enthusiastically looking forward to my getting some numbers on it. My combos always ran better than expected, given the components used and the weight of my cars.

My cam is 238/244/112, .550 net lift with the intake installed at 108. The carb is a QJ done by Rick, in CA. Cliff, you know who I mean. I don't mention his last name because I don't think he's looking for any business. He's from around here, originally, and a friend of mine.

My headers are the Tri-Ys from Ron on the forum. I got one of the first sets, before he had trouble filling orders. We used them and my carb for a dyno test on a customer's engine. They made 484-hp @ 5700 on a Comp Cam hydraulic roller-cammed 406. Typical CC rollervnumbers, it did a nosedive long before reaching 6,000. The headers seemed to work well. The carb was set up for 10% ethanol street gas and was a tad rich with the race gas in the dyno. My cam is more radical than that roller and we fully expect 500. I'm not springing for $500 for a dyno test when a few drag runs will give me peak hp.