[455Grandville]

Originally Posted by AIR RAM

Yes he sure did... He copied much of my build!

AFTER I purchased all my parts from R&RE and built my 350 at the Auto Hobby in Aviano Italy. Back then the internet was not what it is today and I purchased all my parts from R&RE while stationed overseas. Spent lots of time on the phone with Bruce talking about the build and spent lots of money with him as well. So he knew exactly what I did to my P350 and he seemed to like it so much he decided to build a similar 350 himself.

I do believe I was one of the first if not the only people to shoe horn a set of 72cc EDL RPM round Ports to a P350 Firebird back in 1997ish...

My engine was .040 bore with 10.75:1cr and ran great on pump gas. I dont recall the cam specs however I still have it, Ill go take a look and see if it has any numbers on it.

over 10 years later I learn that Bruce built and published an article (well after my 350 build) on a similar combination... I kind of expected to read some form of credit given towards my build... but no credit given.

Anyway, the car ran a 13.5 @ 108* <--- Trap speed was good for 12.5x potential but that was with a 10 bolt peg leg (one wheel wonder) . It basically spun one tire all of first and most of 2nd. With traction it would have ran high to mid 11's, I later on added a 4.10 rear gear and an Auburn posi and 6pt roll bars however never got back to the track with that combination. If I had to guess I would say it put down just over 400RWHP and 480ish crank.

Anyway, if I where building a P350 today, I would use the EDL RPM heads out of the box, do a .060+ bore and add a forged crank and run 10-15lbs boost.

SPEED SAFE, NICK

That’s impressive, and that guy sure has a bad rep.