[Formulajones]

Hammering on the car all the time isn't a normal thing. We do drive these things daily after all. We have to drive civilized most of the time and that video shows that even a big cam in a small engine doesn't need to be downshifted all the time. That's the whole point of the video. If 455's can't do that then the engine either has issues or you guys are telling me a high strung 302 does it better.

I am actually putting a load on it. That's about 1/4 throttle in high gear at very low speed and it picks up speed very well with no need to downshift. You can actually mat it if you want, it just makes 4 barrel sounds and accelerates, but it's honestly just a waste of gas and unnecessary load when your putting around 35 mph zones.
Probably would have shown better what the engine was doing if I put a vacuum gauge up there.

The real point is a 254@ .050 cam in a 302 that has a reputation for being so high strung has no problem with a .64 5th gear and 3.55's out back. If that engine does it then most any other engine shouldn't have an issue