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Old 07-22-2021, 04:57 PM
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I often wonder how much cam,horsepower do you need for the street,I'm 73? My younger days ran the 068 in 389,400,421.i was happy with overall ,mileage,driveability, performance. Now I'm not into street racing or burning off my tires,breakage.i guess im 'stale'.
About 400 hp is fine. Any more up to 500 hp is nice but I don't want any compromise in Reliability, high octance additcions, or valvetrain that won't surivive Summer highway.

I think 550+ hp is not happening on 87-89 octane.

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