It all depends on what you are doing. A 460 will pull well due to torgue. What did you expect to see? A large displacement engine during the smog days. Hp does not play near as much a factor until you get into going fast. Kinda makes ya wonder what just 300hp would feel like doesn't it? I don't think almost 1 ftlb of torque per ci is all that bad considering we are talking about the heavily detuned days of the 70's. I take it you aren't old enough to remember those times. We went from 350 - 450hp to 150-250hp overnight and stayed there for at least a decade.