[updated:LAST EDITED ON 09-Dec-01 AT 03:56 PM (EST)]>I forgot to add, compression calculated out to 9.2.

I am intrigued by your build up and by the article. In 1980, I built up a 400, using a Carter 650 carb, Edelbrock Streetmaster dual-plane intake, headers, custom made 9.5:1 pistons, 'straight up' timing set, and a Crane Fireball cam. I never had a chance to dyno it and ended up selling it when I totalled the Ranchero it was in. I would like to build one similar to yours, but I was thinking of using massaged 'Aussie' heads. With the stock flat-top pistons, the CR should be about 10:1 and combined with the larger valves should get me up over 400 HP.

What tranny will you use, and what's it going in?