low compression

rumblefish im up for a 400 smogger low budget grudge match. i just did a 400 and put it in my duster in may. i already have a street strip car so that wasnt my goal. i wanted to have good torque pretty early. i honed it, new rod main and cam bearings, cast rings, i had a 383 steel crank balanced for it since im running it with a stick i didnt want that funky balanced flywheel, i used the old 906 heads off my dart that had quite a few passes and some street miles, years ago they were cut just to clean up and a good valve job i put them on with some mr gasket shim head gaskets, i would have ported them but i didnt want to hurt my low rpm torque. i baffled the pan, a used windage tray, and deburred the block, a small summit cam and summit roller chain, some used iron adjustable rockers and pushrods, used performer intake, used holley 750 3310, used 1 3/4 headers. it runs ok. it wont win a lot of races but it does do what i wanted. there are probably tons of cams out there that would be a better shoice for a street strip build, intakes too, there are plenty of better choices. i think the piss poor compression is hurting me more for my cruising than a street strip build. its definitely fun though.