low compression

I put together a '73 with 7?K miles on it 440 back in 1991. I pulled it, pulled the heads, de-carboned the chambers, lapped the valves, cleaned up the piston tops, installed a windage tray, an HV pump, new timing set, a set of MP "hemi" springs, and a Crane H302-2 cam. With an iron 6bbl and 1 3/4 tube cheapie headers, it ran for two years, hit 6500 many times, and went a best of 12.4 @ 104, on pump unleaded in my 70 cuda. In an A body, that same engine would run closer to 12.10s, and that was with 3.91s and a 2200 convertor. A real convertor, a set of 4.30s, and slicks, and I'd bet I could get a similar car into the 11s.

If anyone's got a running engine, I'll do my part...lol