Stock stroke 360 on the dyno

360's, the best kept secret out there.

That's what I've been saying for years. I built a real cheap 360 for my Aspen 12 years ago--This thing was cheap , stock crank, stock rods, SpeedPro H116 484/484 Purple (you know the one) and J heads with stock stamped steel rockers that I stuck 2.02/1.6 Chevy valves with a trick valve job and a Weiand Stealth-oh and a Thermoquad. It made a dyno verified 401 hp @ 5900 and 417 ft/lbs @ 4600 rpm. All my buddies at the time had Chev big blocks, Chev 400's with Dart heads and all that good stuff. I couldn't be beat on the street as the power curve was just so nice and friendly (real revvy). At the track it went 12.5s @ 108 and I could run door handle to door handle with most. Oh and the best part was that I raced on MacEwen's (not great) 89 octane. The next engine I played with for myself was a 408---Yeah it was powerful but failed to impress me nonetheless. I miss that 360.Here's a pic J.Rob

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