honest opinions needed here

frosty_the_punk said
Awful? have you ever ran one? most people who talk smack about them have never run one and are just "following the crowd". Personally, mine ran pretty good. Made a nice flat torque curve and just over 350hp in a 318 with J heads. I actually liked it's power delivery so much that I'm putting it into a 318 for my drift project next year. (it's not an A-body)

Yes, I have . We put the mother thumper in my fathers current truck. It's a 10.5:1 454 with AFR heads. It's awful in every way.

Sure it sounds cool, try to idle around town or in traffic with it. Try running power brakes (even with a booster) and for as radical as the cam sounds it made 503hp. Whoopty do....
Torque came in late, hp ran out early.

Albeit he doesn't have enough convertor in the car. The carb is a Quickfuel and is set perfectly and the timing is spot on as well. Engine was dyno tuned and then idle reset in the car.

basically it's the same specs as my cam as far as lift and duration, same specs my engine for that matter (his heads are better)and makes pretty much the same HP. Mine idles like a kitten. I run a 950 proform. Dialed in by the same builder. 17/35 for timing

A body said
15/16 bore master cylinder for decent pedal feel, dump the power brakes, get some old adjustable 273 rockers, go flat tappet! just my .02$ :)

daredevil said
Why not go nasty cam and use a vaccuum pump. You scared to let him smoke you?

RMS set me up with a 7/8 master and manual brakes. Poor man's power brakes he called it. Love it. Feels and acts like power brakes.