I've got a 440 first build in 88 it's just a TRW blue printed build. So it's been decked and compression is 9.5 for street use with polished stock rods. There are no trick parts what so ever but this shortblock has over 2000 pass's and a few more street miles. I've run it to 7000 rpm from the second pass on. It's got a pair of 452 heads and a old 557 cam now, we thrue it on the dyno and it made 520 hp 545 tq. I built the 440 at a time when I had no cash and needed to barter all the machine work (I did bodywork and paint). But my point is build a solid shortblock because you might be living with it for awhile.
