440 what am I missing here?

It may be doing exactly what he says....
Here are the cam specs, 10:1, Minimum. And yes, the converter is junk here.

108 LSA. Whoever is working with the tune better have an idea of how to clean up the idle and lowend. Without a doubt timing controlled spark. Andyf can chime in on that one. Neat truck anyways....

JW