505 stroker fresh off the dyno - Power seems low? Thoughs?

The dish in the piston looks pretty shallow, so I’d say it has the correct pistons in it.

It’s worth verifying the cam timing is correct, but 4deg off(on the degree wheel) isn’t going to yield 50hp.
But if the cam is retarded I could see that correcting it should bring the tq numbers up closer to what I’d expect.
The cranking pressure is in that zone where it’s hard to tell if it’s good or bad(it’s obviously not “way off”).

I don’t know if this was brought up or not, but which spring package did you get on your heads?
(That would only affect the upper end of the curve)

It’s surprising that shop has an expensive dyno....... and no air turbine? Crazy.

What are the intentions for the motor?
Street car? Bracket race car?

If the power doesn’t improve....... does it really matter?

If you haven’t read thru this one yet, it’s a good read:
Degreeing a Cam, or not.....

The springs are TFS-16893. Installed pressure of 120lbs at 1.875, and open pressure of 394lbs at 1.175. These are the springs that trick flow sends with their flat tappet 240 heads. I spoke to Howard's cams yesterday to pick their brains about things, and he was a little concerned about the spring pressure. He said he generally doesn't like to see more than 360-370.

Anyway, he recommended getting the cranking pressure up in the 185 region, moving in two degree incriments until it gets there. I'll be ordering the stall converter today, then get that in and get the engine dropped in quick. At that point I'll pull the timing cover and check/adjust the cam timing so I can crank it over.

I plan on 30% street and 70% bracket with the car. Just taking the kids to school, a few local car shows and such.