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aaronk785 said

I finally purchased a 408 stroker kit from scat. Here is my plan. 10:1 compression, ported speedmaster heads, following PBRs thread. Howards solid cam 254-260 at .050 .586 .593 lift before lash. rpm intake 750 holley dp . Besides stroker kit I have all the parts. This is going in a 3500lb 68 dart 4000 stall, 3.91 gears and 26 in. tires. What do you think. Total budget build. Any hp or torque guesses? E.T.? Just for fun.

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when I see 4000 stall converter the first thing I think is nope, not big enough but then I look at the rest of the combo. I like your choice of gear and the tire helps even more. I never ran that intake and at this point never will but I know a port matched LD340 works so if you port matched that intake it should work well. Plenty of cam so you covered that well. The car is 300 pounds heavier than I like but again that happens with street cars. As far as a 750 being to small I’ve gone 9.80’s with a properly tuned one, but I really like 850 double pump holleys. I think if you learned a thing or two from all the Speedmaster posts WE made you should have a fun street, street strip car. I have to open my mind and think not everyone is building a full bore race engine. With the parts you assembled I know that engine at that weight could easily run 11’s and that can be a lot of fun. Good luck.