Brainstormin' 440 vs 5.9 ...

Do you mean same CR ? Cause a 440 with good cr should be 500 + lbs-ft, 600 lbs-ft shouldn't be out of the question, that would be like a 360 making 450 & 491 lbs-ft (tq per Cid).
Yes, same compression ratio etc. like I posted in post #433. Either low or high compression but same for both. In this case I'm more interested in actual numbers than numbers derived from power per cubic inch. Not that those numbers are meaningless but in this case he plans on drag racing it and the drag strip doesn't care what cubic inch engine it is.