School me again... first time tuning a BB

[Red_Duster]

I've got that cam in a 9.5 440, timing is set at 16 at idle, 750 rpm, and 39 degrees total. This is with 452 heads that have been pocket ported with 2.14/1.81 valves. The combination made 520 hp 545 tq on pump gas with a old M1 single plane and Holley 850.
It sounds like you don't have enough curve in the distributor, I would like to see a 22° sweep with a total of 38 or 39° all in by 2500 rpm at the latest.

I am going to ask at what rpm the converter flash at and what does it stall at?

I whould replace carb with a Holley style race carb with 4 corner adjustment to help with the idle.
I would replace the carb before you replace the torqconverter.

Still learning, so this may be a dumb statement... but to check the flash I need go WOT in 3rd from a slow roll, right? and I can check stall the foot brake way? The converter was pretty high on my priority list because it also has two adjacent teeth missing that occasionally land on the starter.

 

[Oldiron440]

With my Turbo Action 3800 converter this cam will stall a little over 4000 and flash at 4500 rpm.
I have been surprised by how much torque it makes especially for the 9.5 to 1 compression ratio and the fact it has heavy TRW slugs in it.

 

[Red_Duster]

With my Turbo Action 3800 converter this cam will stall a little over 4000 and flash at 4500 rpm.
I have been surprised by how much torque it makes especially for the 9.5 to 1 compression ratio and the fact it has heavy TRW slugs in it.

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If I could get those numbers out of mine, I would be ecstatic!

 

[Oldiron440]

Looking over your first post you need a single plane intake manifold also.

 

[Oldiron440]

If I could get those numbers out of mine, I would be ecstatic!

I spent more than a few hours on the heads and the original M1 single plane works very well, the block is just a blue printed 440 with forged pistons and a good balance. I guess I polished the rods also. The carb is an old 9380 Holley.