Originally Posted By gregsdart
Hugo, lots of guys like the 540, and they have good reason. It is about as big as you can go with a low deck and have a reasonable piston pin height, piston skirt still up in the bore to keep the piston stable. A local racer ran a 540 b1mc about 20 years ago, and made over 1000 reliable hp. And i think the reliability is what you will find out is the difference. Trust me, go for reliability. I didn't and spend way more time working on my motor than racing.
If it were my motor, i would go 540, B1Mc ported heads, and a cam custom ground with the intent of giving away the last possible 20 to 30 hp in favor of a cam that is VERYeasy on parts. You will probably be running this deal to almost 8,000 rpm, so plan for it to make it live.

Thanks Greg but for now I’ll stay with my 440-1 in the future I’ll see if I can upgrade. Ido want reliability and maybe keep my rpms to around 7500or 7600.