Hey Ghost, I'm not perfect either, nor right all the time. I gotten some really good posts from you, as well as some other members. Thanks for the "education without the BIAS", Ghost. Just remember we are all still "learning" and I'm no GURU. Hats off to you all. NOTE: I will try to answer your questions to the best of my ability.
your answers are based upon opinion, conjecture and theoretical modifications of builds written up in this (and maybe other) forum threads.
YOU HAVE NOT PROVIDED ANY PERSONAL QUANTITATIVE DATA FOR YOUR HYPOTHESES EITHER FROM DYNO OR DRAG STRIP PERFORMANCE NUMBERS.
Due to this, your answers are about as legitimate and trustworthy as half the people who put up "forum" knowledge due to stuff they read from other people, who have read from other people, who have actually done the work.
413's are not special blocks, its the owners of them who believe they are.
That is YOUR opinion, and by you posting it in this forum, we can either rebuke it or respect it. I do respect other opinions of this forum, however, when it comes to singiling out a mill to be the "ULTIMATE", I draw the line. AS I SAID EARLIER, in this forum, not EVERYBODY has a 440. There is definitely nothing wrong with the 440, it makes great power, is very streetable and in some chassis can be your worst nightmare, if you are lined up against it. I am speaking for the guys who do not have 440's but 413's. 413's can be made to run AS hard as a 440, built differently. It will definitely scare 440's enough not to pick on it either at the track or on the "street". 413's are definitely no slouches !!! ALL I am basically saying is, if you 440 guys want to pick on your "slightly younger 413 bretheren", you just might get shut down badly. They will definitely hold their own anywhere. I would watch who you'd pick a fight (run) with. AS for a DYNO or Personal data on the power output of the 413, don't need it!! The Ramcharger Race Club/Team, Dick Landy, Dick Maxwell, Al Eckstrand and nearly two dozen or more Chrysler Engineers/ Racers and Engine Builders provided enough race clinics, speed parts and technical info. so that WE WOULD NOT BE BICKERING ABOUT WHO'S THE SUPERIOR MILL. If that was the case, Mopar performance, again "FOR THE READING IMPAIRED", would not have GROUPED the 413 and the 440 in the SAME performance buildup menu. Enough said, Just run with what you have and be happy.
"Stupidity is Ignorance on Steroids" "Yeah, it's hopped to over 160" (quote by Kowalski in the movie Vanishing Point 1970 - Cupid Productions)