The 440 was .055 over,about 10.6 to 1,had a Indy solid flat tappet cam,.601/.608 if I remember right,Indy SR heads ported,flowed 325cfm @.650 lift,2.19/1.88 valves,Indy single plane with a 950HP Holley,2" primary/3.5" collector headers,all MSD ignition,ProTrans 727 with too tight of a converter,only footbraked like 2200,4.56's with a 28x12.50 ET Streets,SS springs,car weighed 3570 with me in it.It would only cut 1.61/1.62 60ft times, had full length with the Cuda tips out the back with Flowmaster Top Ten Shootout 3.5" mufflers with 3" pipe.
I loved that motor,ran 11.27-11.35 for 6 years, and all I ever did was change oil,adjust the valves maybe twice a year and drove it all over our area.

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Back when I had my Cuda still in primer and with a 440 in it,with the same top end I now have on my 499,and the roll bar rule was 11.99, I would drive it to the track on ET Streets,full length exhaust and ran 11.20's at 119 leaving at 1800. The best pass was 11.27 on the first time out and figured I should be able to tune a couple tenths into it. I told my friends if I could get it to go 10.99 on the motor, I was turning on the bottle and shooting for a 9.99,but on the third outing a local driver of a 12second/full cage having bracket car,ratted me out to Bernie yelling he has no bar, he has no bar,going to fast. So Bernie intercepted me after a 11.21 pass on the way back to the pits,stuck his head in the window and asked wheres the bar, wheres the harness and jacket?,I said I didn't have any of those and he said thats why you're spectating the rest of the night.
I tried to get him to let me make a couple 1/8 mile passes..which would've been on the bottle,, but said no as he just threw a guy out for going 11.80 and didn't think it would be fair. So installed a 6point in it a couple months later.

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Sounds strong for a stock stroke 440, tell us more about it.

I'm hoping my car doesn't pass tech, will find out when the weather gets nice how fast it really is. I should be close either way

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