Originally Posted By tex013
My .520 lift 440 B body has gone 10.71 . This is a pump gas 10.75:1 motor
Top end head choice is important , but what previous guys noted all helps . Nothing too special in mine
Daily driver

Tex

FWIW, my 440's last incarnation while still using ported OEM iron heads had a Racer Brown .520" SFT, although I did use 1.6s on the intakes. Even if I'd gone back to 1.5s on I & E, it would have still been a low 11-sec pump-gas street car at 3700#s.