I tell people all the time....... the hard part about getting a car to put up a good number at the track....... is making everything on the car work together.
In many cases........ making enough power to reach the desired performance goal is the easy part.

Did he buy it or build it?

If he bought it, what was he told it would run?

68 Satellite, 383 with stock 906’s, 3550lbs, 11.18@123
Dealer for Comp Cams/Indy Heads