I'm really glad I made the effort to fire it up back in April just to hear it run, because now I'm working on some long overdue changes
to the rest of the car (metal work),and it will be awhile before I can get the 572 (aka Project Big Dumb Hemi) between the rails and make everything fit/work.

The car no longer looks like this. Been at it for awhile, have lots of pictures and stuff

Anyway judging from idle quality and throttle response, it seems it should be a fairly tame street engine.
Cam and compression are both less than the existing 451 low deck, because I am getting old, same as everyone here, and I was never a super serious racer anyway.



I am also in the planning stages of an equally, if not more stupid large cubic inch wedge, and some other stuff.