With stock flow in the upper 240-250+ range, it would be big stretch to get the HP you desire...even to get 500hp, while doable, would take quite a bit of cam to get there.

for whatever it's worth, a generic formula that applies only to 8 cylinder engines is that for every cfm of flow, a head can support 2.05 hp. IE, heads that flow 250 cfm can support as much as 512.5 hp...and that really doesn't change whether it's a stroker or not...the peak rpm and torque changes though.

As stated, a set of professionaly ported eddies can do the trick.


1979 Dodge Lil' Red Express - 360 rwhp, 13.2 @ 103mph
1968 Coronet: 318, 2.76, 15.2 @ 92mph! (SOLD)
1976 Valiant: 360, 3.90, 12.90 @ 106 (SOLD)
1989 Shelby CSX #500/500