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<blockquote data-quote="TacomaJD" data-source="post: 697271" data-attributes="member: 1780"><p><strong>Re: Re: 895hp 440 SBC</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>He started off with a 454 bbc that came out of a burnt motorhome and made it a 496. R&R Speedshop in Huntsville helped him blueprint it. Blower brand was actually a Weiand, and after he changed up the (underdrive?) pulley on it, it would run 5.60's. He would dial in around 5.90's during bracket racing and sandbag at the end. Pisses me off I never made time to go drive it. He tried and tried to get me to, but I always worked on Thurs and Fri nights, and was out raising hell with my buddies on Saturday nights Lol. I drove the full body 71 Camaro he had that same powertrain in before when I was 13 yrs old and ran 6.60's, don't think it had the blower on it then though. It was a strong motor, didn't have to work on it a whole lot either, and he ran the **** out of it for years. Ole guy that bought it is still running it today. He never had it dyno'd to my knowledge and I'd imagine it's the story stretching number type thing mentioned here, but he would swear it was pushing 900+ hp in it's final configuration. </p><p></p><p>Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TacomaJD, post: 697271, member: 1780"] [b]Re: Re: 895hp 440 SBC[/b] He started off with a 454 bbc that came out of a burnt motorhome and made it a 496. R&R Speedshop in Huntsville helped him blueprint it. Blower brand was actually a Weiand, and after he changed up the (underdrive?) pulley on it, it would run 5.60's. He would dial in around 5.90's during bracket racing and sandbag at the end. Pisses me off I never made time to go drive it. He tried and tried to get me to, but I always worked on Thurs and Fri nights, and was out raising hell with my buddies on Saturday nights Lol. I drove the full body 71 Camaro he had that same powertrain in before when I was 13 yrs old and ran 6.60's, don't think it had the blower on it then though. It was a strong motor, didn't have to work on it a whole lot either, and he ran the **** out of it for years. Ole guy that bought it is still running it today. He never had it dyno'd to my knowledge and I'd imagine it's the story stretching number type thing mentioned here, but he would swear it was pushing 900+ hp in it's final configuration. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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