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Good questions. The guy that built the engine used to race - for a living. Factory 427 Thunderbolts / Cobra Jet mustangs, etc. He did specially prepare it to run a hydrolic cam. He seemed to have all the credentials to build a fine engine, but wasn't into roller cams for some reason - he said the lifters were very heavy and required extraordinary spring pressures and were only marginally better. This choice plus the choice not to work the heads, I believe cost RPMS, flow and the resulting HP.
The car felt fast in first, but just a little quicker than stock. For instance, just say you were going 75 down the freeway next to a Porche Carrerra (let's just say), at 3750 rpms in 4 the gear. When I dropped down to 3rd gear, it would bump to the high - mid 4000's, and fall off dramaticallly at 5200 rpm. Nothin' but German tail lights! So it felt kinda like the Dyno shows - it would pull pretty hard, but lose steam pretty quickly. For 14K, not a big improvement over stock at all...
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