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Old 02-14-2005, 08:03 AM
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Hotrod magazine built a similar build but went 9.68:1 and got 450 hp. The theoretical maximum HP of the 390 is 486 and that would be close to 12:1.

Here's what hotrod did. http://www.hotrod.com/webonly_january/
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