10.75 seems WAY to high for a pump gas motor all right, especially with iron heads. Gessford strongly urged me to stay within the 9's, so I went "high 9",
My old motor was all about high rpm, the cam came on strong AFTER 3000. By moving my torque curve down to the lower 2000+ range it doesn't "feel" like I gave up any power! The increased over all "drivability" is far better than what I had before. At the drag strip (and thats a rare occurence for me) I DO feel it "fall off" around 6000 rpm, but was surprised to see my 1/4 mile times were still pretty close. I went drag racing only a few times before and after as a means of direct comparison to performance levels.