Beefed up 302 putting out how much HP?

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Wishful thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Compare his motor specs to my RACE motor specs.

1972 Ford 302 Block, bored .030
331 cu. in. stroker, 4340 forged steel crank,forged H-beam rods, forged Diamond dome pistons, 13.65 to 1 compression......
Ported/polished, and other work, Edel. RPM performer heads
Solid roller cam, lift= .586, dur.=288
Edel. Victor intake, port matched to the heads
Slightly reworked Demon carb.
MSD igniton,distributor,plug wires
Double roller timing chain
and a few other odds and ends...........

Motor runs on 110 octane leaded gas.....the motor is actually tame enough to run on the street, if you could afford the 7 bucks a gallon 110 gas, It would not last long on premium pump gas.......



Made 472 hp @ 6400 rpms on the dyno
Made 430 ft. lbs. torque @ 5500 rpms

Recenlty at a Mustang Club car show I was attending they had some guys there with a portable chasis dyno, I tried, but we could not get my car on it, my car is a road race car and really low to the ground......as we were getting ready to try to get it on the dyno the operater was asking about my car/motor specs, he thought I should make about 400 hp at the wheels with my combo, tops............

Not saying your buddies motor is not what it's claimed to be, but he had better have some serouis stuff in it to make that kind of power at the wheels..........450 hp at the wheels would equate to at least 525 hp or more likely 550 hp at the crank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

David