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Do your self a favor and junk that P.O.S. and buy a CHEVY,,problem solved !!

All kidding aside, I have read and re-read all posts and I gotta say it sounds like a fuel issue. Scamp made a valid point on reading the plugs.Old Harley guys used to jet by the plug readings ONLY.Make a pass(anywere safe) full throttle,when you hit high gear click off the key and drift to a stop pull the plugs and see what they look like.
Gears make it rev faster, sooner,SOOOO how about a fuel pressure reading at high RPM's?
Now this one is just for fun(food for thought)During a B.S. session talking to the guys at Indy Cylinder heads the jetting question came up"how much is enough?"Answer=" if your staging and your eyes ain't waterin' and you still can breath it ain't fat enough !!"
So you said jetting fat made it slow down and still popin,,, it may be fuel delivery as stated before. You runnin' a relay on that pump? Maybe you got a voltage drop.
You tested the ignition and wiring system so I really don't know what to say but anything electrical can die at any time new or not.
I know you can fix this, don't give up or I'll sick MadMax on your a$$.

what do you mean sick him... he is already all over me LOL...

and when shutting it off wont that screw up the trans? i mean with the pump not running and it still turning?

when i had the pressure gauge on it it read 7-7.5 running and cruising... dropped to 5.5 on launch but steadily came back up thought the run...

as far as jetting they are right when you make ports so big that it runs like crap until you get rpms, kinda the indy way lol...

no reason to keep jettin up if its slowing down...

yes the pump is on a 30amp relay with i think 10ga wiring (pump lead is only like 16 or 14 lol)

I still think your problem is in the valve train ,but like mentioned read your plugs after a pass to see where everything is at.For the record i have no idea what my timing is set at on my 408 (as i have never put a lite to it) .I set the timing by reading the plugs and did the jetting on the 750 by reading the mph on my time slips...

well my rods are good for 400 open pressure, springs are 354 lbs and shimmed as tight as they can be... i can check one of the extra springs to get and exact pressures for my installed height...