383 rebuild - kinda whimpy on the dyno?

Killer6 said

The article referenced earlier in this thread would probably be Steve Dulcich's supposed-to-be-4-but only-did-three part series on porting BBM heads. It showed exactly how putting the larger 2.14/1.81 combo in with a standard 3-angle valve job really sucked a$$ w/o doing at least the DC/MP port-template job on them. Something a number of Us know, but seems to not get the attn. it really deserves................

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OP here...

Exactly. I’ve already torn down the bottom end. Crank is out... pistons will be soon. Oil residue in pan looked very clean. Also plan on fattening the Jets (I had a whole range ready to test on dyno day), depth checking pistons, micing and bore gauging every single thing before determining next step. Will definitely look into sensible rocker upgrade, recheck oil galleys/plugs, etc. Gonna match valve springs to cam... I definitely think those are wrong. I’m learning a lot about spring pressure at installed, open, and bind height. Also looking into porting the heads for hp street use. I’d like to do that myself... I know the exhaust/intake ports would be easy, but messing around in the bowls, angles, etc might take some serious instruction.

I know I have to maintain the match between lifters, cam lobes, pushrods, etc... but do I assume the lifters will find their home (as far as spin) on the lobes during re-assembly (that’s far off I know, but..)

Kinda &$@@ed I didn’t get more data on my dyno outputs... one would think oil psi would be standard on all outputs. I’m assuming 10 psi/1000 rpms... mine ran 55 psi pretty much through the 5300 power band... does that sound okay for my setup?

I’ll post pics of my main and other rod bearings as well...