Wood's '408' low-buck Magnum build!

Quote from 408 cam "behavior"

"As rnaz said but it was a secondary thought. I want excellent street manners, WIDE torque curve, good vacuum for brakes and non temperamental tuning. That's why I only went with 236@ .050. I didn't want a torque turd either. Rather have a wide torque curve for better performance everywhere....and that's what happened. Also, the more cyl head flow you have the less cam you need. Vice versa also. 526hp and 496 torque is enough for 11's and no cage needed. Made 470lbft from 3300 (lowest pull went to) to 496lbft at 5100. That's FLAT. It ought to pull like a freight train. Can you imagine with a 100 shot? (That's as far as I'd go with stock block and cast stroker crank). I figure a 3K to 3200 stall and send it down the road.

Thing is, there's a few more hp in it. Compression is only 10.2:1. I'll take another cc out of the chambers or so to get me to 10.5:1. Also, 93 pump gas will work better with a 114lsa. Less peak cyl pressure and more AVG.--
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I'm running a 236/242 @ .050 with a .580 lift on a 114 LSA in a 390, and everything you said is spot on as far as the torque goes.
It runs great N/A, and makes gobs of torque across the entire band, and when I spray it, it's just insane. I have hit it with a 150 shot on a forged bottom end, and the block half-filled, but the tires wouldn't hold it.

My compression is sitting at 11.0:1, and it doesn't like pump gas, though."