422 dyno fail

PRH said
I never said it’s stock.
It’s a useful comparative tool if you’re open minded.

Headers or manifolds.... which is better?
Ported stock intake or aftermarket single plane?
Stock air filter(has to be in place) or not?
If you changed out those items on the Duster engine would it make more or less power?
And the heads on that particular engine flow less than the OP’s, so that’s not why that one makes good power.

Same can be said for the Stocker comparison.
It has less of everything than the OP’s combo other than cam duration.
Was less flow, way less lift, stock intake...... makes way more power.

When you race in classes where you have to stay within the rules....... you find ways to make power that don’t include being able to buy a bunch of the latest stuff out of the Summit catalog.

My friends stocker has been almost 129@3300lbs at an NHRA event(weighed and fuel check after every pass) with heads that flow 220.

We will just agree to disagree......I have had many friends over the years that ran in different classes of stock eliminator and although they didn't tell me every little top secret detail , they did tell me enough to know that there is a lot of high tech, high dollar to make it happen cheating or bending of the rules as to how some would want to phrase it going on especially with the fastest cars in each class.......also am very good friends with another top tier head and intake guy who has his own business who has done work for Dudek and many others over the years in the F.A.S.T. class and he went into detail what goes into those engines as I considered fielding a car myself but ultimately decided against it due to my location.