360 engine build opinions - first engine build

crackedback said

Thanks Adam. Forgot which mufflers Kyle got. He was talking all sort of mufflers at the time.

The engine made 347hp and 395 tq on a dyno. Heads are the bottleneck. These were 587 casting with some bowl/runner clean up. I think it had some more HP available in the tune, but, didn't have time to mess with it. It's a good 1hp per C.I. combination. I think we are going to hook up an LM1 and RPM converter to the car to get the carb dialed in.

With a bigger camshaft, 400hp isn't out of the question. This engine needed to be a nice street piece and work with a max 2500 converter and 3.23-3.55 gears.

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Just for kicks I did a little digging in my magazine library. Mopar muscle did a build over 4 issues back in 2000. 280H cam, smog heads ported out, stock bottom end with fed mogul 116 hyper pistons for 10:1.Torker II single pane?! intake,prolly looking to boost h.p #'s with it.Made over 400lb's of torque and 395 h.p

Also found a build with a stock 360 and stock magnums which made over 400 h.p .Again a bigger cam.

So yes I have to agree 400 h.p is easy, but fuel mileage would drop.

With the price of gas being so stupid, I think it's time to switch to an electric motor and load the trunk with batteries.