# i have 2 SBC questions having to deal with HP **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 21, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-2-sbc-questions-having-to-deal-with-hp/187560 "2007-01-21T19:11:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![slvr98camaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7c8e57/32.png) [@slvr98camaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slvr98camaro)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-2-sbc-questions-having-to-deal-with-hp/187560/17 "2007-01-22T18:18:46Z")
> [@GTI \> lancer i believe.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gti-lancer-i-believe/20605/69): > > well there are some 355 crate motors making over 400 hp with less compression with cams similar to that one and some slightly bigger, but they have good heads that flow well like vortecs, or dart iron eagles. > > that seems like a lot of compression for that cam and heads. yeah, people asked me what i think the HP rating is, because i only had a guess, and i told them prolly 400, and everyone told me there was no way it was making that power, and its prolly around 260HP, i guess they forgot most stock SBC’s make 1 HP per CI, which would be 350 right there. the car came with those specs, i personally didnt do it, but i do know it has some high comp (the guy who sold the car to us used to drag race it) but anyways, i found some spark plugs laying around, they were honostly 1mm longer, and i hit the key with the ign off, and i pulled the plug and it was closed up. internally, im just going by what i was told (domed pistons) but i am 100% sure of everything else > [@Buffalo Bills 2007 Schedule !!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buffalo-bills-2007-schedule/27464/16): > > I run a 355 with 13:1, 291 camel humps, comp cam 294s cam, holley 300-36 intake, 750 edelbrock…The only issue is I have to run aviation fuel…but it is sure fun to drive. how much HP does it have? we have it running on 115 octane turbo blue, $5.45 a gal ☹ --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-have-2-sbc-questions-having-to-deal-with-hp/187560)._