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I have a '69 302 with a C4 transmission. Much is stock, but recently I had the Edelbrock Top End Kit 2091 installed, which basically is upgraded Intake, Cam and Cylinder heads. Besides that I have a 650 CFM Edelbrock Carb, Tri-Y Headers, K&N filter and recently changes the rear gearing from the standard to a 3.55:1 gearing. So today I ran my first Dyno test and got 253 Bhp and 295 ft/lbs. (400Nm) torque. It's less than I thought it would be:-( According to Edelbrock the kit should deliver 367hp / 340 ft./lbs., but I was pretty far from that. I know their readings have a reputation of being unrealistic and the Dyno-guy didn't hit the 6500 rpm that the Edelbrock test did, 'cause he was a bit worried to go that high with the rpm. It seemed like the bhp peaked at 5000 rpms and so he didn't push it to 6500, like the Edelbrock test. But the torque peaked at 3800 rpm, which is the most interesting reading. Because it's a C4 transmission, he only drove it in 2nd gear. He seamed a bit unsecure of this, but if he ran it in D it would kick down at some point from 3rd to 2nd. It didn't kick down from 2nd to 1st. He seemed a bit unsure if this was the best way to run it. Okay, so my question is this: I had really hoped to get to above 300 hp and 320 ft./lbs. Is there a conversion from bhp to hp or is that the same? What else could I do to get to there. I know it's a small block and I don't wanna spend much more money, just wanted to ask if you guys have a magic idea? I'm probably gonna install some Magnaflow mufflers in the near future, but that's more because of the sound. Had also thought of a Torque converter, but I'm not a mechanic myself, so every operation is costly. The reason why I got the Edelbrock kit is because it all fit together and I didn't have to pay overtime to my mechanic for mixing and adjusting different parts. Plus I live in Denmark so smaller brands are hard to come by. Thanks for your time!