800 hp hard to believe?

[cudabob496]

New Mopar Muscle mag has a Super Bee with a 500 cu in wedge motor. Edelbrock Victor heads, Super Victor intake, 10.5/1 CR, solid roller .69 lift
and duration at .050 at around 275.  They say WITHOUT nitrous it makes near 800 hp. Does not seem possible with that CR? But, I did not follow
the build that may have been discussed in earlier mags.  Also, that is way to much duration for a CR of only 10.5/1. Wonder if the 800 is a typo?

[Chryco Psycho]

Depends , we built a 440 non stroker using those heads & intake with a 660 lift roller cam & EFI & made 710 HP on pump gas at 4000' altitude but 710 HP was a gross rating as used in 1970 not the later net rating used later , of course using the highest # sounds the most impressive which is probably what they did also

[Oldschool]

I would venture to say that if those 800 hp numbers are true, those Eddy heads have had some extensive port work performed...