Bone Stock 302 Dyno #’s

[realzed]

Numbers pretty match what my 302 put out on the dyno after rebuilding it back 25 years ago - except mine was .030" over and I had the off road cam in it and it pulled a fair amount less torque early on compared to yours..
I was nervous after just putting it together - so after a short break-in period we only went up to 5500 rpm (I kept thinking about all of the things I might have missed during the rebuild and second guessing myself even though I had gone through everything at least twice.. but that's human nature I guess)!
The dyno guy kept encouraging me to let him lean on it and said it should crank out a lot more with another 1000 rpm of so - but since this was a street car I chickened out, wanting to ensure I kept all of the original parts 'together'..
Certainly, listening to an engine on a dyno is a ton different than hearing one on a pull under the hood of a car - and it does get your attention a lot more~