So had Ford Country on the dyno today at Forrest & Forrest Racing in Ayr,ON. Glen (at motor) and Paul (behind the wheel) have been doing this for more than 40 years and know their stuff. We did 9 pulls and discovered first that 40 degrees timing was too much. While the car performed well at 40 and sounded great The dyno eventually told us the motor was happiest at 30 degrees.....at 40 degrees our 521 Ford was putting 458.7 hp to the rear wheels at 30 degrees it put 475.2 with 565.6 ft-lbs of tor