Well Im in love all over again.
I havent even had it past half throttle yet and I am still tickled pink. Even taking it easy I can tell there is a lot more power and a TON of torque under that pedal. With the 355 at about a 30 MPH roll in 1st it would haze the tires and spin midway through second. I was coasting down my street at about 20 and just gave the pedal a good half throttle stab and it made the tires squeek. Should be interesting when I finally get on it. I didnt think gaining only about 56 cubic inches would make that noticable of a difference. No more cooling problems either. New radiator is great! Never over 160 idleing in traffic and never over 140 driving. Also met up with another V8 S-10 while I was out. He was kinda stupid though. He saw me behind him ( I dont have my hood on yet) and he mashed his throttle. He was all the way sideways on a 2 lane back road and when he lifted he was still sideways and spinning. So needless to say it hooked and jerked hard to the left. He about lost it. When I finally got up next to him he nailed it again and it poped through the carb and died. He probably thought I was a sissy since he kept showing off and all I was doing was crusing
So far ripping out a perfectly good running 350 to put this 406 in was worth it!