Don't worry DaveB, you'll see higher than 135 FWHP. May not quite match your 176, but my SVT made 169.9 FWHP and its only mod is an open-element K&N filter. Others were higher.
Coincidentally, the last time we dynoed we also brought along one of my friends who has a 96 Max SE. With a K&N filter, a chopped up stock intake, and a Dynomax UltraFlo muffler, he was at 175 FWHP. If he weren't in Kalamazoo Michigan at school right now, I'd tell him to join us so you'd have someone to talk to

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Phil
E1 SVT