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Re: What if NHRA granted you a 20% reduction on h.p. on any

60 Starliner, 352/360/288!

Now allowed a 4 speed.
.500 lift solid lifter cam...Oh wait a minute here ??

Re: What if NHRA granted you a 20% reduction on h.p. on any

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Originally Posted by Ed Wright (Post 521671)

Heck of a reduction. Why would anything get a 20% reduction?

Question is...Why did?

426 Street Wedge, 365/291

That's 20-21

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1966 Olds 442 tri power

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[QUOTE=Mark Yacavone;521696]Question is...Why did?

426 Street Wedge, 365/291

That's 20-21[/QUOTE
It uses the same heads, cam and 565 CFM carb as the early 383 which was unusable until it was defactored to 280 HP. The only advantage the 426 has over the 383 is it can fit a little more duration, with identical cams both engines would make almost identical HP. I did this test in my Sport Fury back in 73 to prove a point to some friends. I had been running a 426 street wedge I built using a 413 .070 block because the original block was cracked. It had a stock 63 Max cam, stock 915 heads a TM7 mani and a 4779 Holley with a stock Road Runner 11" convertor, it typically ran 12.50s with an occasional high 40 at 110-111. I had pulled the engine to upgrade it and still had to race every weekend in the brackets so I took an 80K mile 383 short block that came out of a friends car and put in the same cam, heads and carb with a Torker mani I borrowed. The first day out it ran 12.50s at 110 as it smoked down the track, it also had about a half of a point less compression than the 426, my friends were shocked, I wasn't, I still have all of the time slips dating back to 71.

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees (Post 521660)

61 bubbletop with a 348/250. 250 minus 20%? 200 HP, yeah that would fly and look coooool.

4 speed, Powerglide or 3 speed? Also,what class would that fit? Yes,it would be neat.

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A 62 Plymouth 318 4 barrel.

Re: What if NHRA granted you a 20% reduction on h.p. on any

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Originally Posted by Mike Graham (Post 521672)

Ford 302 1975

R.O.L.O.L......Nice try Mike, Nice try!!!!

Re: What if NHRA granted you a 20% reduction on h.p. on any

I'd be ditching the AMX and finding a '71 Opel GT. 20% off 75 HP looks pretty good to me!

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My old 1988 Cadillac Cimarron, 2.8 - 125/155. - 20% = 124hp.
Oh yeah! Jim

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'68 Pontiac 250" OHC 6 cylinder, currently @ 215 hp.