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Originally Posted by SStockDart
.did you know that Elliot's Fords were narrower than the other Fords, therefore getting through the air better. He got away with it for years, but it finally came out.
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REALLY??? I've never heard that before! Course that was when I had enough and stopped watching anything to do with nascrap and haven't gone back. That would certainly explain a lot, it was always assumed Ernie was (actually he is) an excellent engine builder with help from Yates and Wilson. Meh, point still is though, regardless of how quick one car was, they kept hitting all of them even though they trailed the field by 2 seconds. One can't deny the anti-ford bias in nascrap. Heck offer enough money and even an import like toyota can race a v8 rwd car...oh wait...LOL!
Back to the point though,
302 at 162 is .54hp per cube
307 at 175 is .57hp per cube
318 at 180 is .57hp per cube
and yet historically nobody would build a 302 because it wasn't deemed competetive.
Now at 143hp it's .47hp per cube and runs -1.03.
So, now AutoHPfor Slugs will bring it back up to .50 or .51 where it is comparable to a chev or dodge at .57
Sad truth is, the ford heads suck and stock, won't put out comparible hp numbers to a chev.