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Chad,
You are right in the sense that it is glaringly obvious in the sales literature; however, if Ford gave NHRA a different boost figure then that may account for the "WTF were they thinking" factor ( We know that 500 Hp sells street cars to the public and 425 Hp get a great weight break). There weren't a whole lot of smog devices back in the late 60's to speak of and the 80's had no performance cars that used a computer controlled carburetor with a M/C solenoid. The GM cars had numerous driveability issues, none of which were too much power. With the advent of electric A.I.R. pumps and EFI the parasitic load on the engines is not there in regards to smog control. An "stocker" engine that makes 200 HP over advertised is a killer piece, but at a rating od 425, the CJ makes almost 300. |
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Have you guys that are complaining about Ford and Chrysler deflating the horsepower factors been living in a cave the last 45 years? Please spare us the self righteousness. Do you think that in 1966, it was just a fluke that a 426 hemi, 427 chevy and a 427 FE Ford were all rated at exactly 425 horsepower? How about the 1969 255 Hp 350 and the 1968- 70 428 Cobra Jet that are famous for being underfactored? How about the 67-69 290 HP 302 z-28 and the 69-70 boss 302 that was also rated at 290 HP. This stuff has been going on ever since I got involved with Stock and Super Stock 40 tears ago! How about just complaining about that fact that the horsepower factors aren't right and get off your high horse about Ford and Chrysler sending in conservative numbers. I will bet that if you pulled up a Dyno Sheet from all of the engines , you might be able to find a place where they actually produced the horsepower claimed but it wasn't the actual peak horsepower. Get over it!
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The story I've read on the 1964 Race Hemi was that the dyno at Chrysler was rated for 400HP and they ran it to 425HP and cut it off there before it hit the power peak.
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that dyno is on display at the Chrysler museum.....I bet it was really accurate....it looks like something from the wizard of Oz....lol
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Forget about the HP in the 60s the cars ran eachother in SS or FX not Stock Elim.
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Didn't Ben Wenzel win stock at the 67 Nationals with a 290 hp z-28 and Bobby Warren win the World Championship with a 255 hp 350 in a 69 Nova about 1970? I remember several 427 Galaxies and 427 Impalas running in stock back in the days. Even an occasional 427 Powered Station Wagon were all running in STOCK!
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