Re: HP discrepancies between SLK 320 and Crossfire
There used to be a joke that the F*rd 390 made a good boat anchor and the only way one ever hit 335 hp was to wind it tight, dump the clutch on the dyno and see how far the needle on the Toledo swung.
OTOH the sideoiler 427 and the 429 were probably underrated significantly just like the Z-28 and L-88/89.
ps back in the daze a set of hydraulics were good for about 5,500 rpm and backed off a quarter turn would go another 500. Solids were good until a rod came through the block. Then Rhodes lifters appeared and everything changed.
pps with a computer and an automagic I could make a car turn near exactly yhe same time on every run. That is why they were outlawed in some classes. I never believed in bracket racing anyway, the whole idea of losing because you ran too fast is just WRONG.
Last edited by Padgett; 10-26-2014 at 10:21 PM.