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Nice list, if only that were the case for todays cars, most of the times the power is less than specified by the brand...
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This list is garbage and false. Put some old muscle on a dyno and watch those numbers TANK to today's inline-4 specs.
This is abominable hogwash.
That's because VAG record their engine temperatures at a stifling 40ºC (104ºF for the Yanks). As a result, the power is seriously compromised! Just down the road, a place which specialises in diesels noted that the VAG diesels were putting out values significantly higher than quoted. The Golf 1.9TDi GT PD 150 (catchy title ) is meant to have (surprise!) 150bhp, but the business in the TRL have seen none with under 170bhp from their rolling road.
There were comments in the article about some of the engines. I'll post some now and some more a little later...
Corvette L-88:
"We mentioned earlier the true peak on this one works out to 480 hp at 6400 rpm. But keep in mind this was with the stock Corvette exhaust manifolds. With just a set of 2-inch tubing headers the true power jumped to over 550 hp. This was a wild engine, with 12.5-to-1 compression, 850-cfm Holley carb and a monster cam. Chev engineers really fudged this one."
Mopar Street Hemi:
"It's well known that the Street Hemi was an out-and-out racing engine that was mildly detuned for street driving. Even with the 10.25-to-1 compression ratio and 284-degree low-lift cam, this was still one of the strongest engines of the muscle car era. The official rating of 425 hp at 5000 rpm was a pinpoint well down on the power curve. The monster would really kick out about 470 horses at 6000 rpm- with street exhaust manifolds!"
Ford Cobra Jet 428:
"The advertised rating of 335 hp here was a joke. This 428-cu-in long stroke version of the famous FE block took advantage of all the performance lessons learned on the Ford 406 and 427 engines of the '60s. The 428 Cobra Jets used medium-riser 427 heads, 735-cfm carburetion, Interceptor manifolding, and the well proved 390 GT cam. Tremendous torque with the long stroke, and an easy power peak of 410 hp at 5600 rpm. Look at the drag strip records if you wonder if these were honest horses."
'76 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five Limousine, '95 Lincoln Town Car.
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