Quote Originally Posted by Mike P View Post

Finally your question about horse power….who really cares? Unless you actually put it on a Dyno (and you will likely be disappointed) you can claim anything you like…….. hell look around some of the other forums, I don’t think there is anybody out there that are claiming less than 400 HP out of their almost stock low compression 1st gen small blocks.


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I have to laugh at this one as it brings back those "oh-so-fond" memories of the sixties when pretty near everyone was running 283 or 327's with power pack or fulie heads and everybody claimed to have at least 400 horsepower! Many were setup with fender well headers and so over cammed that raw gas dripped our the collectors and the engine wouldn't idle below 1200 RPM. To complicate matters, I lived at a 5,000 plus foot elevation and that really played havoc with the normally aspirated engines.

We've come a long way...