I've put a 215 @ .050" intake HR in a stock headed Pontiac 400. How many others can say the same?
It made killer torque. On the same dyno, with another friend's 2010 Camaro SS, the SS made more HP at the wheels, but the Pontiac made more TQ at the wheels.
With stock heads, or even mild performance heads, a Pontiac is going to make more TQ than HP. As the CID's increase, the TQ is going to go even higher than the HP. People who fixate on making HP at the expense of TQ are throwing away a LOT of performance.
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'73 T/A (clone). Low budget stock headed 8.3:1 455, 222/242 116lsa .443/.435 cam. FAST Sportsman EFI, 315rwhp/385rwtq on 87 octane. 13.12 @103.2, 1.91 60'.
'67 Firebird [sold], ; 11.27 @ 119.61, 7.167 @ 96.07, with UD 280/280 (108LSA/ 109 ICL)solid cam. [1.537, 7.233 @93.61, 11.46 @ 115.4 w/ old UD 288/296 108 hydraulic cam] Feb '05 HPP, home-ported "16" D-ports, dished pistons (pump gas only), 3.42 gears, 275/60 DR's, 750DP, T2, full exhaust
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