That MotorTrend Mopar vs. Ford 408 shoot-out was really biased



I know this has been discussed before, but they deliberately crippled the Mopar motor's power output with a 170 cc-runner intake manifold!

They agree that the Mopar motor would have produced a lot more power if it had been ported to 190 cc. intake runners like the Ford had.

Freiberger says they used the Edelbrock 190 cc-runner manifold on the Ford because it cost the same as the 170-cc-runner manifold and "nobody in his right mind" would buy the 170 cc manifold with ports too small for the head, for the same price as the 190 cc manifold.

But David, that's a red herring! What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander!

Since you bring up the subject, David, nobody in his right mind would assemble a Mopar LA 408 stroker without porting the intake out and match-porting it to the head, either! And it doesn't cost anything, since you can do it yourself.

It was just an unfair comparison, and I think they should try to correct the error by porting the Mopar motor's intake and putting it back on the dyno.