Another guess the Dyno Numbers
This is a good thread for the young guys who believe it's very easy to get 425 hp and 420 ft. lbs. out of a 318.
The magazine guys can, but you and I can't.
That's exactly right IR!
I remember, back in the 80s, one of the brand X leaning monthly publications that did a 3 month installment, featuring their favorite golden child SB.
They covered teardown to dyno. The article was full of theory and puff-phrases, and they never missed an opportunity to stroke the ego of their loyal subscribers.
On dyno day, it crapped a bone, but that's not how the article read. You see they fudged the hp numbers. It just didn't look right. Torque and HP didn't intersect at 5252 rpm! It was higher and there was a crazy lump in the hp curve.
So I got out my Radio Shack calculator. Everything was fine to 4000rpm. I found an incremental embellishment of hp.
In reality, they were 80hp shy of their hp goal.
Because they used the honest torque numbers, I was able to calculate the honest hp.
Note to the youngins... publications paperback, or internet is a sales tool.
If it were not for some honest brokers out there (Brian), we may never be able to tell truth from fiction.
