340 4 barrel and 340 6 barrel: were they really UNDERrated?

nutz said

Yet was leaps and bounds above the 84
Tuned port was the way back to hp
Before that in the 80s nobody had hp
She seen a lot of 5500rpms

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I'm not overly knocking it, to me it shows how little hp most people could get away with especially in a relatively lite weight A Body. When I was young 225 hp net (260 gross) 5.0l Mustangs were the it car.