367 vs 410 Engines Masters

92b said
Their peaks are at nearly the same rpm.

Nearly isn't equal to the same.

If I gave you two hp curves drawn on two separate see through plastic sheets with all the graph lines and hp numbers were written but no rpm numbers where given and ask you to compare, I bet you would put the two curves on top of each other to see if there's any differences and say they were very similar, so you would know both make similar hp with similar curves but no idea at what rpms they operate at, but judging just on there purely performance potential would say both would have similar potential ? would it really matter if they operated two hundred apart or even a thousand rpm apart ?

92b said
If you are using street gears and not drag race gears why would use less gear with the 410?

You can use any gear you want, this nothing to do with there potential no one is saying you have too gear optimally. But everyone knows smaller displacements generally needs more gear and stall than larger engines do with similar power. Doesn't change these engines potential.

I know you want to play one up 'em gear war, that's why i say optimal is cause that's where one up 'em leads to anyways. If we both ran one of these 410 crate with different gears and stall does that mean the engine no longer has the same potential ? it's there just one of us is using less of it. Same with 323 vs 367 vs 410 vs any other 425 hp engine with similar power curve, potential still there no matter how you use it.