Yet another bogu horsepower factor

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

Check out the 5.7 hemi from Chrysler/ Fiat. It's the same motor as the 6.1 just less 25 cubic inches. It's rated at 305hp. Let's take a look at the specs boys and girls. It's 12.7 to 1 compression, it has a 584/552 lift cam, it has a single plane intake that is cast although it looks like a sheet metal manifold. It has a 1000cfm throttle body, a super stock oil pan and heads that flow well over 300 cfm right out of the box.

I'd laugh out loud if it wasn't so unfunny. Heck the NHRA 'purist" won't race in IHRA because of "them bogus outlaw Crate Motor cars that are so underfactored and were never built"... my 360 Magnum is a 300/325HP combo, 9.6:1 compression, dish piston, .458/.467" cam, 1.92/1.62 valves, and a 750 Holley... compare that to the above.

But NAW! NHRA said that THESE cars were a-ok, so they're completely defensible (as long as you own one)...

Once again, I absolutely love the new Challengers and Cobra Jets, but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be factored and classified properly.