Ford First "Stocker" Into The Eights

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Alex Denysenko

You just proved my point exactly Ed.
Thank you.
Just goes to show that GM under rated it at least 30 HP.
Ask Monte Howard, or Mike Walter who were very accomplished stocker racers in their own right how they felt about the LT-1 HP when they hit the scene.
GM had their day in the S/SS sun for a long time when they were supplying NHRA with bags of cash and vehicles.

Alex, put an out-of-the-vehicle (or GM replacement crate) LT1 on an engine dyno and you will find it won't make anywhere near it's NHRA rating. It takes a real freak for a stick F body to break 250 hp at the tires. Some of the performance is the car. 101" wheel base and a lot of engine set back. They will hook in a car wash. There is a lot of power hidden in those "stock" aluminiun heads. :-) That's one reason the SS LT1 hasn't gotten more power added in this many years. The SS heads aren't all THAT much better. Can you imagine what a set of SS ported 5.9l DP heads would be?