Ford First "Stocker" Into The Eights

[Alex Denysenko]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

But, Alex, if the LT1 is under rated,
IT MOST CERTAINLY WAS

That hood deal? Got me. I have taped the scoops up on my WS6 daily driver, it ran the same times both ways. I have dyno tested several on my old chassis dyno. If I gave you twenty dyno sheets, half ram air & half not, you could not tell me which were which. The low restriction exhaust that comes with the hood does not make as much difference as they vary car-to-car due to production tolerances and how they were broken in.

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.

[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?