HP figures

[Don Dulmage <big-d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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I believe the Hp figures were pretty accurate. 
After all this was during the HP race. 
A race hemi I am sure was good for 500 hp but we are talking about a street hemi. 
That has 2 full points less compression and a mild cam (I think around 284 and under 500 ;lift. )
If you can make 500 hp with that sign me up I want one. 
I had a 68 Street hemi converted back to race specs  (12.5 to 1) although I kept the street hemi heads. I used a Erson 999xx cam and it was a strong good working engine (and is still around by the way)
It produced 550 hp using the weight Mp charts which I and others generally believe are fairly accurate since the car will NOT go any faster than it has hp to push it. 
Also many street hemis do not run as stong as one wishes. A really really good stock one will push a 68 charger to mid to low 13s in street trim with a reasonably decent set of  tires(Hoosiers or MTs). Many , lacking a competent tune up will run in the 14s . Hardly what one would expect from a 500 hp engine. 
The 390 Hp 6 pack were a  good match for the street hemis. 
If the Street hemi was  500 then the race hemi must have been 640 hp, I dont think so. 
My $.02 
Don 

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