RE:

["Earl H. " <earlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I also saw that show. It was believable based on the fact 
that I have owned and built everyone of those motors over 
the years, except the 421 Poncho, until they got to the hemi. 
I have been messing with hemis for years, put my first 392 in 
a 54 vett in 1962 when I got out of the Air Force. I will never 
believe that a stock street hemi put out 820HP.

Remember the hemi engine build off's Mopar mag had. Very 
few engine builders got close to that figure with all modern 
parts. It just does not ring true in my book.

Here is the link to a street hemi dyno test by Chrysler.
http://www.allpar.com/mopar/hemi/dyno-test.html
463 corrected horsepower with 405 flb of torque.

The guy who did the reporting or the guy who did the 
dyno test needs to just walk away from the crack pipe.

Earl
 
Robert,
Sounds like he said they put just the motors on a dyno. Probably not any
rear wheels involved.
The other Paul
 
In a message dated 7/24/2007 6:19:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
r.lane@xxxxxxxxxx writes:


820?!
That cant be right?!
I'd have thought more like 320 at  the wheels if it's stock. Most, if not
all articles I've seen where  they've tested a 'stock' musclecar (especially
hemi's) have shown the  actual rwhp to be way down from the advertised hp.

Regardless of  what they said, I'm jealous that you get any tv shows that
would show such  a test!

Robert
63 Polara 500
England

Paul Lennemann  wrote:
> 
> I watched a t.v. show on American Muscle Car last  night where they 
> took several popular factory stock motors from the  60's and put them on a
> dyno to see just what they produced.   They had a 409 and a 427 Chevy, 
> 421 Pontiac, 427 Ford, and a 426  street Hemi.  The hemi blew them all 
> away with 820 H.P.   The closest rival was 637 H.P. put out by the 427 
> Ford.  Chevy's  L-88 rat motor did something in the low 500's.  Hee, 
> hee,
>  
> hee.
> 
> Paul L.
> '63 Sport Fury
>  440/727
>  http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html








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