<VV> 95s Vs. 110s

[UltraMonzaWest at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/9/2005 11:57:27 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
tonyu at roava.net writes:

> I recall this topic being brought up in Communique articles... particularly 
> 
> the mention that a 140 engine actually makes around 120 hp and not 
> 140.   Real world horsepower tends to be not quite what the General 
> claimed.   I relate back to my earlier comment about how an independent 
> outfit blueprinted/rebuilt a 283 Chevy and dyno tested it on a MODERN 
> dyno.   That 195 hp (factory rating) 283 would not produce 195 hp no matter 
> what they did to it.   This was not a fly-by-night outfit, it was done by 
> the engineering staff of a major automotive performance magazine, done in 
> their contracted machine shop facilities.
> 
> 
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Gee..your memories ares short!

I remember reading that GM  tested our engines with no FAN / ALT / Muffler[s] 
and open air cleaners [ venturii??]

Matt Nall / Patiomatt / WCUH / Chairman V V
69 Monza Cpe., 66 Monza vert, 65 Crown v8 Cpe.
Somewhere between Reno, NV and Coos Bay, Or.