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Old 10-18-2019, 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by footjoy View Post
I didn't think you could build a pontiac with that low of horse power. I was hoping for 300.

Something definitely went wrong.

Greg
Not that easy to hit 300 at the wheels with a 400. But you still haven't mentioned what you made. Did I miss it?

I wouldn't say anything went wrong given the specs you provided. A few years ago a bunch of Pontiacs hit the chassis dyno. Including myself with my stock 400 RAIII, auto. I made 301hp while most of the other 400 cars were in the 270-280 range, and some of them had aftermarket cams and what not. A few of the 455's barely hit 320-330hp. But I've had a lot of years racing and tuning on the car. That day I was running 13.60's at 102 at the track at a 3900 lbs. race weight, which coincides well with the RWHP numbers I put up.

Edit: Okay I see it now. 217 is lower than I would have expected for that combo.