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Horsepower exaggerators

When asked I just say "I donna know. Whatta you think ?" "I do know that the guy with the small block Camaro in the next row has 700 HP. He told me so".
 
When I was a kid I had a ‘69 Mustang with a mildly done up 289. I guessed it at around 300 horse and in retrospect I think I was pretty close.
Local loudmouth had a ‘55 Chevy with a 327 that he claimed would run in the tens. We never actually got to see this car, and I pointed out that it wouldn’t do a quarter in ten if it was pushed off a cliff.
 
I met a guy with a 318 that he stroked out to a 390 or 392 with aluminum heads and he said it made 650 HP/TQ at the crank. I remember thinking that's a pretty high number and that he probably lost at least 200 hp/tq to the rear wheels. lol
 
I always lie about how little hp i've got, or how little the motor is.
I say my rat in the opel is "a 396, a hundred over". Not my fault if they don't think cubic inches.
 
I used to tell people I had a built 318 in my 69 RR :lol:
 
We had a saying in school, "They're all Hemis in the Rain"
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I hate to tell this on myself, but when I was around 10 years old I remember my Brother who had a Chevelle at the time that had the 350 badges on it. He explained how the badges told the engine size like 289, 327, 350, etc and I come home one day telling him I saw a Dodge that had 500 in it :rofl:
 
Back in about 74-75 I had a 72 Charger SE. Spun the mains in the 318 so I found a low mile 360 out of a 73 wagon that in which interior overheated.
Dropped that puppy in and a friend had a 70 Charger RT and got tired of everyone wanting to race him so we took the 440 Magnum emblems off his car and put them on mine in the correct place.
Then we would take shoe polish and write on the windshield our "dial in" ETs.
The locals would drive past my house and almost stop to look. Dad loved it because it was the only time people drove the speed limit.
One night I was out and one of the locals saw me and wanted to race. He had a 67 Goat so I figured I'd lose but then I could show them why.
Well, the little 360 did its job and spanked the Goat. It was a POS so what the heck.
He pulled into the lot where I stopped and started making excuses. I listened, a crowd gathered and I popped the hood. A few people laughed. The guy didn't know what he was looking at so I told him he got spanked by a smog dog 360 2bbl. He got so mad he burned rubber out of the lot...right in front of a city cop. The cops tore his car apart while we watched and laughed.
That 440 emblem had to be worth a couple hundred ponies!
 
Kern Dog said:
I propose the following:
The next time a blabbermouth gets lippy about how much power his car makes, suggest THIS...
We can take your car to a dyno and if it makes the number, I'll pay for the session. If it doesn't, you pay for it and give me $100.
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Hell, I don't really believe dyno numbers either. Dyno's are great for evaluating changes. My on track performance is my HP indicator.
 
You missed the point.
 
Slap Stick said:
Back in about 74-75 I had a 72 Charger SE. Spun the mains in the 318 so I found a low mile 360 out of a 73 wagon that in which interior overheated.
Dropped that puppy in and a friend had a 70 Charger RT and got tired of everyone wanting to race him so we took the 440 Magnum emblems off his car and put them on mine in the correct place.
Then we would take shoe polish and write on the windshield our "dial in" ETs.
The locals would drive past my house and almost stop to look. Dad loved it because it was the only time people drove the speed limit.
One night I was out and one of the locals saw me and wanted to race. He had a 67 Goat so I figured I'd lose but then I could show them why.
Well, the little 360 did its job and spanked the Goat. It was a POS so what the heck.
He pulled into the lot where I stopped and started making excuses. I listened, a crowd gathered and I popped the hood. A few people laughed. The guy didn't know what he was looking at so I told him he got spanked by a smog dog 360 2bbl. He got so mad he burned rubber out of the lot...right in front of a city cop. The cops tore his car apart while we watched and laughed.
That 440 emblem had to be worth a couple hundred ponies!
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Great story!
 
slepr1 said:
What I find silly are the exaggerated 1/4 mile times.

"Ya it can do mid 11's"
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Agree. More like mid 13s if rookie status. A true 11 second car will scare most people. Dont know how fast they really are. A 13 car will set you back pretty good and impress those that aren't in the know. Take a seat kid...your in the big leagues now.
 
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