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Re: Engine Masters 440-6 vs 426 Hemi
[Re: cudaman1969]
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02/17/22 10:42 AM
02/17/22 10:42 AM
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I remember a topic here on moparts a long time ago. Maybe more than 10 years ago. Age old question posee was:" Who was the quickest between LS-6, Hemi, Stage 1, Hurst Olds 455, 440 Six pack and that hot rare Pontiac 455 from 1971?" Lots of stories of street racing back in the day of the Hemi being king as well as the Hemi losing. Period magazine tests were posted. A member her simply replied this- or similar. "Its 1971. All the heavy hitters are present, bone stock and compared. ETs will be similar. Now put $500 (1970 dollars) into each car and run them again. Hemi for the win." The 429 Ford was not mentioned in this particular topic. In fact it usually is left out of bench racing discussions maybe because of its rarity? Ford was weird. They had potent components- (heads) but the as available to the public total package was neutered to the point of handicapped. 351 Boss ran great though.
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Re: Engine Masters 440-6 vs 426 Hemi
[Re: Hemi_Joel]
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02/17/22 08:35 PM
02/17/22 08:35 PM
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It the broader picture over years of results that you need to look at. That is the beauty of looking at the mountain of track data.
Certainly you can find a PSMC 426 car that ran 126 mph and a 440-6 car that ran a 106 mph, or a 440-6 car that ran a 118, and a 426 that ran a 111.
But when you toss out the outliers, and look at 20 years of data, the PSMC hemi cars ran 4 to 6 mph faster than the 440-6 cars. That is probably indicictive of a 40 to 70 hp difference. In the early years, they were all slower. In the later years, they were all faster, but stayed about the same relative to each other. In a more true to factory stock, the relative difference was probably 3-5 mph and 30 to 50 hp.
I personally trust this high level observation as a reflection of what is generally true when comparing relative stockish 426 to 440-6 motors even though none of these motors racing in PSMC are stock. It is certainly better than a singlar dyno test compatison using motor parts laying around the shop.
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