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| RE: Not really |
| By McQ - 07/16/2005 2:54:54 PM; IP 4.255.74.200 |
The 375 horse 390HP of '61/early '62 was a great engine. It's the combination of parts that FoMoCo should have offered as an up-grade over the '66-'68 390GT/335/320 horse engine.
I'm not an expert on the 396/375 engine but I've been told by Chevy fans that the engine was very similar to the first 396 true HP engine offered in mid '65 - the 425 horse rated 396. There's no doubts that the 396 Chevy with 350/360/375 or 425 was also a great engine.
I beleive Ford did not over rate the 390HP @375 horsepower with the single Holley or @ 401 horsepower with the tri power induction. If you look at how the '61 Fords ran with this engine, you'd see they easily ran mid to low 13's with minimal effort.
Whereas I believe the 335 horsepower rating was too high on the 3990GT. An engine that took a lot of work/tweaking to get into the 13's in a Mustang or Fairlane or whatever.
I believe the 375 horse 396 Chevy was underrated. In a Nova/Chevelle/Camaro, a person could hit 12's easily with 7" cheater slicks/headers.
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