More Torque than Hp?

hux340 said
Hi All,
As above states what's a small block ie. 340 drive like when it's got more torque than hsp. They reckon hsp sells cars, but torque wins races. I love torquey motors.
I'm looking at giving my motor some performance upgrades. Key thing is I don't want a high revving hsp motor. I usually don't rev past 5000rpm. I remember reading the stories on the I think 1970 Buick GS Stage 1's with 510ft/lb torque & 375 hp. I know this was under rated & a big block motor. Is this a good thing.

My favorite part of having more torque than horsepower is beating stock tired Hellcats and everything but a Nissan GTR with slicks and a pumped V10 Viper at the drags.

I recently had the car chassis dynoed and was surprised when it spun out 382HP at 4600 rpm and 525 ft lbs of torque at 3541 rpm. This is at the rear wheels.

I have a bit more tuning to do on my '70 before I get some time on the chassis dyno to verify my A/F ratios and power outputs.

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